Health and Wellbeing
Africa
| Investor | Investment themes | Type of investment | Amount of investment | Stage of investment | Eligible business entities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acumen | Health, housing, water and sanitation, workforce development, financial inclusion, education, energy, agriculture. | Equity, Debt | $10-$300k | Seed+ | For profit with social purpose |
| Assiduity Capital | Healthcare | Equity | Seed | For profit | |
| CAFVenturesome | Loans, Equity, Debt | ||||
| Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation | Access to culture, access to care, access to education, climate and ocean, democracy and civil society, Armenian communities and partnerships with Africa. | Grants, scholarships | For profit with social purpose, Social enterprise, Charity | ||
| Co-Impact | Supporting systems change, gender equality and intersectionality, education, health, economic opportunity | Grants | For profit, For profit with social purpose, Social enterprise | ||
| DRK Foundation | Arts and Culture, Civic Engagement, Economic Empowerment, Education, Environment and Climate Change, Food and Agriculture, Health, Social Justice, Systemic Poverty. | Grants | up to $300k | Series A, Series B | Independent nonprofit and impact-first, mission-driven for-profit entities |
| Fondation Botnar | Health services, Environmental sustainability and ecological resilience, e.g., clean energy, Local food and nutritional safety and security, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Waste management, Digital technologies, digital data use, and communication, e.g., internet access, Education, life skills, upskilling/reskilling, Access to employment, Financial inclusion, Safe and sustainable transportation, Affordable housing | Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), equity, debt, grants for capacity building | $250k | Pre-seed - Series A | For profit which also generates a social/environmental impact |
| Hivos Impact Investments | Food and lifestyle | Equity | €50k-€250k | Seed, Series A | For profit with social purpose |
| Incofin Investment Management | Indian agri food value chain and financial inclusion for rural India, safe drinking water in Africa and Asia, agriculture, | Equity, Debt | For profit, For profit with social purpose | ||
| Missio Invest | Agribusiness, health and education; financial inclusion | Loans | $100,000 to $2,000,000 | N/A | Social enterprise, For profit with social purpose |
| Opes LCEF Impact Fund | Low carbon solutions to access to water, sanitation, education, energy, health, low carbon and conservation. | Equity | $50,000-$400,000 | Seed+ | For profit with social purpose, Social enterprise |
| Oryx Impact | Economic development and job creation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, gender equality. | Fund of funds investing into Equity & Debt funds | $4.5m to $20m | Agnostic | Finance first impact funds |
| The Breadsticks Foundation | Healthcare and education | Grants | long term ongoing support | Charity | |
| The Fore | Arts and culture; disability; economic development and employability; environment; health and wellbeing; housing and homelessness; human rights, law and justice; poverty and disadvantage; sport; women and girls; youth education | Grants | up to £30k | Seed | Not for profit, Charities, Community Benefit Societies, Community Interest Companies, Charitable Incorporated Organisations |
| Triodos Investment Management | Environment, cultural, social | Equity, quasi-Equity, Debt, Listed equities and bonds | £250k to £20m | Series A+ | Listed companies, private companies, Social enterprise, For profit, B Corp. |
| Vital Capital | Food, healthcare, water, infrastructure |
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