After evaluating an inspiring and impressive applicant pool, WCVC selected the following 23 businesses and entrepreneurs to become WCVC Members.
Touchpoint, Marc Armstrong
Software platform that allows communities to create/manage their own currency.
Refill Revolution, Nicole Ballin
Greening behavior through social networks and games. The pilot encourages behavior of refilling water bottles.
New Avenue, Kevin Casey
Financing, entitling, and building eco-friendly, low-cost homes (‘in-law units,’ $40k building cost) in backyards and other empty spaces to reduce sprawl and infill urban areas.
Catchafire, Rachael Chong
‘E-Harmony’ for nonprofits and professional volunteers; connects professionals wanting to volunteer with NGOs that need their help.
kWhOURS, Inc., Greg Davis
kWhOURS is an operating platform for energy auditors. Their software provides a mobile data collection and calculation service that cuts the cost and time to conduct an energy audit in half.
Job Rooster, Nick Ellis
Job creation: connecting people to jobs via text message. This allows low-income individuals to apply for jobs through SMS messages.
Cooler, Inc., Michel Gelobter
SaaS personal and small business footprint tracking and recommendations for companies and individuals.
Senda, Santiago Halty
Fair-trade sporting goods. A portion of each sale is used to donate equipment to organisations using sports as a tool for social development.
Emerge!, Jonathan Harrison
Provides employee financial education and workplace loans that effectively replace payday lenders, using innovative risk models.
PAYU Computing, Ammar Jiwaji
Pay-as-you-go computers with internet and customized open-source packages for schools, businesses and homes in East Africa.
Cutting Edge Capital, Jenny Kassan
Capital-raising consultancy/outsourcing for startups and small businesses.
Rainforest ECO, LLC, Alana Lea
Rainforest Eco, LLC sells exclusive botanical designs on quality, eco-textiles to the fashion and interior design markets to help drive reforestation initiatives in the Atlantic Rainforest near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Reciprocity, Ken Lynch
Recognition and rewards payment platform to make CSR communications more engaging.
S3: Sustainable Solution Systems, Michelle Miller
BlueQ: A “smart water” modular system that reduces water use in showers and monitors water usage on LCD screens.
Synchonicity S.F., Maria Rogers Pascual
Women's center for healing, art and alternative economies.
Neighborhood Fruit, LLC, Kaytea Petro
Online community facilitating finding and sharing produce grown within cities. Mobile application to find fruit growing on public land.
TerViva BioEnergy, Naveen Sikka
Low-cost, tree-based feedstock for the biodiesel market.
RainSaucers, Tom Spargo
A rainwater collection system/product for individual family homes in the developing world.
Performio Solutions, Inc., Kevin Stone
Online social networking tool for K-12 teachers and administrators in low-income schools that links teachers’ instructional practices to assessment results, and accelerates student achievement.
Haku Wale , Alan Wells
Social applications that entertain and educate players about sustainability issues. The pilot project will focus on residential energy efficiency.
Amanda's Feel Good Fresh Food Restaurants, LLC, Amanda West
“Whole Foods meets In-N-Out Burger.” Naturally delicious food that is easy on your schedule, wallet and conscience.
Plusful, Bedy Yang
Online platform for matching donations from local companies and crowd-donations (using social networks) to raise funds for nonprofits.
Zindagi, Jason Young
Web-based financial literacy instruction for low-income high school students.
