Issue #10

📰 FRONTPAGE

Welcome to the tenth issue of Chronicles, your passport to the world of social impact, innovation & entrepreneurship.

In this fortnight’s rundown:
🧠 Storytelling
💬 Water Quality Management
👇️ GybeMaps
🆕 Vive la révolution: Stay Tuned!

🧠KNOWLEDGE SPOTLIGHT

Storytelling

🔑 In the world of social impact, storytelling is a crucial tool for driving change and engaging communities. By crafting compelling narratives, organizations can connect with their audience on a deeper level, inspire action, and amplify their impact.

📝 What?: Storytelling for impact involves creating & sharing narratives that highlight your mission, activities, challenges, and successes in a way that resonates emotionally with your audience. It’s all about showcasing the human element behind your work.

🕵️‍♀️ Achieving It:

1. Emotional Connection: A well-told story can evoke empathy and support.

2. Increased Engagement: Engaging stories capture attention and hold interest.

3. Amplified Impact: Powerful narratives can inspire action and mobilize resources.

👌 Why It's Crucial?: Creating an impactful story requires identifying your core message, understanding your audience, and using authentic, relatable characters and conflicts.

Stay tuned for the next part of our series, where we’ll delve into steps for achieving it.

Facts & Figures

🔎Startup Ecosystem refers to the network of support for growing startups. It can include incubation facilities, funding mechanisms, prototyping facilities etc.
💰Downforce Technologies, a UK-based impact startup raises $4.2M to transform soil carbon measurement.
📈 EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation is a program run by the EU to support social innovation. They have a war chest of over $742 Million annually to support such programs.

💬 INNOVATIONS

Water Quality Management: Safeguarding our Future

Water is life's elixir. Yet, pollution and overuse threaten this precious resource. Is there a way to manage water proactively?

 🌍 What: Water quality management steps in to ensure clean & sustainable management water for all. This proactive approach involves monitoring water sources, identifying and mitigating pollution, and implementing sustainable practices. Think of it as safeguarding the health of our water sources.

🌱 Why embrace it?:

1. Healthy Lives: Clean water is essential for drinking, cooking, and sanitation, directly impacting our well-being. Effective management safeguards this vital resource.

2. Thriving Ecosystems: Healthy waterways support diverse plant and animal life. Water quality management protects these ecosystems, ensuring a balanced environment.

3. Sustainable Future: Prioritizing clean water today guarantees a reliable source for generations to come, fostering the health of communities for years ahead.

📊 Industry Insights: According to Custom Market Insights, in 2023, the market is estimated to be valued at $5.55 B, and it is expected to reach $10.8B by 2032. With water security taking an increasingly primary role in both the government & corporate world, the industry has a bright future.

👇️ STARTUP IN FOCUS

GybeMaps: Bringing Innovation to the Table

One social impact startup is revolutionising the water quality industry using satellite imagery to monitor water quality across vast areas.: GybeMaps.

🌱 Who: GybeMaps is an American tech startup specializing Helps customers monitor and manage water resources using a range of sensor technologies, and satellite imagery. It was founded in 2019 by a team of marine scientists and tech innovators to protect & manage water resources.

🔬 What are their products & services?:

GybeMaps SaaS is their primary product which combines satellite and sensor water quality data in the user-friendly GybeMaps WebApp. The software is used to track the quality of large water bodies such as rivers & lakes. Their software has been used for use cases such as tracking the concentration of E. coli bacteria, nitrate & algae bloom in rivers

🏆 Success: GybeMaps has over 13 customers with some prominent names being The Nature Conservancy, The World Wildlife Fund & AB InBev. They have raised 3 funding rounds to further their market & R&D prospects.

🆕 SOCIAL UPDATES

Vive la Révolution: Stay Tuned!

Exciting News: Registration Opening Soon!

We are thrilled to announce that registrations for the 3rd edition of the Decoding Social Entrepreneurship BootCamp will open in just a few days! Get ready to dive deep into the world of social entrepreneurship with insights from experts.

This issue also marks our 10th edition of the newsletter. We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our subscribers for their unwavering support. Stay tuned for more updates and thank you for being part of our journey!