About EdZola

Misfits on a mission.

Part technologists, part social-sector practitioners. Fully obsessed with building things that create impact.

Nonprofit and technology teams together at Social Impact Circle, hosted by EdZola

Hands arranging sticky notes during a workshop

A small-group discussion at Social Impact Circle

2020founded in Coimbatore, India

100+organisations supported

150+systems built

5+countries reached

How it began

Strong people, weak systems.

The organisations doing some of the hardest work in society were still running on spreadsheets, WhatsApp threads and manual processes. The intent was strong. The infrastructure was not.

EdZola was founded to close that gap, and that's still the work: systems that reduce chaos, create clarity and help mission-driven teams grow.

Proudly bootstrapped.We have never taken external funding. We grow alongside our partners, and measure our success by the strength of the organisations we serve.

2016
Building at Zoho
Akshay, our founder, learns how scalable software is designed and run as an engineer at Zoho.
2018
Teaching with Teach For India
In a government school classroom, he sees what happens when strong people are forced to work with weak systems.
2020
EdZola is founded
In the middle of the pandemic. One of the first systems kept Mitti Café running while more than 40 of its locations were shut.
2024
Chevening Award
Akshay receives the Chevening Award for the work at EdZola, and we begin building towards a global social enterprise based in India.
Today
150+ systems, 100+ organisations
Programme tracking, fundraising, voice AI, data protection and AI agents, across five countries. Read our founding thesis →

What brings us together

Six values we hire and work by.

Empathy

We understand nonprofit realities because we've lived them. Behind every data point is a person.

Social impact first

We exist to make impact organisations more effective, not to grow for growth's sake.

Problem-solving

We don't sell tools. We find the simplest, smartest way to fix what's actually broken.

Growth mindset

We're committed to learning, as people and as a company. We believe in the power of “not yet”.

Curiosity

We ask questions before we build, and stay open to ideas from anywhere.

Pursuit of excellence

High standards in every stage, every launch and every support ticket.

The team

The people who'll build with you.

Engineers, consultants and delivery leads who've sat with field teams, read the spreadsheets at 11pm and stayed through launch.

**Kavitha B**DPDP Advisory & Implementation Lead

"They've shown a strong commitment to understanding and addressing the specific challenges we face. The team is responsive and dedicated to meeting deadlines, which makes our collaboration smooth and effective."

Pooja, Head of Business Excellence, Trust for Retailers and Retail Associates of India (TRRAIN)

Social Impact Circle

We build in the open, with the sector.

Social Impact Circle is the community we started to bring tech-forward nonprofits and Tech4Good builders into one room. Most of what the sector learns about technology stays inside one organisation. SIC is where it gets shared, mistakes included.

Learn. What's changing in technology and the nonprofit sector.
Share. What worked, what didn't, and what not to rebuild.
Connect. With other nonprofits and Tech4Good partners, for collective action.

A panel discussion at Social Impact Circle

Join us

Lead. Learn. Grow.

We're looking for people who want to build technology that helps nonprofits do their best work, at EdZola and across our products like Zolabs and ZolaShield. Your learning here doesn't stop.

See open roles Write to us

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More about how we work.

Our methodImpactOS → Podcasts, videos, pressNews & media → Essays and field guidesHow we think →

Misfits on a mission.

Strong people, weak systems.

Building at Zoho

Teaching with Teach For India

EdZola is founded

Chevening Award

150+ systems, 100+ organisations