We are driven to change the world
We strive to help organizations transition towards a culture that deliberately leverages the collective genius of their internal and external stakeholders – to achieve greater impact.
Fostering Innovation with Impact
Babele is a technology and consulting company that works in the fields of collective intelligence, business modeling and social impact. We have pioneered application of open strategies and collaborative business planning, providing our programs and online platforms to universities, incubators, networks and corporations spread across 6 continents.
About Us
Babele is a social enterprise that acts as a catalyst for systemic innovation, uniting a global network of universities, corporations, NGOs, and social entrepreneurs to co-create impactful solutions to address global issues such as climate change and poverty, while fostering resilience in the face of its effects. Our unique approach combines open-innovation principles with a powerful digital platform and targeted consulting services, empowering diverse stakeholders to collaborate on solutions that maximize value for society and the environment.
Babele’s open-innovation platform is designed to break down silos by creating a collaborative ecosystem where participants from various backgrounds—including academia, the private sector, and civil society—convene and co-create, drawing from a wealth of unutilized ideas, emerging technologies, and shared knowledge. By integrating these diverse perspectives into active innovation processes, Babele supports cross-pollination, enabling sustainable initiatives that contribute to a resilient, inclusive society.
Through our platform, stakeholders can engage in both private and interconnected environments. Each network benefits from its own dedicated space while gaining access to the collective expertise, best practices, and resources of our global community. This unique structure allows programs to seamlessly collaborate across boundaries, share expertise, and borrow from each other’s strengths, fostering a global innovation ecosystem that amplifies collective impact.
Our network has grown to include over 200 impact-driven innovation programs and 10,000+ impact ventures across 116 countries. Our Theory of Change envisions a world where climate innovators and social entrepreneurs work beyond silos, harnessing the shared knowledge and resources of a global, sustainability-driven network to drive social and environmental progress.
As a mission-driven social enterprise, Babele reinvests 90% of profits directly into its social mission, prioritizing impactful innovation without the demands of external investors. This independence allows us to focus wholeheartedly on nurturing a global social innovation ecosystem, uniting efforts to address the world’s most pressing challenges and creating pathways for a sustainable, inclusive future.
Meet our Team
Ruxandra Creosteanu
Highly numerate and with a strong analytical background, she is an ex sustainability consultant at Deloitte and a true change-agent at heart. She provides engagement and sustainability consulting to large organizations.
Emanuele Musa
Expert in open innovation, lean startup and design thinking. Emanuele is speaker at numerous conference and has trained over 500 social ventures in 15 countries. He manages IT project management and sales.
Noemi Salantiu
As a social scientist and experienced community builder, Noemi ensures Babele’s platform growth aligns with our mission: connecting partners, fostering social ecosystems, utilizing data, and maximizing collective impact.
Chris Coles
A proficient full-stack engineer, Chris has experience in energy trading and co-founded an AI-driven startup for remote solar surveys, demonstrating a commitment to using technology for positive change.
Alexandru Aciu
Innovative tech mind, highly motivated to improve and driven to succeed. Alex is a quick learner, capable of working with a variety of technologies and deliver concrete results.
Ognjen Vukovic
Senior back-end developer with 16 years of experience in various technologies. Ognjen contributes to the development of the platform with new features.
Stefan Perju
An adept JavaScript Frontend Developer, Stefan brings his skills to both startups and corporations. He specializes in technologies like JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and frameworks including Angular and React.
Eric Oliveira
Seasoned back-end developer with over 11 years of experience, proactive with an unwavering dedication, and enthusiasm for collaborative teamwork.
Tiberiu Botnaru
Full stack developer with 9 years of experience. I’m passionate about many areas of Computer Science and IT and I’m always keen on learning new technologies, programming languages, frameworks or tools.
Esther Nivedita
Passionate and innovative professional dedicated to creating and driving sustainable impact. Esther is Head of Partnerships & Business Development for the MENA region
Yassine Sabri
A marketing and design expert, combining both fields to get a excellent UX and UI, while improving the way programs around the world are leveraging our platform.
Haze Necesario
A passionate and experienced Business Developer, bringing in-depth expertise in sales operations, customer engagement, and strategic lead generation.
