# Why I created Untapped | Untapped Global

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- Published at: 2022-02-24 10:27:56 UTC
- Updated at: 2025-07-09 03:21:34 UTC

## Author
Jim Chu

## Subject
Untapped Global

## Content
I often get asked “why did you start Untapped?"I created Untapped specifically to address the problems I saw in Haiti’s aid and development effort in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. To do that, we had to overcome a major hurdle we discovered as we tried to grow our water purification business: the capital to grow our company wasn’t available simply because of where we were operating...Read more about my background, how my work in Haiti over ten years ago led to building Untapped Global, and how we know SME financing in emerging markets is a massive problem worth solving here 👉🏾  https://bit.ly/3GxIeNaConvinced? Join us on our mission to connect more small businesses in emerging markets to the financing they need to really scale!