Zidisha Is International Microlending, Immunity Project Is An HIV Vaccine; Two Nonprofits Currently Doing Y Combinator

Funding non-profit organizations was a new initiative announced by Y Combinator in September.  Assistance to these organizations from YC includes a charitable contribution and the same techniques used to help startups.  Two non-profits have recently announced their participation in YC W14: Zidisha and Immunity Project.  Both of these organizations address global problems they’ve been working on for […]

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General Description
Zidisha

Batch:
ycw14

Location:
Sterling, VA

CrunchBase:
zidisha

Hacker News:
n/a

Status:
live

Market:
nonprofit organization
Zidisha is the only peer-to-peer lending service to connect individual lenders directly with microfinance borrowers in low-income countries.