World Resources Institute
VC Fund
Washington, United States
World Resources Institute is a VC fund in Washington focused on Agriculture and Organic Food. World Research Institute is a global research organization that is focused on protecting the Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. Its duties include protecting communities and natural ecosystems from damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions, and generating opportunitiesfor people by catalyzing a global transition to a low-carbon economy; driving the scale-up of clean, affordable power systems throughout the world to deliver sustainable socio-economic development; ensuring the world’s food systems reduce their impact on the environment, drive economic opportunity, and sustainably feed 9.6 billion people by 2050; alleviating poverty, enhance food security, conserve biodiversity, and mitigating climate change by reducing forest loss and restoring productivity to degraded, deforested lands; achieving a water-secure future by mapping, measuring, and mitigating global water risks; and improving the quality of life in cities by developing and scaling environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable urban and transport solutions.World Research Institute spans across more than 50 countries and constitutes of an employee base of 450 experts and staff. The organization is based in Washington, D.C., United States.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries World Resources Institute invests in
Stages World Resources Institute invests in
Countries World Resources Institute invests in
Contacts
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Aaron Steele
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Kevin Moss
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Liz Goodwin
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Lori Bird
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Robert W. van Zwieten
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Agriculture 1 (50%)
- Organic Food 1 (50%)
- Renewable Energy 1 (50%)
- Financial Services 1 (50%)
Country
- India 1 (50%)
- Colombia 1 (50%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Aaron Steele
CTO
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CTO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Kevin Moss
Global Director, Business Center
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Global Director, Business Center | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Liz Goodwin
Senior Fellow and Director Food Loss and Waste
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Senior Fellow and Director Food Loss and Waste | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Lori Bird
Director, U.S. Energy Program & Polsky Chair for Renewable Energy
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Director, U.S. Energy Program & Polsky Chair for Renewable Energy | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Robert W. van Zwieten
Advisor
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Advisor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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SEOS Energy
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SEOS provides flexible financing solutions to households, communities and micro-business through a digital platform that connects consumers with installers, distributors and capital providers to deploy solar loans at scale with fourfold certainty. Its integration of advanced technology tools and AI empowers installers, the growing buttraditionally low-digitized workforce that can make energy transition happen. | $694K / Grant / Apr 15, 2023 | |
Jeevanksh.com
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Jeev Anksh Eco Products is a social enterprise and is in the business of marketing healthy, organic and eco-friendly products since 2012.The company is a DIPP, Govt. of India, recognised startup, under Startup India initiative, with recognition no. DIPP2109. The company has completed incubation with the Land Accelerator - South Asia 2020 by WorldResources Institute; NeatEhub, Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, Assam; and from ZTM & BPD unit of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa Campus, New Delhi, with technical support from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Umiam, Meghalaya.Jeevanksh.com, the company website, was launched on 12/12/12, as an online marketplace for organic and eco-products. We deal in all kind of finished products which are certified organic. We are an Associate Member of IFOAM Organic International and IFOAM Asia. We have tie up with organic growers of Northeast India, and have access to a total farmland of over 1000 ha. under organic cultivation, in the foothills of the Himalayan mountain range of NE region, near the Indo-Bhutan borders. Our farmer friends are over 10000 in number and are mostly small and marginal tribal farmers doing organic agriculture. The company serves clients (B2B food companies) from across the country as well as from South East Asian countries. The company’s products have reached the store shelves in India, Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Europe.The company won the first National Entrepreneurship Award (2016-17) under SC/ST Category and was awarded by the Honourable Home Minister of India, Shri Rajnath Singh ji. The award ceremony was organised by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India.The company provides forward market linkages to organic farmers of Northeast India, and promote and market their farm produce in India. The company has so far benefited over 10000 small and marginal tribal farmers of the region, and was instrumental in improving the income and providing sustainable livelihoods to these farmer families. The company does contract farming with buy-back agreements with the organic farmers collectives (FPC/FPOs & Farmer Groups) associated with them. The company is fortunate to be working with three Krishi Ratna awardee farmers of the region. The company’s revenue has broken even in the 2015-16 financial year. | $3.6K / Grant / Feb 01, 2021 |
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What does World Resources Institute invest in?
World Resources Institute invests primarily in Agriculture, Organic Food and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Grant stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at World Resources Institute includes Aaron Steele (CTO), Kevin Moss (Global Director, Business Center) and Liz Goodwin (Senior Fellow and Director Food Loss and Waste), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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