Funding

Open Source Showcase Series

This series spotlights proven open source solutions from our portfolio companies that are already deployed in multiple countries, actively maintained, and solving real problems in health, education, financial inclusion, and humanitarian response.
UNICEF Venture Fund Open Source Showcase: Rumsan jalli
OSS Episode 1: Transparent Aid Distribution on Blockchain

8 December 2025

Join Rumee and Manjik from Rumsan as they dive into:

  • How Rahat improved flood preparedness through transparent, anticipatory cash distribution in Nepal
  • Building adoption-ready Digital Public Goods
  • Real deployment stories, challenges, and lessons learned
     
UNICEF Venture Fund Open Source Showcase: Statwig jalli
OSS Episode 2: VaccineLedger - From Warehouse to Child

23 January 2026

Join Statwig's Sid Chakravarthy and Mansi Shah as they unpack:

  • Interoperability at Scale: Integrating with national health systems for seamless data exchange
  • Digital Infrastructure: Designing platforms that can manage 100M+ vaccine doses annually
  • Trust & Transparency: Enabling accountability through real-time, open-source monitoring
     
UNICEF Venture Fund Open Source Showcase: Somleng & OpenEWS by Chatterbox Solutions jalli
OSS Episode 3: Warning the Last Mile with Somleng and OpenEWS

26 March 2026

Join David Wilkie (CEO & Co-founder, Chatterbox Solutions) as he unpacks:

  • Why open CPaaS matters: telco bypass, cost-effectiveness vs proprietary platforms, and easy deployability for governments and development practitioners
  • From Somleng to OpenEWS: the journey from building communications infrastructure to life-saving early warning systems
  • Sustaining impact: how deliberate design for the public sector and commercial sustainability can coexist