E.g. http://www.mobiusmotors.com
Ask HN: What are some startups working on big problems in the developing world?
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#2Watsi! - https://watsi.org/
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#3Engage Spark - http://www.engagespark.com/
Started by a serial entrepreneur from Boston, right now they're building tools to help NGOs reach people in abject poverty, and they have some really big ideas for the future.
They're based in the Philippines and actually are currently looking for developers to come over on 6-12 month fellowships to experience life there and contribute to the core product. If anyone is interested, I can link you to the relevant posting.
(not affiliated, just think what they're doing is awesome)
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#4OkHI is funded, has a great team and is rolling in Kenya:
Their mission is to give everybody in the world an address. Something that people in the West take for granted, but isn't available for most of the globe's citizens. This is also a major opportunity business-wise of course and if I could invest, I would.
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#5Matternet - drone delivery network for small packages like medicine in the developing world where travel infrastructure may not exist.
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#6Endaga: http://www.endaga.com/
"We built the first community cellular network in a rural village in Papua, Indonesia, in early 2013, with support from USAID and the Blum Center for Developing Economies. That first network is still running today, and today we continue to add new networks, constantly bringing connectivity to new users and communities worldwide."
Haven't met the rest of the team, but the CTO, Shaddi, is an awesome guy.
Re: Ask HN: What are some startups working on big problems in the developing world?
#7Engage Spark - http://www.engagespark.com/ Started by a serial entrepreneur from Boston, right now they're building tools to help NGOs reach people in abject poverty, and they have some really big ideas for the future. They're based in the Philippines and actually are currently looking for developers to come over on 6-12 month fellowships to experience life there and contribute to the core product. If anyone is inter…
Link to the relevant posting please?
Re: Ask HN: What are some startups working on big problems in the developing world?
#8Endaga: http://www.endaga.com/ "We built the first community cellular network in a rural village in Papua, Indonesia, in early 2013, with support from USAID and the Blum Center for Developing Economies. That first network is still running today, and today we continue to add new networks, constantly bringing connectivity to new users and communities worldwide." Haven't met the rest of the team, but the CTO, Shaddi, is…
Is this at all related to the Thiel Fellowship? So familiar!
Re: Ask HN: What are some startups working on big problems in the developing world?
#9Endaga: http://www.endaga.com/ "We built the first community cellular network in a rural village in Papua, Indonesia, in early 2013, with support from USAID and the Blum Center for Developing Economies. That first network is still running today, and today we continue to add new networks, constantly bringing connectivity to new users and communities worldwide." Haven't met the rest of the team, but the CTO, Shaddi, is…
Is this at all related to the Thiel Fellowship? So familiar!
I don't know that there is a connection. What are you thinking of?
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#10Akvo - http://akvo.org
Akvo helps people bring international development to life, online.