Babele

About Babele

We are driven to change the world.

We help organizations build a culture that deliberately leverages the collective genius of their people, partners, and communities — to create greater impact, together.

WHO WE ARE

We turn collective genius into systemic impact.

Babele is a social enterprise and a catalyst for systemic innovation. We unite a global network of universities, corporations, NGOs, and social entrepreneurs on one platform — combining open-innovation methods with hands-on consulting to co-create solutions to challenges like climate change and poverty.

OUR FOOTPRINT

A global movement for systemic innovation.

Startups supported

Innovation ecosystems

Countries reached

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Profits reinvested

OUR STORY

Born in 2013, from one conviction.

Babele was co-founded in 2013 by Emanuele Musa and Ruxandra Creosteanu, who left careers at Procter & Gamble and Deloitte in Paris. Their conviction was simple: the world’s hardest problems — climate, inequality, broken systems — can’t be solved by short-term, siloed decisions, but only through radical collaboration and collective intelligence.

That belief still drives everything we build. We bring entrepreneurs, NGOs, corporations, public institutions, and communities together to design, test, and scale solutions for a circular, zero-carbon, and more equitable future.

The Babele team

WHAT WE BELIEVE

The principles behind every program.

Radical collaboration
The hardest problems get solved when people cross silos. We bring unlikely partners into the same room — and the same process.
Collective intelligence
Every network holds untapped ideas and expertise. We turn that latent knowledge into momentum for real solutions.
Co-creation, not prescription
We don’t hand down answers. Stakeholders design, test, and own the solutions together, so they actually last.
Mission before profit
As a social enterprise, we reinvest 90% of profits into our mission — free to focus on impact, not investors.

MISSION IN ACTION

A few of the programs we’ve designed and run.

Design thinking against bullying
Save the Children
Design thinking against bullying
High-schoolers co-create solutions to bullying through a hands-on design-thinking pre-accelerator.
LEVEL-UP accelerator
Corporates + ventures
LEVEL-UP accelerator
Corporate employees and social entrepreneurs work side by side for six months to grow real ventures.
SDG Investment Readiness
UN SDSN
SDG Investment Readiness
A virtual accelerator helping entrepreneurs from 65 countries craft fundable impact-investment decks.
Refugee integration accelerator
Changemakers Labs
Refugee integration accelerator
On the island of Lesvos, refugee and local student teams build enterprises that foster integration.
Pro-bono consulting for change
EY & UnLtd
Pro-bono consulting for change
Consultants mentor UK philanthropic organizations over eight weeks to build viable, scalable solutions.
Social Enterprise 4Women
6 EU universities
Social Enterprise 4Women
An international incubator helping female humanities students build a social-entrepreneurial mindset.

OUR TEAM

The people behind Babele.

Emanuele Musa
Emanuele Musa
Co-founder & CEO
Tiberiu Butnaru
Tiberiu Butnaru
CTO
Noemi Salantiu
Noemi Salantiu
Community & growth
Stefan Perju
Stefan Perju
Frontend developer
Eric Oliveira
Eric Oliveira
Back-end developer
Mihai Popescu
Mihai Popescu
Software architect
Razvan Milea
Razvan Milea
Software developer
Ognjen Vukovic
Ognjen Vukovic
Senior back-end developer
Mariana Almeida
Mariana Almeida
QA engineer
Esther Nivedita
Esther Nivedita
Head of Partnerships
Miruna Popa
Miruna Popa
Full-stack developer
Haze Necesario
Haze Necesario
Business developer

ADVISORS & MENTORS

Guided by a global brain trust.

Ruxandra Creosteanu
Ruxandra Creosteanu
Co-founder
Andrea McGrath
Andrea McGrath
Strategy & ecosystems
Tim Rayner
Tim Rayner
Innovation philosopher
Radu Creosteanu
Radu Creosteanu
Tech & wellbeing
Johan Du Plessis
Johan Du Plessis
CTO & serial entrepreneur
Richard Catherall
Richard Catherall
Investment readiness
Jeremy De France
Jeremy De France
Software architect
Daiva Naldal
Daiva Naldal
Executive advisor
Emmanuel De Lutzel
Emmanuel De Lutzel
Social intrapreneurship
Raj Burman
Raj Burman
Enterprise & entrepreneurship
Chris Birch
Chris Birch
Professor, social entrepreneurship
Ilkka Kakko
Ilkka Kakko
Innovation ecosystems

OUR NETWORK

Partners, sponsors & friends.

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If you’ve come this far, let’s meet.

Tell us what you’re trying to change. We’ll help you design the program to get there.