LATTICE80, in collaboration with FinTech4Good, presents the complete list of Top 100 Fintech for SDG Influencers who are leveraging the power of fintech and blockchain technology to create a positive impact on the future.

LATTICE80, in collaboration with FinTech4Good, presents the complete list of Top 100 Fintech for SDG Influencers who are leveraging the power of fintech and blockchain technology to create a positive impact on the future.

The Sustainable Development Goals are a collection of 17 global goals set by world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 to create a better world by 2030. They serve to be the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by setting clear targets addressing global challenges we face as a human race.

At its core, the advancement of technology, including fintech and blockchain, is about changing and improving current systems to build a better future for all around the world.

For one, fintech has allowed us to go beyond the structures and ways of the traditional financial system to reach the underbanked and unbanked, improving financial inclusion and bringing us a step towards poverty eradication and improving inequalities.

Beyond that, blockchain technology can also be harnessed to advance numerous causes beyond financial inclusion, from supply chain provenance, improving energy efficiency, to tracking of data to minimize pollution. By taking a step towards improving these pressing issues today, we are taking charge to create a better and more liveable world for all and future for generations to come.

This list thus serves to highlight key leaders who have been at the forefront of championing impact-driven use cases of fintech and blockchain – whether it be as an entrepreneur starting a new project or community, an enabler from a research of academic institute, a corporate, or an investor investing in social impact. The list was created through LATTICE80’s research, network, and database and we strove to include as diverse a group of leaders, across geography, role and cause, as possible.

Key Highlights from the list

41 women and 59 men were included

and were included The 5 cities which saw the most number of Fintech for SDG influencers were: London (14), New York (12), Washington D.C. (9), Singapore (6), and San Francisco (4).

(14), (12), (9), (6), and (4). 41 influencers hold key management positions in impact-focused fintech and blockchain startups and projects; 40 spearhead efforts in enablers such as accelerators, government agencies, support communities, event and forum organisers or research institutes; 14 are investors directly investing impact-driven projects or providing platforms facilitating such investments; and 5 are from corporates

Congratulations to all the champions for impact on this list! Onward and upward!

LATTICE80 is a global Fintech hub with more than 11,000 startups and 200,000 professionals on our database. We are committed to supporting and enabling fintech and blockchain startups that promote social impact causes by leveraging on our network of global partners. LATTICE80 has more recently launched our SDG focused blockchain accelerator based in Hong Kong. Indicate your interest to be part of the accelerator here to begin the conversation with us.

This report was done in collaboration with FinTech4Good which connects start-ups, investors, industry leaders and public sectors to introduce impactful fintech and blockchain solutions to the frontier markets through our incubation, acceleration and investment programs. We will feature the Top 100 Fintech for SDG Influencers at the World Responsible Technology Forum on September 25, 2019.

Disclaimer: The list has been arranged in alphabetical and not in rank. Also, in case you think we have missed someone or wish to suggest a correction, please drop us a line on info@lattice80.com.

