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Know someone doing remarkable work in Indonesia?

Nominate them for the 2026 Cohort

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    • How We Fund
    • Fellows
    • Thinking

    Know someone doing remarkable work in Indonesia?

    Nominate them for the 2026 Cohort

    • How We Fund
    • Fellows
    • Thinking
    • …  
      • How We Fund
      • Fellows
      • Thinking

      Partnerships - Black Licorice

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      De-Risking the Market

      We spot & back early-stage Indonesian founders working on maternal malnutrition, community health workers and the first 1,000 days—years before big donors are willing to touch them.

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      Raising the Tide

      We connect and develop leaders across Indonesia, creating networks of founders and CEOs committed to solving Indonesia's silent emergency.

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      Creating a Peer Network & Pipeline

      The short version: Black Licorice is Mulago meets CHIC, for Indonesia. It’s our way of doing what everyone says they want—backing local leadership—by actually putting money, coaching, and reputation behind Indonesian founders early.

      • Because founders and CEOs in Indonesia's maternal health and malnutrition space remain unseen, unheard and underfunded, we give fellows the tools and confidence to build the boards, budgets, strategies, governance and KPIs needed to entice institutional donors and unrestricted, multi-year funding.

        Over the next 5 years we will seedfund and fortify 25 founders and CEOs, raising the tide, derisking the market and creating a pipeline and portfolio of robust organizations and individuals.We are an “early‑stage regrantor & capacity‑builder” that de‑risks hyperlocal maternal health & malnutrition NGOs in Indonesia so big funders can confidently step in later.

        We find founders & help them build robust boards, bulletproof budgets that tell the truth & innovative strategies that attract serious capital so they can deliver impact at scale.

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      • The Birth of Black Licorice

        Our Origin Story, How We Define Scale & FAQ

        Our Origin Story
        December 13, 2025
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        November 10, 2025 · Our Story
        How We Think About Scale
        December 9, 2025 · Our Story
        Black Licorice – FAQ
        November 10, 2025 · Our Story
        Our Origin Story
        December 13, 2025
        Black Licorice – FAQ
        November 10, 2025 · Our Story
        How We Think About Scale
        December 9, 2025 · Our Story
        2-Pager
        November 10, 2025 · Our Story

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