Empowering entrepreneurs in emerging markets and developing communities.
We are raising $350,000 by end of December 2026 to launch our inaugural cohort in Jordan, Ukraine, and Sierra Leone.
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Our Mission
Investing in the architects of local stability through training, strategic capital, and a global network.
Building sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems from the ground up, ensuring that funding follows context, local solutions rise, and communities gain the infrastructure needed for lasting self-determination.
Learn more about us →A Message from Our Founders
"I spent years inside the systems that were supposed to help communities. I watched them fail in the same way every time by assuming they knew better than the people they were trying to serve. We built Entrepreneurial Ecosystems because I believe communities already know what they need. They just need someone to open the door and get out of the way. By contributing to Entrepreneurial Ecosystems you help open that door."
- Allie Hart, Executive Director, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
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"Real change doesn't come from outside, it comes from understanding the people, the context, and the systems already in place. Our role is to listen first, then build alongside the communities we serve."
- Melody Verot, Director of Research, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
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Why invest in entrepreneurs in emerging markets?
Social case
Women-led and impact-driven businesses in low and middle income countries are among the strongest drivers of local development.
Economic case
Only a quarter of global Foreign Direct Investment reached LMICs in 2024, despite over 80% of the world living there.
Financial case
We build the open-source data that makes due diligence in these markets faster and cheaper.
Why Entrepreneurial Ecosystems?
of global FDI reaches low and middle income countries, despite 80% of the world living there.
needed annually to guarantee basic social security in emerging economies.
financial gap facing women entrepreneurs worldwide.
Why now?
Aid to low and middle income countries fell 7.1% in 2024, and the $1.4 trillion gap keeps growing. The entrepreneurs closest to the solutions are still being asked to wait.
We're not waiting. Cohort 1 launches soon.
Get InvolvedOur Global Cohort
Cohort 1. Three countries. Twelve founders. One belief, that communities closest to the problem are closest to the solution.
Get involved
Join our community of impact founders and get the training, mentorship, and investor access to pitch with confidence.
Learn more about getting involved →We are raising $350,000 by end of December 2026
Help us launch our inaugural cohort of 12 fellows
Your gift funds the nonprofit and the programs behind the fellowship: training, mentorship, and research for entrepreneurs in Jordan, Ukraine, and Sierra Leone. Gifts are not cash transfers to individual fellows.
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