| The Company |
The Leadership |
The Pitch |
The News |
| Saathi |
Cofounder and CFO Amrita Saigal (MBA 2014);
Founded 2015 |
Almost 3 million women in India don’t have access to sanitary pads. Saathi’s environmentally friendly pads, made from banana fiber and produced in India, are designed to be inexpensive and widely available. |
Saathi, the winner of the 2014 HBS New Venture Competition in the social enterprise track, began distribution in 2016 and launched its #OneMillionPads program to donate pads to the women of rural Jharkhand. |
| CarePort |
Cofounder and CEO Lissy Hu (MBA/MD 2014);
Founded 2012 |
Eight out of ten patients discharged from the hospital need additional care. CarePort’s technology assists with planning and managing this post-acute care. |
The winner of the 2012 HBS New Venture Competition in the social enterprise track, Boston-based CarePort was recently acquired by publicly traded health care IT company Allscripts. |
| Rumi Spice |
Cofounder and CEO Kimberly Jung (MBA 2015);
Founded 2014 |
With the goal of spurring development in rural Afghanistan, Rumi works with 80-plus farmers and hundreds of saffron processors to produce and market the world’s most expensive spice. |
Rumi Spice saffron is now in top restaurant kitchens, on the shelves at luxury grocers, and in the recipes of meal-delivery company Blue Apron. |
| Grow-Trees |
Cofounders and directors Pradip Shah (MBA 1981) and his son, Karan Shah (MBA 2015);
Founded 2010 |
A green alternative to greeting cards, Grow-Trees sends an e-card and plants and maintains trees in India in honor of special occasions (or to offset your carbon footprint). |
In six years, Grow-Trees has reforested more than 4,000 acres of land in eight Indian states. |