The report, Impact Startups 2023, bases its findings on the Dealroom.co Impact database, which gathers information on more than 17,000 “impact startups”. ImpactCity and Dealroom.co founded this impact database with other partners to measure the development of the worldwide impact ecosystem. Impact startups are defined as companies that address one or more UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) at the core of their business and have the potential to scale.
