Asia Pacific Program
Scaling impact across Asia Pacific
Launched in 2017, we are now in our 6th year of supporting growth-stage ventures operating at the nexus of advanced technology, profit and impact.
Meet our 2023 Asia Pacific Cohort
Each year we identify and privately invite a select portfolio of growth-stage ventures to join the Unreasonable Impact Asia Pacific program. Below are the 13 ventures who are a part of the 2023 cohort.
102 Ventures are part of Unreasonable Impact Asia Pacific
The Unreasonable Fellowship is supported by a global community of 1,110 Mentors — from industry experts to renowned executives and policymakers. Below are just some of the Mentors who are proactively supporting our Asia Pacific cohorts.
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Agam Khare
Founder & CEO of Absolute
Chloe Cheung
Impact Investor, Founder at Prosperity Impact and Senior Advisor at WWF
Claus Nehmzow
Innovation Advisor, recently in Biofuels, Maritime and Oil & Gas, also VR/AR
Gautam Narayan
Partner at Apax Partners
Hao Wu
Moonshot Factory Lead @ Novo Nordisk
Hema Annamalai
Co-founder & Former CEO of Ampere Electric Vehicles
Janice Chua
AVP, Citizenship at Barclays
Jeffrey Char
Founder & CEO of SOGO Energy and Founder & Chairman of TRENDE
Jianjia Chan
People & Growth | Innovation Culture | Strategic Operations
Kanwaljit Singh
Venture Investor in early stage, Indian consumer brands. Passionate about helping build new age consumer brands.
Kentaro Kiso
President, Barclays Securities Japan
Kun Jiang
Health-Tech Entrepreneur with Successful Exit, Angel Investor
Lars Svensson
Sustainability Enabler
Lars Aagaard
Managing Director, Head of Mergers and Acquisitions and Head of Financial Sponsors, Asia Pacific
Masaki Takao
Co-Founder & CEO of Jeplan
Mike Rios
Head of Digital X @ UNDP's Chief Digital Office (ExO / HQ), Former CIO 17 Triggers, Meditation Coach
Prash Sivashanmugam
Head of Change Execution, Asia Pacific at Barclays
Regula Schegg
Managing Director, Circulate Capital
Renu Vasanth Kumar
Head of Citizenship, Asia Pacific, Barclays Bank Plc
Saideep Raj
Innovation leader
Sandhya Sriram
Group CEO & Co-founder of Shiok Meats
Shun Nagao
Early-stage startup investing Venture Partner based in Tokyo. Geneva born and Tokyo bred.
Sonia Gupta
Growth & Innovation MD
Thomas Road
Tsuyoshi Stuart Oda
Founder + CEO of Alesca Life
Vignesh Nandakumar
Investor-Operator, Environmental Sustainability eco-systems
Recent News from the Impact Asia Pacific Fellowship
August 15, 2023
Lead Recycling Market 2023 Business Scenario – Campine, Johnson Controls, ECOBAT, Exide Technologies
The Global Lead Recycling market report exhibits comprehensive information that is a valuable source of insightful data for business strategists during the decade 2023-2029. This is an extensive...
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August 8, 2023
Algorithm boosts potential for cotton irrigation efficiency
A new algorithm has been developed to improve cotton irrigation efficiency by redefining early season canopy temperature measurements. This breakthrough technology has the potential to...
Read on Grain Central »
June 9, 2023
Singapore startup Alchemy Foodtech partners Subway, Dingdong Maicai for new sugar-free sweetener
Alchemy Foodtech has launched SweetFibre, a patented product that can reduce sugar levels in food and drinks by up to 80%, without compromising taste or texture.
Read on Tatler Asia »
May 29, 2023
Zypp Electric Plans to Deploy 200,000 EVs and Seeks $300M for Expansion
Zypp Electric plans to deploy 2 lakh electric vehicles in Delhi and Bengaluru, seeking $300 million for expansion. The startup's annual revenue jumped 459% in FY23, and the CEO says their focus is...
Read on Startup Story »
May 9, 2023
Love carbs but want healthy eating? This S'porean couple know how it feels and created options for F&B businesses
Alchemy Foodtech, a Singaporean food tech company, is offering low-carb alternatives to traditional Asian staples. The company's products are made with a patented formula that reduces the glycemic...
Read on TODAY »
May 9, 2023
BP Ventures-backed BluSmart mops up fresh funding
BluSmart Mobility, an Indian electric vehicle ride-hailing startup, has raised $42 million in a funding round led by BP Ventures and other investors. The funds will be used to expand its EV fleet...
Read on VCCircle »
May 4, 2023
EV ride-hailing firm BluSmart gets $42 mn in fresh funding to expand fleet
Start-up says will use fresh capital to 'go deeper' in Delhi NCR and Bengaluru
Read on Business Standard »
March 24, 2023
Blusmart wants ride-hailing glory by saying no to Uber, Ola's scale
While ride-hailing giants Uber and Ola failed to become profitable through rapid and massive expansion, four-year-old Blusmart is hoping to do so by doing just the opposite: running a tight ship in...
Read on The Ken »
February 25, 2023
2022-2023 F.M. Kirby Impact Prize Winner: Essmart
We are thrilled to announce Essmart as the recipient of the 2022-23 F.M. Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact! Essmart is a for-profit social enterprise in India, on a mission to grow rural...
Read on Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) | Duke University, Fuqua School of Business »
January 2, 2023
Electric Is The Trick: Why BluSmart Is On A High-voltage Ride - Forbes India
The EV ride-hailing upstart is taking on the might of Ola and Uber with its full-stack business model that focusses on the users and drivers. Can David shock the Goliaths with an electric play?
Read on Forbes India »
December 7, 2022
This E-com platform gives agri-tech in India the boost it needs
With a looming food crisis powered by conflict, climate change, possibility of global recession, growing food needs to be made easier.
Read on Sify »
September 20, 2022
Getting innovative products to rural communities
MIT spinout Essmart has partnered with local retailers in rural India to create a supply chain that helps innovative products reach consumers in low-resource settings.
Read on MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology »
April 11, 2014
Social enterprise takes smart products to rural poor
A start-up Indian social enterprise has come up with an innovative solution to one of the country's biggest development challenges - helping the rural poor easily access basics such as clean...
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