merani impact Prototype

Impact map · Caucasus, Central Asia and Türkiye

Find the people building the region's impact economy

Investors, hubs, public programmes and impact ventures across nine countries, from Istanbul to Almaty. Mapped by Merani Impact, a women-led impact investing group from Georgia.

Explore the map Get on the map

Impact map

Pick a country to zoom in, then a pin to see who is there.

Numbers show how many hotspots each city has. Dimmed pins have none for the chosen type.

Platform

One place for the region's impact economy

The map is the start. These are the tools we plan to add for founders, investors and the wider ecosystem.

For founders

  • Get on the mapIn this prototype

    Add your company or organisation. A partner reviews every entry.

  • Impact readiness checkIn this prototype

    Six questions that show how ready you are to talk to impact investors.

  • Funding calendarNext

    Open calls from GITA, IDDA, IT Park, EBRD Star Venture and Accelerate Prosperity, with deadlines.

  • Investment-readiness kitNext

    Pitch deck and data-room templates, plus starter impact metrics for each sector.

  • Office hoursNext

    Book 20 minutes with a partner or mentor.

  • Women founders trackLater

    A programme aligned with the 2X Criteria, so development banks can co-invest.

For investors

  • Portfolio and impact reportsIn this prototype

    Every investment with its impact numbers next to the basics of the deal.

  • Co-investor clubNext

    Angels and family offices join syndicates deal by deal.

  • Diaspora portalLater

    Georgian, Armenian, Kazakh and Uzbek diaspora invest back home with us.

  • Private deal roomLater

    Shared pipeline, due-diligence checklist and investment memos, for partners only.

  • Impact dashboardLater

    Live portfolio numbers on IRIS+ definitions: CO₂ avoided, jobs, women employed.

For the ecosystem

  • Impact mapIn this prototype

    Investors, hubs, public programmes and ventures in nine countries.

  • Events mapNext

    CEVF, INMerge, Startup World Cup Georgia and Astana Hub events in one calendar.

  • Corporate challengesLater

    Banks, telcos and utilities post problems that startups can pilot.

  • State of Impact reportLater

    A yearly report on impact capital in Central Eurasia.

  • Jobs and languagesLater

    A job board for impact startups, and the site in Georgian, Russian and Turkish.

Try it

Impact readiness check

Tick what is true for your company today.

    Portfolio

    Our first investments will appear here

    Each company will show the impact it delivers next to the basics of the deal, measured with IRIS+ metrics.

    Example layout

    [Company name]

    Where
    [City], [country]
    Sector
    [Sector]
    Invested
    [Year] · [equity, SAFE or revenue-based finance]
    Impact
    [Value] [unit] last year, IRIS+ [metric]
    2X Criteria
    [Met or not met]
    Open slot

    Clean energy and e-mobility

    Solar, storage, efficient buildings and electric transport.

    Open slot

    Climate-smart farming and water

    Farm data, cold chains, irrigation and water efficiency.

    Open slot

    Inclusive finance

    Credit, payments and insurance for people and small firms that banks miss.

    Open slot

    Health and education access

    Care, diagnostics and learning that reach smaller cities and villages.

    Open slot

    Women-led companies

    Companies founded or led by women, screened with the 2X Criteria.

    Thesis · draft

    What we back

    A first draft for the partners to agree. Ticket sizes and stages are still open.

    Where

      What

      Companies with a clear, measurable benefit for people or the climate: clean energy and e-mobility, climate-smart farming and water, inclusive finance, health and education access, and women-led companies.

      How

      1. Start as a women-led angel club that invests deal by deal.
      2. Raise a first fund, Georgia-first, and co-invest across the region with partners.
      3. Help each company with introductions, hiring and follow-on rounds.

      How we measure

      • IRIS+ metrics for each sector
      • The five dimensions of impact
      • The 2X Criteria for gender
      • IFC Performance Standards and an exclusion list

      Still open

      Ticket size: [to agree]. Stage: [to agree]. Instruments: equity and SAFEs for startups, revenue-based finance for profitable small businesses [to confirm].

      Team

      Four partners, nine countries

      A women-led team from Georgia. Each partner leads one part of the work and a set of countries.

      Anastasia Charelishvili

      Partner

      Strategy, partnerships and capital

      • Kazakhstan
      • Uzbekistan

      Ana Kostava

      Partner

      Legal, structuring and governance

      • Georgia
      • Armenia

      Elene Tskhadadze

      Partner

      Investments and public partnerships

      • Kyrgyzstan
      • Tajikistan
      • Turkmenistan

      Maria Mikadze

      Partner

      Impact, community and platform

      • Türkiye
      • Azerbaijan

      Roles as proposed in the founding playbook, to be confirmed by the partners.

      Get on the map

      Add your organisation

      Run a fund, hub, programme or impact venture in one of the nine countries? Tell us about it. A partner reviews every entry before it goes on the map.

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      How your entry will look