Funding & Partner Invitation · SOLVED Platform
People are starving in a world of abundance. Children are permanently stunted by hunger. Parents hold their kids while they cry — and then the crying stops, not because they are full, but because they no longer have the strength to cry.
We have the knowledge, technology and resources. What we lack is a transparent way to see the real problems and connect the right people around each one. SOLVED is our attempt to build that missing piece together with you.
SOLVED is not charity 2.0. It is an operating system for solving the unsolved half of the planet — by connecting wonderful people and institutions who already care.
The first problem is simple and painful: most people don’t know. They don’t know what is happening, where it is happening, or why it keeps happening.
The second problem is darker: some people benefit from keeping the full picture hidden. Secrecy is the soil where corruption grows. Money disappears. Promises are broken. Projects fail in silence.
SOLVED is an AI-powered global platform designed to bring transparency and connection to this picture. We are building a living map of 25,000 real, severity-ranked, geo-tagged problems and connecting the people who need to work together to solve them.
Our role is humble: we do not “save” anyone. We build the infrastructure so that local leaders, NGOs, universities, entrepreneurs, experts and funders can see the same truth, meet each other, and act.
In one sentence
SOLVED is a global map of real problems and an AI-powered connection engine that helps the right people find each other: communities, NGOs, universities, entrepreneurs, coaches, solution providers and you as funders.
What we ask of you
Choose where you want to help, declare that funding exists, and let us connect teams around it.
What we offer
Clarity, connection and a way to turn your budgets into solutions that can be scaled and copied.
At its core, SOLVED does three things:
1 · Make problems impossible to ignore
We collect and structure real-world problems into a shared global map: geo-tagged, severity-ranked, enriched with local context and data, visible to anyone.
Ignorance stops being an excuse.
2 · Match problems with the right people
Using AI and human judgment, SOLVED connects each problem with local leaders, NGOs, universities, entrepreneurs, coaches, experts and funders who can actually do something about it.
You don’t have to know who to call. The system helps you find them.
3 · Help solutions scale, not stay stuck
When something works, our goal is simple: it should not stay trapped in one village or pilot project. We help replicate, adapt and fund proven approaches in the places that need them most.
Good ideas move at the speed of technology, not bureaucracy.
Your funding makes this work concrete: paying coaches, supporting entrepreneurs, backing practical pilots, buying equipment, investing in data and transparency — so that others can follow in your footsteps.
SOLVED is not “our” project in the sense of owning the change. It is a shared infrastructure for many people and institutions doing their best work together. Each has a role, and none of them can replace the others.
NGOs & Civil Society
Bring real problems, long-term presence, trust with communities and insight into what has already been tried.
Strength: legitimacy, relationships, and lived understanding of needs.
Universities & Researchers
Provide knowledge, data, monitoring and evaluation. Help separate wishful thinking from evidence-based practice.
Strength: rigor, data, methods, learning loops.
Local Communities & Leaders
Define what “solved” really means in daily life. Keep us honest when ideas do not fit reality on the ground.
Strength: ownership, wisdom, cultural context.
Entrepreneurs & Implementers
Turn insights into services, products and organizations that can survive and grow after a project ends.
Strength: execution, innovation, building engines not events.
Coaches, Experts & Mentors
Guide teams through the hard parts: business models, governance, finance, partnerships, human dynamics.
Strength: pattern recognition and practical guidance.
Funders, Donors & CSR Partners
Make it possible for all of this to happen at scale: paying for coaching, pilots, equipment and replication.
Strength: the ability to direct resources where they matter most — and to make transparency a condition for support.
Our offer to you is simple: we will use the SOLVED platform and AI to bring these strengths together around the problems you care about, and to keep the process as transparent and learnable as possible.
Real people, real lives
Every dot on the SOLVED map is not a data point. It is a child, a parent, a farmer, a neighbor. We build tools in service of them.
Global collaboration
Behind the platform are people — from universities, NGOs, startups, companies and communities — who choose to work together instead of alone. Your support strengthens that circle.
We want you to know clearly what you are making possible. Funding through SOLVED is used to turn mapped problems into supported solution teams.
1 · Paying coaches & experts
Certified coaches and subject-matter experts are paid fairly to guide teams. They are not asked to volunteer for work that requires years of experience.
You fund quality and continuity of guidance.
2 · Supporting entrepreneurs & implementers
Local entrepreneurs and implementing partners receive support for design, testing and early operations, so that solutions can stand on their own feet.
You fund engines, not events.
3 · Equipment, tools & replication
Practical things: equipment, technology, training, knowledge transfer to new locations. When something works, your funding helps copy it responsibly.
You fund scale, not isolated pilots.
4 · Data, transparency & the map
Maintaining the global problem map, collecting and validating data, and keeping the platform open and honest.
You fund the sunlight that keeps corruption out.
5 · Learning & knowledge sharing
Working with universities and research partners to document what works, what fails, and why — so we all improve.
You fund learning for the whole field, not just for one report.
6 · Community & trust building
Bringing together people who would rarely meet otherwise — across borders, sectors and backgrounds — and giving them a safe place to collaborate.
You fund connection between people who need each other.
Some partners choose a thematic or geographic focus (for example: youth employment, food systems, a specific region). On the platform, you can declare that funding exists for a certain type of problem. Teams then form and apply in alignment with the terms you set together with us.
Technology has given us something humanity has never had before:
If we use this only for entertainment and convenience, we will have missed the real opportunity of our time. SOLVED is one attempt — among many — to aim these capabilities at human dignity.
Your place in this moment
As a funder, donor or CSR leader, you are one of the few actors who can decide that transparency and connection are non-negotiable conditions for support.
By partnering with SOLVED, you help build a shared map of problems and solutions that others can rely on. You signal that budgets should not disappear in the dark — they should light the way for everyone.
This is not just a concept. Vision Hub — the public front door of SOLVED — is already live. Anyone can share a vision or problem; the system reflects it back, structures it and begins to connect it into the wider universe of challenges and solutions.
On top of this, we are building the internal tools for mapping problems, matching roles, tracking funded initiatives and learning across projects — so that each partner can see how their efforts connect to the whole.
Live link · Public front door
Vision Hub — share a vision
Enter a challenge or dream and see how the system captures it.
Main site · Learn more
SOLVED — Transparency & connection at global scale
Read more about the vision and the people behind the platform.
Note: the current environment is a working beta used for learning and early collaboration. Your partnership helps us strengthen and scale this infrastructure for everyone.
We are inviting a small group of aligned funders, donors, foundations, agencies and CSR leaders to shape the next phase of SOLVED with us.
Together we can:
We are happy to start small, learn together, and grow what works. This is an invitation to co-design, not a fixed product to buy.
Contact
Joakim von Schéele Fohlman & Paul Epping
Co-Founders, SOLVED
Email: joakim@challengesolved.org
Email: paul@challengesolved.org
Web: challengesolved.org
“We cannot promise to fix everything. But we can promise to do everything we can to end the era of hidden problems and invisible suffering — together with you.”