The global family planning community is working to ensure that more women around the world have access to contraceptive options and family planning services and information. As part of this global effort, a group of organizations collaborated to make contraceptive Read More
Year: 2016
Press Release: Kymab secures US $100 million Series C funding
Kymab November 24, 2016 Kymab Group Limited (“Kymab”), a leading monoclonal antibody biopharmaceutical group, announced today that it has successfully secured a US$100 million (£81 million) Series C financing. The financing was led by new investors ORI Healthcare Fund L.P. Read More
Press Release: Intarcia secures second close of the series EE equity financing for an additional $206 million
Intarcia December 29, 2016 Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc., today announced it has completed its second major close of the Series EE equity financing, and also entered into a relationship with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help prevent the spread Read More
Press Release: DKT International awarded $25 million grant and $12.5 million loan from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Global Communication Works November 3, 2016 DKT was awarded a combination $25 million grant and $12.5 million loan from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the years 2016-2020. “This generous contribution will allow DKT to both scale up its existing programs Read More
Press Release: AgBiome awarded grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
AgBiome July 28, 2016 AgBiome, LLC, a leader in the development of microbial solutions for agriculture, has been awarded a multi-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to discover biological insect control for deployment to smallholder farmers in Read More
The Wall Street Journal: Gates Foundation to invest up to $140 million in HIV prevention device
By Ron Winslow December 29, 2016 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is investing as much as $140 million to support development of a tiny implantable drug pump it believes could help prevent people in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere from Read More
Bloomberg: Why Bill Gates is investing in mobile banking
January 25, 2016 Bill Gates sat down with Bloomberg to discuss how mobile banking supports global development. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is an investor in Bkash, a mobile banking platform in Bangladesh. Watch the full video here.
Bloomberg: Gates Gets Surprise $87 Million From Neglected-Disease Stake
By Caroline Chen May 18, 2016 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation received an unexpected boost to its coffers when a stake in a small biotechnology firm, made in 2013 to encourage the company’s work on neglected diseases, sold for $86.7 million Read More
STAT: Smart strategies and collaboration can help improve global health
By Natalie Revelle October 27, 2016 In 2010 at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Natalie Revelle was a relatively new financial manager supporting the global health team. Bill Gates was present at a meeting, where Gavi, the global alliance Read More
Stanford Social Innovation Review: Making Markets Work for the Poor
The Stanford Social Innovation Review explores how the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation uses strategic investments for social impact. Read the full report here. Chapters: Philanthropy’s New Tools for Innovation and Impact Leveraging the Balance Sheet Neglected No More Unintended Read More