“We think of ourselves as the Airbnb of volunteering,” says Abhishek Humbad, founder and CEO of Goodera, a US start-up that is today announcing the successful completion of a $10 million Series A funding round. It’s a mission he feels evangelical about. “Volunteering is how we will build better human beings in a very divided world,” Humbad says. “It’s a win-win situation for everyone involved.”
Goodera’s role is to play matchmaker between thousands of corporates and other organisations worldwide that want to facilitate volunteering opportunities for their staff, and charities and other not-for-profits organisations that are in need of volunteers.
Once it finds a match, the company