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Toilet Board Coalition
The Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) is a global partnership focused on addressing the sanitation crisis and promoting universal access to sanitation by 2030. It aims to foster a Sanitation Economy that delivers profitable sanitation services to underserved communities.
Overview
What Toilet Board Coalition does
What Toilet Board Coalition is
The Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) is a global partnership focused on addressing the sanitation crisis and promoting universal access to sanitation by 2030. It aims to foster a Sanitation Economy that delivers profitable sanitation services to underserved communities.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2015
- Approximate age
- About 11 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 25, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Toilet Board Coalition as a community
Community overview
The Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) was founded in 2015 by multinational corporations Unilever and LIXIL. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and focuses on accelerating business solutions to the global sanitation crisis. The organization connects local sanitation innovators, global business leaders, and investors to drive progress on water and sanitation for all, aiming to impact 1 billion people by 2030.
Community focus
The Toilet Board Coalition invests in and supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that operate within the Sanitation Economy, particularly in low-income markets across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Their flagship program, the Accelerator, provides business model coaching, corporate mentorship, and access to investment for sanitation entrepreneurs. The Coalition aims to unlock economic value and investment in sanitation solutions, emphasizing innovative, market-based approaches.
Member value
Members benefit from access to mentorship, investment opportunities, and a network of sanitation innovators and business leaders. The Coalition's Accelerator program specifically helps entrepreneurs scale their sanitation services and business models.
Membership
- Recorded members
- 88
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- hybrid
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- moderate
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Corporate Innovators
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- accelerator and community
- Selection criteria
- open and application
- Regions
- Global · Africa · Asia · Latam
Community activity
Events and activity
The Toilet Board Coalition participates in and hosts various events, including World Toilet Day, an annual event to raise awareness about sanitation issues, and the Accelerator Graduation, which celebrates the completion of the Accelerator program for selected SMEs.
Notable members
Notable portfolio companies include Absolute Water, Amalooloo, Arena Team, Banka Bioloo, Envirosan, and Satsense.
Common questions
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
April 25, 2026
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