Meet our Advisors
Andrea McGrath
Seasoned strategist, researcher and connector with deep, cross-sector experience. Andrea has worked with accelerators, social enterprises, venture funds and national networks. She is the founder of Amplified impact, a strategic advisory working in the field of social change.
Radu Creosteanu
Tech expert & personal growth advocate. Journey centered on well-being, learning, & human connections. Father, entrepreneur, programmer, & gamer. Ex-CTO at Fleetster (10yrs), now Technology Leadership Advisor at GEOTAB, merging innovation, empathy, & strategy in life & work.
Tim Rayner
Co-founder of One Million Acts of Innovation in Australia, he is a philosopher and writer. He wrote the award-winning short film, ‘Coalition of the Willing’. As an expert in open innovation for social entrepreneurs; Tim provides advice regarding the platform’s collaborative environment.
Daniel Goldman
A recognised business leader, advising and supporting innovators who are making big, sustainable, systemic change. Judge at the DELL Social Innovation competition, he is specialized in business modeling and building great and lasting teams.
Johan Du Plessis
An experienced CTO and serial entrepreneur. In 2012 he founded a Startup Incubator, working with some of Australia’s top Entrepreneurs. He is cofounder of Ability-Mate: an impact venture specialised on 3D Printed products for disabled people.
Richard Catherall
A social innovation specialist and expert in investment readiness, he works with the UN on social entrepreneurship development. Richard is co-founder of Radical Capital and Katarsis Ventures.
Jeremy De France
Senior developer and architect of numerous software products including e-commerce, SaaS, finance, health & social networks. Jeremy is co-founder of GRI, a suite of robust online tools, management techniques, and practical training based on a proven behavioral assessment.
Daiva Naldal
As executive advisor, consultant and mentor, Daiva’s mission is to help development and growth of sustainable businesses that bring positive impact on our lives and our planet, while generating profits to the owners.
Emmanuel De Lutzel
After 24 years of classical banking and financial career, he became a social intrapreneur within BNP Paribas. In 2006, he convinced the top management of the bank to launch a microfinance activity and social intrapreneurship program.
Raj Burman
Fellow of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs, which life’s purpose is to solve big problems to challenge the status quo. He invests in human capital to empower entrepreneurs to become agents of change to get their greatest work to the world.
Chris Birch
Chris is professor of social entrepreneurship at the University of Greenwich, in the UK. He established the CIII (Centre for Innovation, Imagination and Inspiration), which is focused on improving productivity, sustainability and profitability in small and medium sized enterprises.
Ilkka Kakko
Ilkka Kakko is a global expert in innovation ecosystems, platform thinking, and sustainability, with decades of leadership, consulting, and academic contributions worldwide. His work integrates serendipity, and ecosystem orchestration to tackle complex challenges.
A bit of History
Babele was cofounded in the fall of 2013 by Emanuele and Ruxandra, who left their corporate jobs in Paris (P&G and Deloitte) because they believe that the current societal paradigm is unsustainable and only through collaboration will our society be able to tackle the most urgent challenges of our time.
This shared vision is the DNA of our team. We aim to harness collective intelligence and foster multi-stakeholders collaborations with the aim to build, test, refine, and scale effective solutions to achieve transition towards a circular, zero-carbon economy.
We are a mission driven social enterprise, and we spend a great deal of time working on high-impact initiatives, aimed at solving humanity’s urgent challenges. Our projects include: a pre-accelerator program for Syrian refugees in the Greek island of Lesvos (for the development of social businesses with the local population), boot-camps with Save
The Children to help young students co-create solutions against bullying at school, Participatory democracy projects with local communities, workshops to help corporate managers become social intrapreneurs, as well as our continued support to NGOs that are striving to become economically sustainable social enterprises.
Trust and honesty sit at the base of any action we do.
Partners, sponsors, and friends
We are very grateful to our partners who have contributed to our vision of fostering collective intelligence and social innovation. Without them, Babele probably wouldn’t have existed. If you have come this far and want to help or get involved in one of our programs, write to us and let’s meet.
