MARCH 20199idea in order to help rehabilitate hundreds after the devastating impact of the 2015 earthquake in the country.In Japan, the Hoshi siblings have founded a one of its kind employment platform for the LGBTQ+ community called JobRainbow. Their inspiration for launching the plat-form was a deplorable incident with a friend who was discriminated against during a job interview for being transgender. Today, JobRainbow has over 1,00,000 users and boasts of giants such as Microsoft, AIG and Salesforce.com as its clients. Similarly, Magneto CleanTech in In-dia is doing its bit to combat the seriously problematic situation of air pollution that plagues modern cities. It has commercial-ized a proprietary technology of purify-ing indoor air through a central air clean-ing system for large spaces that integrates seamlessly with new or existing air condi-tioning equipment. Magneto is driven by its vision to make the basic necessity of clean air accessible and affordable to as many Indians as possible no matter where they are ­ in their homes, offices or other com-mercial buildings. With its diverse range of air purification products, the company has also been combatting challenges related to noisy and intrusive air purifiers while also offering a low capital solution at the same time. Magneto's products regulate CO2 lev-els without compromising on the fresh air needs of users. So far, Magneto has impact-ed 25766 lives, and made safe living possi-ble across 20,51,832 sq. ft. of area in India within 2018. These are but a few of the examples of the great work that is being done by en-trepreneurs across the Asia Pacific region today. The pursuit of meaning and of mak-ing an impact is being displayed across the spectrum by ambitious startups and their founders. The Asia Pacific region faces a fair share of socio-economic and civic prob-lems, right from poverty and malnutrition to pollution and lack of education. With the strong desire of its capable and innovative entrepreneurial community to apply its business acumen and tech talent to solving these issues, change is definitely imminent albeit slowly! The Asia Pacific region faces a fair share of socio-economic and civic problems, right from poverty and malnutrition to pollution and lack of educationHimanshu Agarwal
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