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23 June 2020
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A Portfolio Working Towards Achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals

 

The portfolio consists of companies working towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

 

The following are the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and key company outputs for our portfolio companies. For every potential investment, we review how that company maps to the ecosystem of UN SDGs. Once we invest in a company, we ask that company to track specific impact related outputs tied to those UN SDGs.

 

1. NO POVERTY

Savings for low-income households:

  • Acorns
  • Du Xiaoman
  • CD Finance
  • Varo Money

Earnings for farmers and low-income communities:

  • Cellulant
  • Dodla Dairy
  • Pearl Dairy

 

2. ZERO HUNGER

Food spending for low- income households:

  • Cellulant

3. GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

Patients treated:

  • Allogene
  • C3.ai
  • Ceribell
  • Dharma
  • RefleXion
  • ViaCyte
  • Viewpoint

Lifesaving deliveries:

  • Zipline

Increase in milk consumption:

  • Pearl Dairy

 

4. QUALITY EDUCATION

Students educated:

  • Digital House
  • DreamBox Learning
  • Du Xiaoman
  • EverFi
  • InStride
  • Renaissance Learning

 

5. GENDER EQUALITY

Students educated through our sexual assault prevention course:

  • EverFi

Female students educated:

  • DreamBox Learning
  • Renaissance Learning

 

6. CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION

 

7. AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY

CO2 emissions averted and energy savings for low-income households or organizations:

  • C3.ai
  • CLEAResult
  • Fourth Partner Energy

 

8. DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

Incremental earnings for low-income households from job training:

  • Digital House
  • Du Xiaoman

Wages and training for local communities:

  • Wilderness Holdings

 

9. INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Energy production from sustainable, resilient infrastructure:

  • Fourth Partner Energy

 

10. REDUCED INEQUALITIES

Financial inclusion for low-income households:

  • CD Finance
  • Cellulant
  • Du Xiaoman

 

11. SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES

Conservation of land to protect natural heritage:

  • Wilderness Holdings

Solar energy production:

  • Fourth Partner Energy

 

12. RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION

Reduction in energy use through energy efficiency:

  • C3.ai
  • CLEAResult

Conservation of land for sustainable tourism:

  • Wilderness Holdings

 

13. CLIMATE ACTION

CO2 emissions averted:

  • C3.ai
  • CLEAResult
  • Fourth Partner Energy
  • Wilderness Holdings

 

14. LIFE BELOW WATER

 

15. LIFE ON LAND

Sustainable conservation of land:

  • Wilderness Holdings

 

16. PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS

Reduction in corruption and waste in government services:

  • Cellulant
  • Dodla Dairy
  • Pearl Dairy

 

17. PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS

 

Note: (1) Chart depicts Rise investments over $5 million. If including all Rise portfolio companies, WIST (Drinkwell) would fall under Clean Water and Sanitation, and Sling Therapeutics would fall under Good Health and Well-being. (2) Many Rise companies are working on multiple SDGs, as we have occasionally found them to be difficult to differentiate; we have highlighted only the SDGs that align most closely with the primary mission and impact pathways of companies.

 

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