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January 13, 2022

As impact tech booms, the United Nations says it wants in on the action

UNDP is sending experts to work directly with startup founders accepted into the Norrsken Impact Accelerator


Mimi Billing

4 min read

Ulrika Modéer is the assistant secretary general at UNDP.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says it wants to deepen its ties to startups through work with accelerators and developing better measures of impact to tackle pressing social and environmental challenges.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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