Name Position

Company, City LinkedIn Twitter Alex Fork Founder, CEO Humaniq, London Alexandre Mezard Co-founder, COO Poi Network, Paris Alexi Lane Founder, CEO Everex Global, Singapore Alistair Douglas Founder and Partner Fishcoin, Eachmile Technologies, Singapore Andree Simon CEO FINCA Impact Finance, Washington Angel Versetti Co-Founder, Global CEO Ambrosus, London Anita Ward President Operation HOPE, Atlanta Antanas Guoga Founder Blockchain Centre Vilnius, Vilnius Anu Bhardwaj Founder Women Investing in Women – Digital, Miami Beach Arndt Husar Advisor, Global Center for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development UNDP, Singapore Arsène Jacoby Senior Advisor/Head of International Financial Institutions Ministry of Finance, Luxembourg Artak Robert Melkonyan COO UNDP SDG Impact Finance, Bangkok Arun Kumar Nayyar CEO NeoGrowth Credit, Mumbai Ashish Gadnis Co-Founder, CEO BanQu, – Ashley Lannquist Project Lead, Blockchain & DTL World Economic Forum, California Bambang Susantono Vice President – Knowledge Management & Sustainable Development Asian Development Bank, Manila Belinda Lim Founding Member The Good Block, Singapore Brian Doreian Chief Development Magus SDG Impact Fund, Philadelphia Carmen Ng Research and Social Content Lead Positive Blockchain, Munich Caterina Ferrara Advisory Board Member Swachhcoin, Naples Catherine McGuinness Policy Chair City of London Corporation, London Cécile Baird Co-Founder and Company Director Decentrl Agency & Blockchain For Good, Los Angeles Chris Walker Director, Financing UN SDG Driven Business Opportunities in NYC NYU Stern School of Business, New York Cong He Co-founder ShanChain Technology & Kilo-Kilo-World, Haikou David Galipeau Frontier Technology for SDGs UNDP in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok David Gogel Blockchain Business Associate Techstars, New York David Katz Founder, CEO The Plastic Bank, Vancouver Diana Biggs Head of Digital Innovation HSBC, London Don Tapscott Co-Founder, Executive Chairman Blockchain Research Institute, Toronto Elena Pierce CEO in/PACT, Charleston Eli Pollak Founder, CEO Apollo Agriculture, Nairobi Elizabeth Rossiello Founder, CEO BitPesa, Dakar Emma Todd Co-Chair Blockchain for Impact, Toronto Eric Jing Executive Chair and CEO Ant Financial, Hangzhou Eric Letsinger Founder, CEO Quantified Ventures, Washington Eriko Suzuki Partner Fresco Capital, Tokyo Fleur Heyns Co-Founder Proof of Impact, – Francisco Benedito Co-Founder, CEO Climatecoin, Valencia Gabriel Aronovich Founder, CEO BitSeeds, New York Gina Heng Founder, CEO Miss Kaya, – Greta Bull CEO CGAP, Washington Gulenn Tambe Partner, Advisory, FSO EY, London Harveen Narulla Co-Founder, CEO Kommerce, Singapore Helene Li Co-Founder GoImpact, Hong Kong Hirander Misra Founder, Co-Chairman FinComEco, London Ingrid van Wees Vice President – Finance & Risk Asian Development Bank, Manila Inna Amesheva ESG Research & Advisory Arabesque Asset Management, Frankfurt Itamar Meimon Tel Aviv Jane Barratt Chief Advocacy Officer MX Technologies, Lehi Jane Thomason CEO Blockchain Quantum Impact, Brisbane Jehan Chu Co-Founder and Managing Partner Kenetic Capital, Hong Kong Jeremy Goodwin Founder, CEO SyncFab.com and the Manufacturing Blockchain, San Francisco Jeremy McKane Founder The Ocean Fund, Dallas Jessi Baker Founder, CEO Provenance, London Joe Seunghyun Cho Co-Founder LATTICE80, – John Edge Chairman ID2020, New York Joseph Lubin Founder ConsenSys, New York Kai Schmitz Investment Lead Fintech International Finance Corporation, Washington Kaiser Naseem Banking and Digital Transformation Advisory Services International Finance Corporation, Moscow Katherine Foster Chief Strategy Officer, Bloc Co-Founder, Blockchain Climate Institute Kohei Kurihara Chief Marketing Officer CollaboGate, Tokyo Kyle Graden Co-Founder, CMO Seedom, San Diego Leanne Kemp Founder, CEO Everledger, London Leland Rice Chairman of the Advisory Board The Africa Fintech Summit, Washington Martin Wainstein Innovator in Residence Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale, New Haven Mary Olson Co-Founder, Chief Brand & Tech Officer Fintech Connector, New York Mats Granryd Director General GSMA, London Matthieu Lepine Co-Founder Globact.io, Paris Maya Chorengel Partner TPG – The Rise Fund, San Francisco Melinda Woolf Founder SDG Futures, Los Angeles Mercina Tillemann COO Global Blockchain Business Council, Washington Michael Kent Founder, CEO Azimo, London Michael Schlein President, CEO Accion, New York Michael Wiegand Director, Financial Services for the Poor Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle Monica Brand Engel Co-Founder and Partner Quona Capital, Washington Niama El Bassunie Founder, CEO WaystoCap, Casablanca Nydia Zhang Co-Founder and Chairman Social Alpha Foundation, Hong Kong Patrick Njoroge Governor Central Bank of Kenya, Nairobi Peter Johnson Founder, CEO Ayadee，San Salvador Peter Teuscher Co-Founder and Managing Partner BSD Consulting, Zurich Phillip Goffin Founder The Big Exchange, London Ramy Noaman Founder SDG Blockchain Forum, New York Raphaël Mazet Co-Founder, CEO Alice, London Richard Swart Strategic Advisor Crowdsmart.io and Gravity.Earth, San Francisco Robert Greenfield IV Co-Founder – ConsenSys Social Impact ConsenSys, San Francisco Robin Lewis Co-Founder & Director Social Innovation Japan, Tokyo Ross Kenyon Co-Founder and Lead Strategist Nori, Seattle Sally Eaves Blockchain Social Impact Lead UK Government Blockchain Association, London Sam Lee CEO Blockchain Global Limited, Melbourne Sandra Ro Co-Founder UWIN Corp, New York Sebnem Rusitschka Validator Tokens & Technologies The Sun Protocol, Munich Stefani Budiman International Partnership Manager Blockchain Asia Forum, Singapore Susan Oh Co-Chair of AI Blockchain for Impact, New York Taynah Reis Founder, CEO Moeda Seeds Bank, New York Theo Cosmora Founder, CEO Social Eco and One Dollar Smartphone, London Till Bruett Director, Secretariat of the UNSG Task Force on Digital Financing of the SDGs United Nations Capital Development Fund, Washington Tom Baumann Co-Founder Climate Chain Coalition, Ottawa Tricia Martinez Founder, CEO Get Wala, Cape Town Xiaochen Zhang President FinTech4Good, Washington Yolanda Jinxin Ma Head of Communications & Partnerships UNDP SDG Impact Finance, Bangkok

Last updated: 24 April 2019