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VCID: 14395642
    Profile

    Corporate information


    Registration country
    Investment activity status
    Not investing

    Fund terms

    Vintage
    2022
    Fund type


    Overview

    The APAC Sustainability Seed Fund is a new landmark initiative catalyzed by AVPN, with support from Google.org and Asian Development Bank (ADB) as the strategic and outreach partner, to combat climate change and drive sustainability in the Asia Pacific region.

    Asia Pacific, especially low lying and small island countries, is extremely vulnerable to disastrous impacts of climate change such as extreme precipitation events, heat waves, rising sea levels, and loss of biodiversity. And the USD 3 M APAC Sustainability Seed Fund will scale up the most innovative nonprofit sustainability initiatives and solutions that help vulnerable and underserved communities in eleven (11) market countries – Australia, India, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong SAR China – to adapt and mitigate the detrimental effects of climate change.

    The fund will provide grants to support scaling up non-profit innovations in the following areas:

    • Increasing access to renewable energy /decarbonisation efforts
    • Adaptation to the effects of climate change
    • Biodiversity protection
    • Water preservation
    • Circular economy
    • Air quality
    • Waste management

    Funding rounds

    Fund Closing USD 3,000,000


    USD 3,000,000 (1 Jun 2022)

    Profile Country Notes
    Asian Development Bank International development finance institution Philippines Initial investment. Round participant.
    Google.org The philanthropic arm of Google. Initial investment. Round participant.

    Current and past shareholders

    Investor Round
    Asian Development Bank logo Asian Development Bank
    International development finance institution
    Fund Closing
    Google.org logo Google.org
    The philanthropic arm of Google.
    Fund Closing

    Selected investments

    Country Notes
    Alam Sehat Lestari
    N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    TGECA
    N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Azure Alliance
    N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Uncharted Waters Ltd
    Not-for-profit, data-driven climate startup in Australia that provides real-time evidence of climate impacts on water and food security.
    Australia N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Border Green Energy Team
    N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Villgro Innovations Foundation
    India N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Coalition for Our Common Future
    South Korea N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Water Stewardship Asia Pacific
    N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Engineering Good
    Singapore N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Yayasan Solar Chapter Indonesia
    Nonprofit organization focused on advancing sustainable development in Indonesian rural areas vulnerable to climate disasters.
    Indonesia N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Mahila Housing Sewa Trust
    N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
    Environmental policy think tank that aims to establish a closed island recycling system for plastic and other waste on Samet Island in Thailand.
    Japan N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Ocean Recovery Alliance
    Non-governmental organisation (NGO) focused on creating innovative solutions and collaborations to improve the ocean’s health.
    N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active