Pollylabs

Name

Pollylabs

Legal name

PollyLabs Foundation

Website

https://polly-labs.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Impact Venture Studio

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Social Assistance (624), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Refugee & Humanitarian Newcomer Orientation (Resettlement Support) (EDAAADAI)

Keywords

• Venture studio
• Social impact technology
• Benefit access chatbot
• Humanitarian aid platform
• Disaster recovery solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Philanthropic Funding: PollyLabs Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible. The organization receives funding from catalytic donors, family foundations, and impact investors through the PollyLabs Forum.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pollylabs is a nonprofit venture studio that identifies urgent social problems and repurposes proven technology to solve them, operating through a Discovery, Incubation, and Scale pipeline. Its flagship in-house product is Raboti, a WhatsApp-based AI chatbot that helps Israeli reservist families navigate and claim government benefits, supported by a portfolio of incubated impact ventures (Aseel, FORESOW, re+connect, Citizen Impact, BONO) and research publications on humanitarian innovation.

Product overview

PollyLabs is a venture studio that repurposes proven technology to solve urgent social challenges. The organization operates through a three-stage process: Discovery (identifying high-potential opportunities), Incubation (developing and testing solutions), and Scale (helping proven ventures grow). Core offerings include Raboti, an AI-powered WhatsApp chatbot that helps families claim benefits; a portfolio of impact ventures (Aseel for humanitarian aid, FORESOW for food systems, re+connect for disaster resilience, Citizen Impact for financial resilience, and BONO for philanthropy); and research publications including discovery reports on humanitarian innovation, regenerative agriculture, and post-disaster recovery frameworks. The organization also maintains the PollyLabs Forum, an invite-only community for stakeholders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Raboti Conversational WhatsApp chatbot designed to help Israeli reservist families navigate and claim government benefits and rights, built with AI to guide users step-by-step through eligibility assessment and application processes.
• Aseel Humanitarian aid delivery platform providing unmatched efficiency and transparency, creating infrastructure to connect artisans selling handmade products while enabling transparent humanitarian aid flows globally. Reduces humanitarian distribution costs by two-thirds.
• FORESOW Supply chain intelligence platform strengthening regional food systems by empowering producers with actionable data and insights to improve sustainability and efficiency.
• re+connect Community engagement platform connecting people and organizations through collective action and crowdsourced data during disasters, empowering residents to act as community ambassadors.
• Citizen Impact Financial resilience platform improving household financial stability to reduce bad debt and support economic recovery.
• BONO Philanthropy tool designed to make charitable giving accessible for non-billionaires, democratizing access to impact investing.
• Agency App Incubated venture listed alongside FORESOW in PollyLabs' Incubation stage portfolio.

Quantifiable outcome

• Raboti achieved 5,000+ users and $720K in benefits unlocked within 60 days of launch
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Reservists' Wives ForumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 March 2025Frontline strategic partner for Raboti chatbot. Their deep community insights, direct access to families, trust built with people in their care, and collaborative guidance are the foundation of Raboti's design and ground distribution. Initial distribution to 15,000 families through this partnership.
• Marzipan TechcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner providing AI product strategy and oversight for Raboti, guiding solution architecture for the conversational chatbot platform.
• LangatecoreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary engineering partner responsible for hands-on building and deployment of Raboti's infrastructure and WhatsApp integration.
• Beyond the BattlefieldcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in developing the Reserve Force Tech initiative, collaborating on research to identify unmet needs and tech-based solutions for reservist families.
• Margalit Startup CityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in hosting the 'Cracking the Code on Relief' event focused on business, innovation, and technology in humanitarian aid.
• TAI ConsultingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by Alina Shkolnikov, partner in events and thought leadership on humanitarian innovation.
• Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family PhilanthropiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership and support for PollyLabs initiatives in social impact and humanitarian innovation.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• GiveDirectly: Nonprofit that delivers cash transfers directly to people in extreme poverty, bypassing traditional aid infrastructure. Comparable to Raboti's approach of directly connecting crisis-affected populations to financial resources, eliminating middleman friction.
• Fast Forward: Accelerator specifically for tech nonprofits, providing funding, capacity building, and community to organizations using technology for social impact. Highly comparable to PollyLabs' venture studio model, where it incubates and supports tech-enabled impact ventures.
• Echoing Green: Social impact fellowship and leadership organization that identifies and invests in emerging leaders working on social change. Comparable to PollyLabs' venture studio model of identifying and backing impact-driven founders and ventures.
• Code for America: US-based 501(c)(3) civic tech nonprofit that builds technology to help people access government benefits and services. Highly comparable to PollyLabs' Raboti, which acts as a benefits navigation chatbot for reservist families. Both focus on the friction between eligible people and entitled benefits.
• New Story: Nonprofit that uses technology (3D printing, innovative construction) to address humanitarian housing challenges. Highly comparable to Aseel and PollyLabs' core approach of repurposing technology for humanitarian aid delivery.
• Benetech: Nonprofit technology company that builds software for social good, including accessible education tools and human rights documentation. Comparable to PollyLabs in applying general-purpose technology to humanitarian and social challenges.

Broad incumbents

• Mercy Corps Ventures: Impact investing arm of Mercy Corps focused on humanitarian technology startups. Comparable to PollyLabs' Aseel venture and humanitarian aid mandate, but operates within a larger humanitarian organization.
• Acumen: Global impact investing fund and accelerator that backs early-stage social enterprises addressing poverty. Comparable to PollyLabs' portfolio approach but operating at much larger scale with a for-profit impact investment model.

Emerging players

• NetHope: Consortium of humanitarian and international development organizations that uses technology to improve aid delivery. Comparable in mission to PollyLabs' humanitarian innovation focus, though operates as a member consortium rather than venture studio.
• Ushahidi: Nonprofit technology company that builds open-source tools for crisis response and civic engagement, including re+connect's disaster resilience offerings. Comparable in applying technology to humanitarian and disaster recovery challenges.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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