Givology
Givology aims to increase access to education for needy students and improve education infrastructure in impoverished areas in the developing world, using P2P grants. By leveraging the power of the Internet and forming partners with non-profits.
| Startup type: | Social Enterprise |
| Status: | Active |
| Stage: | Beta |
| Publicity: | Open to speaking to journalists. |
| Funding: | Friends and Family, Self-funded |
| Industries: | Education, Information Technology, Internet |
| Location: | Philadelphia, New York, Seattle, London |
| Website: | http://www.givology.org |
| More info: | CrunchBase |
OUR NEWS
4 months ago
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01 January 2012
Givology now has 20 followers!
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Long ago
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07 August 2009
Givology now has 10 followers!
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24 June 2009
Alexander Yen joined the team. |
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Interested in social entrepreneurship, sustainable development, molecular cell engineering
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24 June 2009
Myk Dep joined the team. |
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24 June 2009
Xiang Li joined the team. |
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21 January 2009
Givology now has 5 followers!
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10 October 2008
Jennifer Chen created the startup |
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International Studies and Economics graduate from University of Pennsylvania. Co-founder and president at Givology, and working at Lehman Brothers, Private Equity.
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ABOUT US
Givology is an Internet community that empowers individual donors to connect with students and communities in need of education support. By leveraging the Internet to support education grants and projects, Givology creates a global community of people connected through their belief in the power of education. Furthermore, Givology aspires to the following:
- Address the increasing fragmentation of donor bases that support educational causes
- Leverage the impact of small dollar-denominated grants and loans in improving education access and quality in developing nations
- Improve organization, financial assistance to, and further cooperation among leading education organizations serving developing countries
- Spread awareness about the threat of rising economic and rural-urban disparities on children's access to quality education
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Team (3)
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Jennifer Chen
International Studies and Economics graduate from University of Pennsylvania. Co-founder and president at Givology, and working at Lehman Brothers, Private Equity.
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Alexander Yen
Interested in social entrepreneurship, sustainable development, molecular cell engineering
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Followers (21)
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Radostina Ruseva
Business development consultant, MBA at TUM Business School, Computer Science, Multimedia and Communications at LMU Munich and University of Helsinki, lecturer at Sofia University, employee of Microsoft, Siemens, BMW, Telefonica, start-ups co-founder
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Heesun Lho
VP of Projects at YouNoodle. Korean, grew up in the US, B.A. in Human Biology and M.A. in Education from Stanford University, former Co-President of BASES and now at YouNoodle running entrepreneurship campaigns!
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Stephane Manos
Stephane Manos has developed several online companies. While working as an online entrepreneur, he fell in love with the sales aspect and recruited some of the best clients and affiliates the companies have ever had.