WeatherXM is a decentralized weather network that uses community owned small physical stations to collect weather data and reward station owners.

Bitwage is a payroll processing platform that allows employees to receive their paycheck in crytocurrency, stablecoins or local currency for remote workers.

EMTECH central banks and fintechs through compliant central bank digital currency (CBDC) infrastructure.

Metalabel is a digital platform facilitating collaboration, mutual promotion, and co-creation of creative public works.

Fonbnk and Mercy Corps Ventures partnered to accelerate digital economic access through the swapping of cellular airtime for digital currency.

Colombian fintech Quipu and Mercy Corps Ventures piloted DeFi lending to facilitate direct to provider loans for small businesses.

In a pilot partnership with Mercy Corps Ventures, Cinch tested the use of DeFi blockchain technology to offer credit products for smallholder farmers in Kenya.

Ejara and Mercy Corps Ventures piloted a DeFi fractionalized bond savings product to increase financial access for low-income and underbanked communities in Cameroon.

SympliFi, Kwanza Tukule, UTU, and Kotani Pay piloted the used of DeFi lending products to offer a Buy-Now-Pay-Later solution for informal vendors in Nairobi, Kenya.

ACRE Africa tested the use of smart contracts in climate insurance to improve experiences for climate-impacted smallholder farmers in Kenya.

Empowa is a decentralized property development and digital collectibles platform seeking to increase access to sustainable housing for traditionally excluded individuals through DeFi.

Building Blocks is a humanitarian project developed in the World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator to improve aid tracking, coordination, and delivery.

EMPACT is a platform connecting young people from food-insecure communities to the digital economy through blockchain and machine learning technologies.

Figure offers home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) that can be secured by borrowing against digital assets.

Rahat provides cash and voucher assistance disbursement services for vulnerable communities impacted by climate catastrophes.

Meson Network is a global decentralized bandwidth marketplace, where users can exchange and borrow bandwidth across the world.

Starling Lab leverages blockchain and Web3 technologies to store and preserve sensitive digital records.

SpruceID is an open-source, decentralized digital identity credentialing and verification platform.

In 2022 and 2023, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees partnered with the Stellar Development Foundation to provide cash assistance to Ukrainians forcibly displaced by the war with Russia.

Althea is a “last mile” decentralized Internet Service Provider (ISP) platform built on top of blockchain technology.

Leaf is a digital wallet offering available on smartphones, feature phones, and other mobile devices, enabling domestic and cross border value transfer.

Open Earth is a nonprofit research organization developing open-source technologies for environmentally conscious use cases.

Artizen is a community fund that matches support for art, science, technology, and design projects.

Proof of Humanity is a decentralized digital self-sovereign identity registry.

impactMarket is an educational, crypto lending and Universal Basic Income (UBI) protocol for underserved communities.

Atlantis utilizes a DAO structure and crypto rails to coordinate natural resources.

CARE International and Binance Charity Foundation piloted the use of stablecoins to deliver cash assistance to COVID-19 impacted communities in Western Kenya.

With Mercy Corps Ventures, DIVA Donate piloted blockchain-based cash transfers to climate-impacted pastoralist communities in Kenya. 

The ixo blockchain Protocol defines open standards for verifiable claims about changes in the state of the world, such as social and environmental impact outcomes.

Agrotoken creates grain-backed digital assets for the global market.