世界经济论坛-UpLink年度影响报告（英）

UpLink Annual Impact ReportMARCH 2025ContentsAbout UpLink 2Foreword 3Executive summary 41 How UpLink enables impact 61.1 Engagement and networking opportunities 61.2 Global visibility and thought leadership 91.3 Business growth acceleration 102 Top Innovators’ impact 142.1 Spotlight: Economic impact 142.2 Thematic impact 17Looking ahead 29Appendices 30A1 Impact management and measurement framework 30A2 UpLink's role in facilitating connections with key stakeholders 31A3 Top Innovators’ growth plans in the next 18 months 32Contributors 33Endnotes 34Images: Getty Images, UnsplashUplink Annual Impact Report March 20251About UpLink UpLink is a World Economic Forum initiative, founded in collaboration with Deloitte and Salesforce, focused on impactful early-stage innovation. It builds ecosystems that enable purpose-driven, early-stage entrepreneurs to scale their businesses for the markets and economies that are essential to a net-zero, nature-positive and equitable future. Accelerate impact of early-stage innovators by providing the necessary resources and networks to support their growth, enabling them to scale and deliver impact. Europe and Central Asia 27%North America 26%Sub-Saharan Africa 15%East Asia and Pacific 10%Latin America and Caribbean 10%South Asia 9%Middle East and North Africa 3% Enable Innovation Ecosystemsby facilitating collaboration between innovators and business leaders, investors, public-sector partners and domain experts. Influence perceptionthrough impactful narratives to inspire collective action, mobilize capital and cultivate a conducive environment for innovation to thrive in. UpLink’s strategic objectivesUpLink in numbers Funding stage11 Innovation Ecosystems 66Innovation Challenges517Top Innovators selected since 2020Headquarters in 75 countries66% Male (Co-) Founder or C-suite34% Female (Co-) Founder or C-suiteSeries APre-seed or seedSeries B or other42%37%21%2Uplink Annual Impact Report March 2025ForewordAt UpLink, we are driven by a clear mission: to propel innovations that will shape a sustainable, equitable and thriving global economy. Since its launch five years ago at the World Economic Forum’s 2020 Annual Meeting in Davos, UpLink has become a global change engine for scaling purpose-driven start-ups. By unlocking the power of entrepreneurship, we tackle the world’s most urgent challenges outlined by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).We believe that innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. By convening entrepreneurs, investors, industry leaders and enablers, we build cross-sector thematic partnerships vital for addressing systemic challenges. These partnerships champion solutions that go beyond incremental change and rewire industry models for lasting transformation. This is made possible thanks to the passion and commitment of our partners, Forum colleagues and the UpLink team.As progress towards the SDGs continues to lag, the urgency of taking decisive a