Case Study: Machine Learning for Good, by David del Ser, AI Studio Director at BFA Global.
VSSML18: 4th edition of the Valencian Summer School in Machine Learning.
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Robots for a Better World
David del Ser
AI Studio Director at BFA Global
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A Hard-working Poor Farmer
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Simple Things for a Better Life
Rain Protection Fertilizer Smartphone
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Traditional Finance Won’t Help
Expensive Standardized Hard to
Access
Need ID/Info
2 Billion Unbanked
750M Extreme Poor
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5 Tech Reasons for Optimism
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Mobile Money taking off globally
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Digital Finance and the Real World
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Smartphones Taking Over in Africa
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Catalyzing Inclusive Fintech
11. Investment Advisory Committee
Fund and Project Managers
Supporters
Who is
Catalyst Fund?
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Catalyst Fund is generously supported by the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The fund is a fiscally sponsored project of Rockefeller
Philanthropy Advisors and managed by BFA (Bankable
Frontier Associates).
The Investment Advisory Committee (IAC) is comprised of
like-minded Impact Investors that each identify, vet, sponsor
and mentor an investee startup during the cohort program.
They are Accion Venture Lab, Omidyar Network, Gray
Ghost Ventures, Quona Capital and 500Startups.
12. Catalyst Fund: 20 startups
5 IN LATAM
SaaS:
25%
Savings:
6.25%
Platform: 12.5% Insurtech: 25%
Credit: 31.25%
12 IN AFRICA
3 IN ASIA
OUR COMPANIES BY INDUSTRY
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Peace of Mind for $10
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Sign Here With a Selfie
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ML Work with Zola
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1.3bn People without Electricity
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What Is Possible Today
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Solar Home System on Lease
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PayGo Lease Customer Journey
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Prediction and Modeling Strategy
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Feature Engineering
Payment
behaviors
Demographics
Contract / Product
Customer
Service
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Example Model Output
The model predicted 70% of “churn” accounts, 30% of “locked but
paid”, almost 100% of “not churn” accounts
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Zoom Out for Optimism
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Extreme Poverty is Going Away
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Want to Join the Mission?
Funding Talent Data
ddelser@bfaglobal.com