ABOUT US

Founded as a 501 (c) (3) in 2016, Igarape Inc is an independent non-profit organization focused on advancing public security, digital transformation, protecting nature, sustainable development and international cooperation. The organization supports applied research, technology development, strategic advocacy and policy innovation around the world.
 
Igarape Inc has established a strong record in advancing data-driven and evidence-based solutions to intractable challenges. It supports a range of organizations to promote safety, justice, and development in lower- and middle-income countries and cities across the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
 
Igarape Inc is committed to expanding the profile, reach and impact of public, private and nonprofit organizations committed to improving security, advancing digital rights, protecting nature, strengthening sustainable development and promoting multilateral cooperation. It is committed to developing partnerships to make the world a safer place.

Research and advocacy

Igarape Inc supports a wide range of organizations to undertake cutting-edge applied research and strategic outreach on issues related to public security, digital transformation, protecting nature, sustainable development and international cooperation.

Technology

Igarape Inc helps several types of organizations incubate, test, evaluate and deploy new technologies to make people, communities and cities safer. Examples include tools to track invasive surveillance, body-worn police cameras and predictive crime analytics.

Building partnerships

Igarape Inc works in partnerships with a wide range of governments, private companies and non-governmental organizations to deliver social impact at scale. Examples include the Global Innovation Fund, United Nations Foundation, the governments of Canada and Switzerland, non-governmental organizations such as the Institute for Security Studies, the Inter-American Development Bank and UN Office for Drugs and Crime, as well as technology groups such as Google Ideas.

Our Mission

Igarape INC mobilizes resources to promote research, stimulate debate and foster connections on complex nature, digital and development challenges around the world, using data to drive solution.

our Programs

We support initiatives through three key programs

Nature

Digital Security

International Cooperation

Our Board Members

Bruno

Giussani

President

Bruno Giussani is the European director of TED and the curator of the annual TEDGlobal conferences and other TED events. A writer, entrepreneur and idea generator, he is also a member of the Board of Tinext, and advises private companies and public organizations on innovation and communication strategy. His writings have appeared in many publications in Europe and the U.S.
 
Bruno is a recognized specialist of global affairs and of the social and economic impacts of technoscientific innovation. He was an executive at the World Economic Forum, an Internet columnist for the New York Times, an adviser to the Atlantic Council, co-founded two other companies and authored several books. He was a 2004 Knight Fellow at Stanford University and an Affiliated Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford.

Misha 

Glenny

Secretary

Misha Glenny is a globally celebrated author of non-fiction. He has been visiting professor at Columbia University's Harriman Institute and is the author of several books, including the bestseller, McMafia, and Nemesis. McMafia is now an acclaimed BBC series. Misha also advises several international NGOs including Global Witness, and is working on a new series about environment crime in the Amazon.
 
Misha is a former correspondent for the Guardian and the BBC. He specialized in reporting on the Yugoslav wars in the early 1990s following the breakup of Yugoslavia. While at the BBC, Glenny won 1993´s Sony Gold Award for his outstanding contribution to broadcasting. Glenny has advised the United States and some European governments on policy issues and for three years ran an NGO helping with the reconstruction of Serbia, Macedonia and Kosovo.

Alexandra 

Kosslyn

Treasurer

 

Alexandra Kosslyn has nearly two decades of experience in investor relations across long-short equity and venture capital. She was most recently head of investor relations at Prime Movers Lab, which focuses on breakthrough scientific startups. Prior to that, she was a partner at Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., a concentrated research-intensive fundamental value investor in long and occasionally short investments in the public markets. She is currently consulting for groups in sustainability-minded finance.
 
Ms. Kosslyn graduated cum laude with a degree in the History of Art from Bryn Mawr College and received an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School

Our Team

Robert
Muggah

Executive Officer

Barbara
Silva

Administrative Officer

Gabriel
Luna

Operations Coordinator

Giovanna
Kuele

Program Manager

Katherine Aguirre

Senior Researcher

Selected Partners

Governance and Financials

Form 990
Tax Return

2024

Previous Years

Tax return 2023

Tax return 2022

Tax return 2021

Audited Financial
Statement

2024

Previous Years

Financial statements 2022

 

Financial statements 2021

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