UBS Optimus Foundation

Mario Ferro on how GFE’s Pay It Forward model could scale education funding across ASEAN [Q&A]

GFE Founder Mario Ferro explains how the Pay It Forward education-funding model assesses students, sets income-linked contributions and plans to scale across ASEAN.

UBS Optimus Foundation and Swiss Re Foundation invest over $2M to kickstart a new partnership with Terratai

Terratai, an Indonesia-based venture builder dedicated to driving investment into scalable nature-based companies, has announced a new partnership with UBS Optimus Foundation and SwissRe Foundation, backed by an initial funding of over $2 million to launch programs in Indonesia, with the potential to expand to South East Asia in future years.