November 2022: Ripio expands to the US

News from Clarity, Ripio, Super, and Xendit; our second cohort of AxBC and new team member

Portfolio News

• Clarity partnered with more than a dozen communities who were awarded air quality monitoring grants by the EPA.

• Ripio announced plans to expand to the United States.

• Super received the Social Impact through Innovation Award from Alibaba Cloud.

• Xendit's ordering system is now free to use in the Philippines.

Amasia News

• We concluded the second cohort of AxBC, our course on behavior change for climate founders.

• We welcomed Jermayne Ong, a former Amasia Fellow, to the full-time Amasia team. She will focus on our increasingly rigorous impact measurement around our climate and sustainability thesis.

What We're Reading

• Reuters published key takeaways from this year's United Nations climate summit, COP27.

Useful links:

• The Amasia website for an overview of our firm, our team, and our portfolio.

• The Amasia blog for essays on the VC business, our portfolio, and our impact.

• The In Our Hands podcast with theorists and practitioners in climate science and behavior change (with full transcripts if you prefer text).

• The Futureverse podcast with authors of climate-related fiction (with full transcripts if you prefer text).

• Ramanan’s blog for personal essays.