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2024

After reviewing 2,200+ applications, we awarded over $1 million in funding to scale these 30 world-changing solutions.

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Meet the Solver teams

Each year, Solve selects the most promising Solver teams who will drive transformational change in the world. We're proud to support 330 Solver and Fellow teams who are:

  • 64% women-led;
  • Headquartered in 59 countries, and representing unique 27 American and Canadian Indigenous nations; 
  • 62% for-profit/hybrid, 34% nonprofit;
  • 17% concept and prototype, 34% pilot, 41% growth, 8% scale
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$70+ million in funding for Solver teams and social innovators
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280+ million lives reached by Solver teams around the world
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over 800 partnerships catalyzed for Solver teams and entrepreneurs
Featured Partnerships

Partnerships are Solve marketplace success stories—often occurring between a Solver and Member. Thanks to our partners, Solve has allocated $70+ million in funding and 800+ partnerships for Solver teams and social innovators.

Partnership Stories
Indigenous Communities Fellowship

Protect Medicinal Plants

Their partnership with the Wild Elements Foundation has helped Indigenous Communities Fellow, Richelle Thomas, to grow her work from a research project into a community driven public health campaign.

Partner Challenges

Expanding Community Disease Detection

Our engagement with Trinity Challenge has led to a major partnership for Solver PODD. PODD, a platform for pre-spillover community disease detection, was the recipient of a $1.8M grant; PODD plans to expand their operations to six new countries over the next three years.

Sustainability

Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund

The Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund led an interseries convertible debt round for Rheaply, leading to a $2,100,000 investment to Rheaply. Rheaply now plans to help Microsoft implement a carbon product roadmap to move towards their goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.

Sustainability

Business Coaching Helps Restore Coastal Communities Faster

Solver Marauder One (M1) was matched with Schmidt Marine and the Schmidt Family Foundation to receive transformational coaching from a business venture coach. Through this relationship, Marauder One has executed a technology development contract and accelerated its restoration efforts by reducing its time and cost metrics.

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