Jim Chu
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| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏫 Education | Stanford University |
| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Untapped |
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Jim Chu is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, philanthropist, and angel investor focused on innovation and entrepreneurship in developing markets. Jim Chu has invested in and launched startups in the USA, Sub Saharan Africa[1], and Haiti[2]. Jim Chu is known for his insights in clean water[3], economic opportunity, impact investing[4] and contributing to the sustainability of small businesses in developing markets.[1] [2]
The Nest[edit]
Jim Chu founded The Nest, a weekly Zoom “shark tank” designed to connect aspiring entrepreneurs in frontier markets with angel investors from around the world[4]. It was created in April 2020 during the CoronaVirus lockdown.[5]
Untapped[edit]
Jim Chu founded Untapped in 2018. Untapped supports innovation in frontier markets through asset financing.[6] [5]
dloHaiti[edit]
Jim Chu has been actively working in Haiti since early 2010 and until July 2012 was a volunteer at LifeGivingForce (LGF), a public charity deploying donor-funded private-public water kiosks in urban and rural Haiti.[7] In 2012 he launched dloHaiti, a water kiosk venture in Haiti that is building a network of wells serviced by solar-powered kiosks and equipped with hi-tech purification systems and information technology.[2] dloHaiti is backed by several investors, including Leopard Capital's Leopard Haiti Fund, the International Finance Corporation's InfraVentures Fund,[8] the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), and Miyamoto International.[9] [10]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Interact Labs secures US$60k funding after participating in The Nest". AFRICA INC. MAGAZINE. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Links, Market (23 December 2019). "Meet the Entrepreneur Who's Making Clean Water Accessible Across Haiti". Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ↑ "Haiti: Access to Safe Water for Underserved Communities". www.ifc.org. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Khan, Maha (10 June 2020). "Fintech's Next Big Ideas Might Be Discovered Remotely | Center for Financial Inclusion". undefined. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jackson, Tom (14 May 2020). "African startups have secured more than $135k in funding commitments via a remote "Shark Tank"". Disrupt Africa. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ↑ Khan, Maha (10 June 2020). "Fintech's Next Big Ideas Might Be Discovered Remotely | Center for Financial Inclusion". undefined. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
Untapped, itself a fintech supporting innovation in frontier markets through asset financing.
- ↑ "Meet the Entrepreneur Who's Making Clean Water Accessible Across Haiti". www.marketlinks.org. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
After the country’s 2010 earthquake, Chu traveled to Haiti as a volunteer with a non-governmental organization (NGO) distributing clean water to those in need. He later became the CEO of Life Giving Force, a nonprofit providing clean water throughout Haiti.
- ↑ "Haiti: Access to Safe Water for Underserved Communities". www.ifc.org. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ↑ "Leopard Haiti Fund". Leopard Capital LP. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Kolodny, Lora (14 May 2013). "DloHaiti Taps VC Funding as it Brings Haiti Clean Water and Jobs". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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