# Humanity United

> Humanity United is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Sustainability and SaaS. See 6 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Sep 2018
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/humanity-united
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/HumanityUnited
- Website: http://www.humanityunited.org
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/humanityunited

Humanity United is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Sustainability and SaaS. Humanity United is committed to building a world where modern-day slavery and mass atrocities are no longer possible. They support efforts that empower affected communities and address the root causes of conflict and modern-day slavery to build lasting peace.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sustainability | 3 | 50% |
| SaaS | 2 | 33% |
| Supply Chain Management | 2 | 33% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| mHealth | 1 | 17% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Melanie Greenberg | Managing Director, Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/melanie-greenberg |
| Ed Marcum | Managing Director | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ed-marcum |
| Sandy Tesch Wilkins | Senior Manager, Investments | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandy-tesch-wilkins |
| Theodore Lewis | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/theodore-lewis-9ab7 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SupplyShift | At SupplyShift, we’re committed to helping businesses create more transparent, responsible, and resilient supply chains. We believe that, when properly managed, a company’s supplier network can deliver incredible value for the company, the greater economy, and can play an important role in changing our world for the better.For business to thrive,collaboration in the supply chain is critical. That’s why we built a network for supply chain transparency. A place for buyers and suppliers to engage on critical aspects of risk without repeating their efforts. A place where information can be shared quickly and insights can be found efficiently. We help some of the world’s most influential companies turn supplier information into action, improving their risk resilience and sustainable business practices. With tens of thousands of companies across 133 countries exchanging data every day, SupplyShift is the world’s largest supply chain transparency network. |  | Series A | Sep 29, 2018 |  |
| RightsDD | Assess operations and supply chains for slavery risk. Prioritise at-risk suppliers, geographies and products for action. Gather data for reporting. All with one simple online solution: RightsDD. | $75K | Seed | Jun 20, 2018 |  |
| Provenance | The trusted data layer for agentic commerce. Provenance powers enriched product attributes for 300+ brands and retailers, including L’Oreal, Holland & Barrett, THG, Nestle, Unilever, LVMH, Diageo and Ocado, positioning it as a trusted infrastructure layer for AI discovery and values-driven commerce.With AI-driven commerce projected to reach$3–5 trillion by 2030, brands and retailers face a structural challenge: product claims are largely unstructured, unverifiable and lacking trust signals for AI systems. Provenance converts complex product data - certifications, sustainability, health and efficacy claims - into verified, machine-readable claims that AI systems can reliably interpret and cite, building on over a decade of domain expertise in the integrity, validation and compliance of CPG product claims. | $800K | Seed | Jul 11, 2017 |  |
| HowGood | HowGood is a SaaS data platform with the world's largest database on product sustainability. With more than 33,000 ingredients, chemicals, and materials assessed, HowGood SaaS and impact data offerings help leading brands, retailers and investors improve their environmental and social impact. Through in-depth, ingredient-level insights intofactors ranging from greenhouse gas emissions to animal welfare to labor risk, HowGood data powers strategic decision-making for the sourcing, manufacturing, merchandising, and marketing of sustainable products. | $4.2M | Series A | Feb 22, 2017 |  |
| Ushahidi | Ushahidi is a non-profit tech company that specializes in developing free and open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping. | $200K | Seed | Aug 01, 2008 |  |
| Ulula | Ulula enables industry leaders in oil, gas, and mining to predict and prevent environmental, social, and governance risks by turning mobile crowd-sourced data from stakeholders into actionable intelligence.Ulula transforms the art of managing “above ground” risks and the rising burden of socio-environmental compliance into a science based on ascalable, cost effective and data-driven technology. We use simple mobile technologies (SMS, USSD, IVR, etc.) to create sustainable feedback loops between companies and communities, and transform this information into actionable intelligence to solve social, environmental and governance (ESG) problems between communities and companies before they erupt. Ulula take 311 beyond smart cities to offer localized intelligence for businesses. We dramatically decrease the cost of data collection, enabling more frequent and better measures to inform business decisions in real time, and automate reporting in line with business standards to reduce the cost of regulatory compliance. | $1M | Seed |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angel Academe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-academe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blackhorn Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackhorn-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bowery Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bowery-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Contour Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/contour-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Department for International Development](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/department-for-international-development-dfid) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Humanity United invest in?

Humanity United invests primarily in Sustainability, SaaS and Supply Chain Management startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Humanity United?

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### Who are the partners at Humanity United?

The team at Humanity United includes Melanie Greenberg (Managing Director, Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation), Ed Marcum (Managing Director) and Sandy Tesch Wilkins (Senior Manager, Investments). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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