Quantedge Foundation

🚀 Catalyzing capacity building – announcing a new partnership with UBS Optimus Foundation and Quantedge Advancement Initiative (QAI). Over 3 years, this project aims to strengthen the capacity of our programs in Cambodia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Passerelles Numériques is honored to have these Singapore-based partners on board to accompany us as we continue to transform the lives of disadvantaged youths.💫 UBS Optimus Foundation aims to drive systemic and catalytic impact for the most marginalised communities, especially children and young people, globally and locally. It takes an evidence-based approach and focuses on programs in health, education and the environment that have the potential to be transformative, scalable and sustainable. QAI Quantedge Advancement Initiative seeks to deliver impactful solutions to environmental and social challenges around the world by focusing on areas where it can achieve the largest amount of impact per dollar disbursed. Its main focus areas are in global health and development, and climate change action across Asia and beyond. We look forward to working together on this meaningful project! 🤝 ----------------------------------- 🚀 Catalyser le renforcement des capacités – Annonce d’un nouveau partenariat avec la Fondation UBS Optimus et l'initiative Quantedge Advancement Initiative (QAI). Ce projet, sur une période de 3 ans, vise à renforcer les capacités de nos programmes au Cambodge, aux Philippines et au Vietnam. PN est honoré d’avoir ces partenaires basés à Singapour à nos côtés pour nous accompagner alors que nous continuons à transformer la vie des jeunes défavorisés. 💫 UBS Optimus Foundation cherche à générer un impact systémique et catalytique pour les communautés les plus marginalisées, en particulier les enfants et les jeunes, à l’échelle mondiale et locale. Elle adopte une approche basée sur les preuves et se concentre sur des programmes dans les domaines de la santé, de l'éducation et de l’environnement, avec un potentiel transformateur, évolutif et durable. Quantedge Advancement Initiative (QAI) s'efforce de fournir des solutions ayant un impact important face aux défis environnementaux et sociaux dans le monde entier, en se concentrant sur des domaines où il peut obtenir le plus grand impact par dollar investi. Ses principaux axes d'intervention sont la santé mondiale, le développement, et l’action contre le changement climatique à travers l’Asie et au-delà. Nous avons hâte de travailler ensemble sur ce projet porteur de sens !🤝 #Gratitude #Collaboration #MeaningfulImpact #Partnership #SocialChange #GlobalGoals #UBSOptimusFoundation #QuantedgeAdvancementInitiative Karyn Mikkelsen-Tillet Phuong DO Aurélie Bureth Trang Vo Hybunna Hang luchi flores Denise Chong Mandy Chng luchi flores Phuong DO Hybunna Hang Trang Vo Pascal LAMBERT

Coastal and marine ecosystems stand as formidable bulwarks against climate change. As nations worldwide rally behind the 30x30 marine conservation goal, more are acknowledging the interconnectedness between these environments and their human inhabitants. Harnessing the knowledge and expertise of local communities is essential for driving effective coastal protection and restoration. We are excited to support Penabulu Foundation's ‘Developing Locally Managed Marine Areas in Lembata Island’ project in Indonesia, which seeks to establish a community-driven management model for critical marine and coastal ecosystems. The model draws on traditional ecological knowledge “Muro” that guides human interactions with and the use of natural resources, driving sustainable marine resource governance. By fostering sustainable community management of natural resources, this model can pave the way for thriving ecosystems along the Indonesian coastline. Learn more about our support for the programme here: https://lnkd.in/gD_2_zjZ Penabulu Foundation is a locally rooted Civil Society Resource Organisation. It strengthens local initiatives, provides sustainable solutions, and amplifies Indonesian voices on economic, social, and climate issues. #CoastalConservation #MarineProtectedAreas #30x30 #NatureBasedSolutions #Indonesia #SoutheastAsia

#YearInReview: Over the past year, we have expanded our partnerships and deepened our efforts in Global Health & Development and Climate Change Action. 🌏 A shout out to our partners for their incredible work in driving long-term, systems-level change in Southeast Asia and beyond:  1000 Days Fund Asia Philanthropy Circle AVPN BRAC International Centre for Evidence and Implementation Climateworks Centre Conservation International Asia-Pacific Earthcare Foundation Global School Leaders INSPIRASI Foundation Plan International Hong Kong Project Drawdown NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions Nutrition International OneSky Swisscontact UBS Optimus Foundation World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia Check out our newly released Annual Report 2023/2024 to read about their work (https://lnkd.in/grQk7G3w), and stay tuned for more highlights! Looking ahead, we remain on the lookout for transformative solutions in #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment, Technical and Vocational Education & Training (#TVET), #NatureBasedSolutions, and #SustainableAgriculture — areas where we see potential for deep, lasting impact on lives, livelihoods and the climate 🚀 #AnnualReport #TransformingLives #EmpoweringCommunities #CatalysingChange

A large part of the work Suhaimi Zainul-Abidin is doing is about managing excess. At Quantedge (which recently won the billion dollar fund of the year at HFM APAC Performance Awards WOOHOO) he plays a double-hatted role in helping his client-investors generate excess so as to be able to park that excess to good philanthropic use. And over at Quantedge Foundation, Suhaimi is charting new philanthropic territory by exploring the delicate balance between capital accumulation and meaningful impact. I’ve long known about the great work Suhaimi and his band of merry investors are doing but it’s only after speaking to him for this interview that I have a better sense of the symbiotic relationship that Suhaimi created between capital and care. The work that he do banks on the notion that if excess is inevitable, it can — and should — be redirected toward long-term social betterment. His is an example of how financial acumen can be wielded as a force for good, aligning market opportunities with philanthropic outcomes, strategy with altruistic intentions. Still, there’s a deeper ethos at play here, one that Suhaimi has been quietly pushing in his personal and professional narrative — philanthropy is not about charity, it's about equity. It’s about ensuring that the massive gains of a few can level the playing field for the many. And in world where wealth disparity widens by the day, Suhaimi’s work is a timely reminder that financial success and moral responsibility aren’t mutually exclusive. They can, and must, go hand in hand. In this interview with The Peak Singapore, he explains how. Have a read.