UpLink Annual Impact Report 2026

Enabling Innovation Ecosystems Harnessing data-driven engagement, curated networks and strategic demand signals, UpLink facilitates partnerships that accelerate early- stage innovation, capital deployment and  real-world impact.02 UpLink acts as a catalyst, uniting purpose-driven leaders across business, government, civil society and academia to enable collaboration that accelerates the adoption and scaling of early-stage innovations. By bringing together ventures working on complementary solutions, UpLink enables targeted partnerships and knowledge exchange across the ecosystem. This focused community-building helps ventures reach markets faster, address shared challenges more effectively and contribute to system- and industry-level transformation.This collaboration takes many forms. Venture-to- venture collaboration includes joint grant applications, project and pilot initiatives, technology and product integration, knowledge exchange and strategic business partnerships. Venture-to-partner collaboration spans investment opportunities, capacity-building initiatives, research and development (R&D), project development and participation in curated discussions. 31% UpLink Ventures reported that they were currently engaging (or had engaged) in collaborations with other ventures.26% UpLink Ventures reported collaborating with ecosystem partners. Uplink Annual Impact Report March 2026 9