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Enlivened by Community — for Community

We are the collective influential voice for incubators across the Global South

While incubators help social entrepreneurs tackle pressing community challenges, who helps the incubators themselves?

As catalysts for social enterprise growth, where can incubators discover their own avenues for expansion?

Incubators offer entrepreneurs opportunities for networking, collaboration, and learning. However, where do they go to network, collaborate, and learn?

Pollinate Impact is cultivating an ecosystem that opens the floodgates for impact enablers. By creating avenues that foster learning, growth, and collaboration, we equip them with the resources needed to deliver transformational support.

Journey of a thousand miles
began with a single step

February 2021
A bright idea! Let's map impact incubator & accelerator ecosystem.
February 2021
Listening sessions with more than 40 ecosystem players.
November 2022
Woah! Project team formed in collaboration with impact network experts.
January 2023
Now the heavy lifting. Created a design team to steward the network.
February - April 2023
Feedback from more than 50 individuals...
September 2023
THE AHA MOMENT! Pollinate impact Launched.

Guided by values in
all our actions

Our values are simple, but indispensable.

  • Equity Matters.
  • Togetherness matters even more.
  • Authenticity in ethos.
  • Ownership in action.
  • Contribution brings prosperity for all.
  • Listening builds trust.
  • Sharing brings the sense of community.
  • Run by the spirit of entrepreneurship and collective care.

Learn about becoming a member

  • Equity Matters.
  • Togetherness matters even more.
  • Authenticity in ethos.
  • Ownership in action.
  • Contribution brings prosperity for all.
  • Listening builds trust.
  • Sharing brings the sense of community.
  • Run by the spirit of entrepreneurship and collective care.
About Pollinate Collaborative Environment Impactful Ecosystem

A Team United by Shared Passion for Impact

Network Secretariat

The network weavers. Managing operations, mobilising
member engagement and staying on top of what matters.

Arielle Molino

Chief Convener,
Pollinate Impact

Shami Rao

Network Catalyst,
Pollinate Impact

Paul Basil

Special Advisor,
Pollinate Impact

Parul Sharma

Comms Ninja,
Pollinate Impact

Katherine Fligg

Marketing Advisor,
Pollinate Impact

Madhura Chaudhuri

Madhura Chaudhuri

Comms Ninja,
Pollinate Impact

Aditi Ravi Krishnan

Comms Ninja,
Pollinate Impact

Tess Thuo

Network Nurturer,
Pollinate Impact

Ruod Ariete

Community Choreographer,
Pollinate Impact

Sophia Calugay Morita

Membership Mobiliser,
Pollinate Impact

Members of Stewardship Group

The strategists. Elected members who govern the network and help guide our strategies.

Paul Belknap

Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship

Wilfred Njagi

Villgro Africa

Oanh Kieu Pham

CSIP (Centre for Social Initiatives Promotion)

Kate Cochran

Upaya Social Ventures

Astou DIA

ImpactHub

Solomon Twum

Reach for Change

Board of Directors

The hivekeepers. They ensure the network’s fiduciary compliance
and provide strategic insights to keep the show running.

Arun Venkatesan

Villgro USA

Azad Oommen

Global School Leaders

Jasmin Patel

A-connnect

Jenny Everett

Everett Interests

Nadine Freeman

Ashoka Globalizer

Meet our Members

The Enablers! Nurturing and transforming impactful businesses to create positive economic, environmental, and societal impact in the long term.
Academic City Technology and Entrepreneurship Center, Accra, Ghana (West Africa)
ATENEO Blue Nest, Philippines (South-East Asia)
BongoHive, Lusaka, Zambia (East Africa)
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), Bengaluru, India (South Asia)
Crescendo Foods, Accra, Ghana (West Africa)
CSIP - Center for Social Initiatives Promotion, Hanoi, Vietnam (South-East Asia)
DIMEWISE, Kenya (East Africa)
Enviu, Rotterdam, Netherlands (Western Europe)
iDE, Cambodia
(South-East Asia)
IKP Eden, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (South Asia)
Impact Hub Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)
Impact Hub Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya (East Africa)
InkoMoko, Nairobi, Kenya
(East Africa)
Kayana Create, Nairobi, Kenya (East Africa)
Kobo Hub, Congo
(Central Africa)
KX Knowledge Exchange, Thailand (South-East Asia)
Marathwada Accelerator for Growth and Incubation Council (MAGIC), Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India (South Asia)
MBC Africa, Tamale, Ghana (West Africa)
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Santa Clara University (SCU), Santa Clara, California (Global)
Mzuzu E-Hub, Malawi (East Africa)
New Energy Nexus, Berkeley, California, United States of America (North America)
NSRCEL IIMB, PAN India
(South Asia)
ONOW, Yangon, Myanmar (South-East Asia)
Opero Services, Nairobi, Kenya (East Africa)
Reach for Change, Ghana (West Africa)
RUG-Hub, Kumasi, Ghana
(West Africa)
Shared Value Hub, Nairobi, Kenya (East Africa)
SHONA, Kampala, Uganda
(East Africa)
Smart Regional Consultants Ltd., Nairobi, Kenya (East Africa)
Uddyam PAHSUI Foundation, Solapur, India (South Asia)
Upaya Social Ventures, Bengaluru, India (South Asia)
Villgro Africa, Nairobi, Kenya (East and West Africa)
Villgro Innovations Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (South Asia)
Villgro, Philippines
(South-East Asia)
Wise-Hub, Kisumu, Kenya
(East Africa)
Wylde International, Nairobi, Kenya (East Africa)
Zixtech Hub, Cameroon (Central Africa)

Meet our Partners

The Catalysts! Igniting change through shared vision, commitment, collaboration and resources.

Greater Houston Community Foundation
Jhpiego
The Human Edge
The Lemelson Foundation

Our Allies

Meet our Partners

The Catalysts! Igniting change through shared vision, commitment, collaboration and resources.

Greater Houston Community Foundation
The Lemelson Foundation
Jhpiego
The Human Edge

Our Allies

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