Logistics Middle East MusicMedia Not-for-Profit- Big Hit
Entertainment
For mobilizing
(and monetizing)
music fans - Bravado
For elevating artist
merchandise
into highly coveted
keepsakes - Songclip For tak-
ing your memes to
the next level with
licensed song snip-
pets from major
labels Universal,
Warner, and Sony - BMG For rethink-
ing record deals to
put more money in
artists’ pockets, and
making strategic
expansions from
Brazil to Nashville - 88rising For ush-
ering in a new wave
of Asia-imported
hip-hop
6. Gold Rush Vinyl
For revolutionizing
vinyl production by
making records three
times faster than the
industry average
7. D o l by For push-
ing past surround
sound to create a
new way to record
and listen to music
8. Nvak Founda-
tion For globalizing
access to resources
for overlooked artists
in such countries as
Armenia and Malawi
9. Gener8tor
For using the startup
accelerator model to
empower musicians
10. Pandora
For extending its
Music Genome
Project algorithm to
podcasts to give
personalized recom-
mendations - Attabotics
For saving thou-
sands of square feet
in warehouse space - Footprint
For making com-
postable, recycled
packaging solutions
for everything from
TVs to frozen dinners - Target
For using retail stores
to make same-day
delivery its most
appealing (and
profitable) online-
shopping option - Tradeshift
For detecting social
risks, such as child la-
bor, in supply chains - Olam
International
For connecting
Big Food with
110,000-plus sus-
tainable farmers - Flowspace For
offering small busi-
nesses small-scale
warehousing and
fulfillment so they
can keep up with
e-commerce giants - Controlant For
monitoring refriger-
ated products—from
food to pharmaceu-
ticals—throughout
the shipping process - Command
Alkon For modern-
izing the construc-
tion industry with a
material manage-
ment platform - Omnichain
Solutions For em-
ploying blockchain
to track CPG supply
chains - Del Bravo
For automating cus-
toms across the
U.S.-Mexico border - Color of Change
For leveraging the
star power of When
They See Us to
make local criminal
justice reforms - Truth Initiative
For smoking out
the teen vaping
epidemic - GiveDirectly
For proving that ba-
sic income stipends
radically help com-
munities, and trans-
forming disaster aid - Civica Rx For
manufacturing ge-
neric drugs at lower
prices to combat
shortages and rising
healthcare costs - B Lab For push-
ing responsible
capitalism into the
mainstream business
conversation - Rippleworks
For helping social
ventures scale up,
with cash and exec-
utive consultants - Define Ameri-
can For partnering
with Comedy Cen-
tral to help comedi-
ans develop smart
immigration bits - Upsolve For re-
lieving $50 million in
debt by simplifying
the process of filing
for bankruptcy - Charity:Water
For creating a fund-
ing model where
nonprofit workers
benefit as much as
wealthy donors - Clara Lionel
Foundation
For approaching
climate disaster
relief preventatively - Healthy.io
For using smart-
phone cameras to
diagnose chronic
kidney disease and
manage wounds - UBQ Materials
For transforming
garbage into raw
materials for manu-
facturing plastic - The Modist For
expanding its own
collection of modest
fashion and partner-
ing with global
boutique Farfetch to
grow its reach - RecycloBekia
For recycling
e-waste and safely
destroying data in
the Arab world - Instabeat For
launching its wear-
able technology on
swimming goggles - Souktel
For designing and
delivering mobile
services to link peo-
ple with jobs and
connect aid agen-
cies with communi-
ties that need help - Vezeeta
For linking Egyptians
with doctors on
its medical search
platform - Tenderd For
making a market for
renting construction
machinery in build-
ing-happy Dubai - Intuition Robot-
ics For developing
a social companion
bot for elder care - REE For creating
a flat, modular chas-
sis for electric vehi-
cles to reduce weight
and boost efficiency - Spotify
For tapping into the
power of podcasts
to create a more
engaged audience—
and sell more ads - Hello Sunshine
For becoming the
go-to catapult for
women protagonists - Bleacher Report
For speaking to sports
fans like one of them,
wherever they are - The New York
Times Company
For sparking a pro-
vocative conversa-
tion about slavery’s
legacy, in print, au-
dio, live events, and
classroom materials - The Athletic
For persuading
almost 1 million
people to pay for
sportswriting - Time Out
Group For parlay-
ing its local guide ex-
pertise into a global
food-hall business - TC G For making
the most audacious
bets on new media
startups and advising
them on how to scale - Complex
Networks
For helping brands
develop products
for its streetwear-
clad, heat-seeking
audience - Substack For en-
abling one-person
media brands to go
direct to consumer - SmartNews
For driving audi-
ences to digital
publishers via its
algorithmically
driven news app
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