Press Conference: UpLink Mobilizes CHF 37M for SDGs

January 17, 2024
08:00–08:30 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Four years on from its launch at the Annual Meeting in 2020, UpLink, the World Economic Forum’s open-innovation platform, has raised CHF 37 million in funding commitments through to 2027 to further strengthen its thematically-focused innovation ecosystems that are supporting early-stage, purpose-driven start-ups and accelerating progress towards the SDGs. In this session, leaders from UpLink’s...
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SC
Sarah Chapman
Global Chief Sustainability Officer
Manulife
SD
Suzanne DiBianca
Chief Impact Officer
Salesforce
KM
Kwasi Mitchell
NP
Nidhi Pant
Co-Founder
S4S Technologies

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