for impact
We are the impact-first strategic investment arm of the Gates Foundation.
We align innovation
We back game-changing developments across our focus domains — whether life sciences, healthcare delivery, agriculture and nutrition, or financial services — to improve lives.
We scale impact
We shape and scale breakthrough business models and technology innovations to accelerate sustainable impact.
We catalyze markets
We overcome market obstacles with financial tools like volume guarantees, structured financing, debt, and venture capital to activate solutions where impact is most needed.
At a glance
$2.5B
Investment pool
100+
Investments to date
2009
Founding year
100+
Countries served
Global reach, regional impact
We invest in life sciences and agriculture innovation across the United States and Europe; education and economic-opportunity development in the U.S.; and scaling tech-enabled innovations across healthcare, agriculture, financial services, and women’s innovation throughout South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Featured investments
70M+
Mobile money customers
3.5M+
Credit scores generated, unlocking US$2B+ credit for women
300M+
Sanofi inactivated polio vaccine doses delivered to Gavi countries
4M
Life-saving food courses delivered through creative financing