Jordan
Localized
Localized partners with schools, organizations, companies and accelerators to connect young professionals in emerging markets with experts who share roots and employers looking for talent.
Sitti
Sitti is a multi-national brand that brings fair wage employment to refugees through the making of skincare and home good items.
Hawiyati
Making Cents International, a social enterprise that fosters human potential and advances economic opportunity globally, and Kiva, the largest microfinance crowdfunding platform in the world, are building Hawiyati (“My Identity” in Arabic) as the digital identity solution for refugees, migrants, and national populations in the Middle East and beyond.
Amplio Ventures
Amplio Ventures was formed out of Amplio Recruiting, a multi-city staffing agency helping US companies hire dependable employees from the refugee workforce. After placing 3000 refugees in jobs, the greater need of job creation on a global scale was recognized and Amplio Ventures was born. Amplio Ventures seek to focus on growth stage venture capital for businesses restoring refugee stability. From refugee entrepreneurs to companies employing a large majority of their staff from their refugee workforce, Amplio Ventures desires potential portfolio companies to sustain the following four stakes: refugee stability, monetary velocity, growth ability and leadership vitality.
Kois Invest
Anchored by support from the Ikea Foundation, Kois is designing the first development impact bond to improve refugee livelihoods in Jordan and Lebanon. Designed to improve efficiency and accountability, Kois is structuring a bond to finance 2 organizations working to improve education and employment outcomes for Syrian refugees. If certain targets are achieved, such as job placements, governments and foundations will provide investors with a return. Kois, based in Brussels, previously structured a 27.3 million bond with ICRC to provide services for people with disabilities in conflict zones.