Comment by lowkey_

Here's a list of startups that have a positive social impact while still paying competitive salaries and showing promising growth:

Fintech:

Forage (https://www.joinforage.com), building Stripe for EBT, i.e. food stamps

Nearside (https://www.nearside.com), banking for small businesses

KeeperTax (https://www.keepertax.com), tax savings for independent contractors

Bio/Pharma/Healthcare:

Q Bio (https://q.bio), creating a more data-driven approach to health

Reverie Labs (https://www.reverielabs.com), accelerating drug development with ML

PathAI (https://www.pathai.com), increasing diagnosis accuracy

Benchling (https://www.benchling.com), cloud for biotech R&D

Mental Health:

Alma (https://helloalma.com), providing easier access to therapy

Headway (https://headway.co), same as Alma

Juniper (https://www.juniperplatform.com), workflow tools for autism providers

Real Estate:

Orchard (https://orchard.com), buy your next home before you sell

Ribbon (https://www.ribbonhome.com), cash offers to improve home access

Hardware:

Sofar Ocean (https://www.sofarocean.com), collecting ocean data

Climate:

Watershed (https://watershed.com), platform for enterprises to reduce carbon emissions

Sweep (https://www.sweep.net)

Pachama (https://pachama.com)

Defense (if you believe that Western influence is positive impact):

Anduril (https://www.anduril.com), building high-tech defense products and reducing gov waste

Palantir (https://www.palantir.com), building data products for government