Mission
LaunchPad, Inc. is a social enterprise dedicated to radically increasing provision of services for the poorest by expanding the capabilities of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), and other organizations, to build on their existing infrastructure and market relationships to launch and scale new ventures.
Founder
April Allderdice is the founder and director of LaunchPad. She brings first hand experience launching new ventures, structuring financing packages, conducting strategic analysis, designing pilots and implementing technology. A founding member of Grameen Shakti, the renewable energy business of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, she was also an associate at McKinsey and Company, as well as a project manager at Dalberg GDA. She started her career at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory working on the Renewables for Village Power program. She holds a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelors Degree in Physics from Wesleyan University. She is the co-author with John Rogers of Renewable Energy for Microfinance.
LaunchPad, Inc. is a social enterprise dedicated to radically increasing provision of services for the poorest by expanding the capabilities of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), and other organizations, to build on their existing infrastructure and market relationships to launch and scale new ventures.
Founder
April Allderdice is the founder and director of LaunchPad. She brings first hand experience launching new ventures, structuring financing packages, conducting strategic analysis, designing pilots and implementing technology. A founding member of Grameen Shakti, the renewable energy business of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, she was also an associate at McKinsey and Company, as well as a project manager at Dalberg GDA. She started her career at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory working on the Renewables for Village Power program. She holds a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelors Degree in Physics from Wesleyan University. She is the co-author with John Rogers of Renewable Energy for Microfinance.
