{"id":49522,"date":"2025-04-29T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2025\/04\/29\/undp-and-trigger-team-up-to-supercharge-sdg-startups-and-businesses-with-smarter-investment-and-support\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T02:00:00","slug":"undp-and-trigger-team-up-to-supercharge-sdg-startups-and-businesses-with-smarter-investment-and-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2025\/04\/29\/undp-and-trigger-team-up-to-supercharge-sdg-startups-and-businesses-with-smarter-investment-and-support\/","title":{"rendered":"UNDP and Trigger Team Up to Supercharge SDG Startups and Businesses with Smarter Investment and Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\">\n<p>        SINGAPORE &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\" rel=\"sponsored\">Media OutReach Newswire<\/a> &#8211; 29 April 2025 &#8211;<b><i> <\/i><\/b>The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Trigger Asset Management (Trigger) have launched a landmark partnership aimed at unlocking capital and strengthening support for startups and businesses advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This collaboration brings together UNDP&#8217;s global innovation and finance expertise with Trigger&#8217;s strength in sustainable and scalable investment solutions.<\/p>\n<div>\n  <br \/>\n  Led by UNDP&#8217;s Alternative Finance Lab (AltFinLab), the initiative called &#8220;&#8216;Origin&#8221; will enhance the efficiency, transparency, and accessibility of impact investment opportunities for mission-driven startups and businesses, particularly those nurtured by UNDP&#8217;s accelerator programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Singapore, Trigger is a leading investment management firm committed to building impact-oriented financial ecosystems to tackle global challenges from climate action and poverty reduction to health and education.\n  <\/p>\n<p>Through this initiative, UNDP and Trigger will co-develop infrastructure and strategies to help promising SDG-focused ventures and businesses reach scale and sustainability.\n  <\/p>\n<p><b> Key areas of collaboration include: <\/b>\n  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      Designing and launching investment opportunities for SDG-aligned startups and businesses that will be guided by structured acceleration and incubation pathways;\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      Creating a next-generation AI and Web3-powered digital platform to connect startups and businesses with investors and streamline collaboration;\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      Building a comprehensive, interactive database of startups and businesses supported by UNDP accelerator programmes, enabling smart matchmaking between ventures, donors, and investors;\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      Delivering tailored capacity-building programs, including training in SDG impact management, innovative financing, business development, and agile project design;\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      Rolling out a Digital MBA programme and peer learning workshops to upskill business owners and enhance organizational readiness for investment.\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  &#8220;We&#8217;re seeing enormous potential in SDG-aligned startups, but they often struggle to attract the right kind of investment or support,&#8221; said Robert Pasicko, Team Leader for AltFinLab at UNDP Europe and Central Asia. &#8220;This partnership with Trigger is about bridging that gap\u2014making it easier for impact investors to find and fund ventures solving real-world<br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">problems, while giving those ventures the tools and networks they need to thrive.&#8221;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n&#8220;This partnership is a critical step toward redefining how impact capital is mobilized and applied,&#8221; said Goh Seh Harn, Founder and CEO of Trigger Asset Management. &#8220;We are building an ecosystem where capital not only scales businesses but also fuels systemic change for people and the planet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By combining UNDP&#8217;s global development reach with Trigger&#8217;s leadership in sustainable investment, the partnership is poised to support a new generation of investment-ready startups and businesses capable of delivering economically sustainable, and measurable social and environmental impact at scale. More information at<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.triggervc.com\/\" rel=\"sponsored\">www.triggervc.com<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.triggervc.com\/\" class=\"social-media-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-right: 7px;vertical-align: middle;display: inline-block !important;width: 24px\" src=\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/Release\/templates\/images\/socialMedia\/generic_link.png\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"\/>https:\/\/www.triggervc.com\/<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/triggervc\/posts\/?feedView=all\" class=\"social-media-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-right: 7px;vertical-align: middle;display: inline-block !important;width: 24px\" src=\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/Release\/templates\/images\/socialMedia\/iconmonstr-linkedin-1-24.png\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"\/>https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/triggervc\/posts\/?feedView=all<\/a>            <\/p>\n<p><b>Hashtag: <\/b>#TRIGGER #UNDP #impactinvesting #sustainableinvestment #sustainabledevelopment<\/p>\n<p>\n            <em>The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.<\/em>\n        <\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/track.media-outreach.com\/index.php\/WebView\/378562\/4121\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"width:1px;height:1px;\"\/>\n    <\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/singapore\/2025\/04\/29\/378562\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211; Media OutReach Newswire &#8211; 29 April 2025 &#8211; The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Trigger Asset Management (Trigger) have launched a landmark partnership aimed at unlocking capital and strengthening support for startups and businesses advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 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