Hapi is a sustainable investment platform dedicated to parents who would like to build a financial standing for their children. This can be done by setting up an account and creating an investment portfolio from a range of socially-conscious companies available on the platform. The companies are grouped into several themes that support ESG causes such as for example: clean energy, global water or healthcare innovation. Besides the theme, you also choose the risk level. Your family and friends can join in too by making donations to your account.

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Minted is also an investment app but its purpose is to buy, share, sell and save gold. It is FCA-licensed and aims at making investment in gold safer and more accessible. The creation of the app was triggered by the experience of the founder. Working as a private wealth manager, Shahid Munir discovered that gold is a good saving option but the processes around investment in gold were quite outdated and not transparent enough for the modern standards. Minted is here to change it.

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The transformative spirit is also behind Moss, a spend management platform from Germany which uses cutting-edge technology to improve on the efficiency of how companies manage their spendings. Less than a year since its initial product launch, Moss reports a valuation of €226 million, which reflects how successful it has been with its offerings. It has just closed an extension of its Series A funding round of about €25 million, which was attended by Valar Ventures, a VC firm associated with an American entrepreneur Peter Thiel. Currently, Moss operates in Germany but the next step for the company is to expand internationally. They also plan to deliver new products.

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Yet another stage of development has been reached by a sustainability-driven American company Aspiration, which has announced a merger agreement with Interprivate III Financial partners, a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company. This means that Aspiration is now publicly listed. Aspiration offers Sustainable as a Service solutions for both private individuals and companies. It has been growing exponentially since its inception in 2013. Only in the last year it has driven over 7x growth.

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A sustainability-inspired move has also been made by The Scottish National Investment Bank which has declared £50 million over five years to the Scottish Gresham House Forest Growth & Sustainability Fund. The investment will be used to plant new trees and to generate income from the sale of timber and its regeneration. Additionally, the fund will serve to accumulate carbon credits in the form of Woodland Carbon Units (WCU).

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