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Dealflow | February 13, 2023
Egypt’s Yodawy raises $16 million to digitize prescriptions
ImpactAlpha, February 13 – Egypt offers public health insurance to its 110 million citizens, but gaps in service and care quality drive many …
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Investing in Health | January 25, 2023
Breathe Well-being raises 500 million rupees for diabetes care and prevention
ImpactAlpha, January 25 — Gurgaon-based health tech startup Breathe Well-being offers digital coaching in behavioral and lifestyle changes that are helping more than …
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Investing in Health | January 9, 2023
Herself Health scores $7 million to provide value-based care to older women
ImpactAlpha, January 9 — St. Paul, Minn.-based Herself Health is looking to deliver advanced primary care to women with Medicare and Medicare Advantage …
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Investing in Health | December 14, 2022
Transform Health Fund scores $50 million from investors for healthcare in Africa
ImpactAlpha, December 14 – Impact investor AfricInvest and internationally-backed Health Finance Coalition are partnering on a planned $100 million fund to improve access, …
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Investing in Health | November 22, 2022
DispatchHealth rakes in $330 million to reduce unnecessary emergency room visits
ImpactAlpha, November 22 — DispatchHealth has raised $330 million in a new debt and equity investment round. Silicon Valley Bank and K2 HealthVentures …
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Return on Inclusion | October 31, 2022
Baltimore’s Conscious Venture Partners raises $17 million to back purpose-driven startups
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 31 – Conscious Venture Partners has raised $17 million to back purpose-driven startups. The Baltimore-based fund manager is expanding across the U.S., …
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Investing in Health | October 3, 2022
Town Hall Ventures raises a $350 million fund to improve how health care is delivered to underserved communities
ImpactAlpha, October 3 — Disparity in health outcomes, life expectancy and deaths are becoming a mounting crisis in the U.S., particularly in underserved …
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Investing in Health | September 1, 2022
Mexico’s MEDU scores $4 million for reusable medical protective gear
ImpactAlpha, September 1 — Hospitals generate more than five million tons of waste yearly, according to Greenhealth, including gowns, gloves, syringes and more. …
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Investing in Health | August 19, 2022
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Addressing the nursing shortage
ImpactAlpha, August 19 — In the early months of the Covid pandemic, cheers would break out every evening in many cities to honor …
Incredible Health's founders Iman Abuzeid and Rome Portlock. Photo by Incredible Health.
Investing in Health | August 18, 2022
Incredible Health secures $80 million to help nurses do well in permanent jobs
ImpactAlpha, August 18 — A fifth of health care workers quit their jobs during the pandemic, due to insufficient pay, burn out and …
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Investing in Health | August 8, 2022
Cera Care rakes in $320 million to deliver home health services to the elderly
ImpactAlpha, August 8 — Global tech companies like Boston-based CareAcademy, Canada’s AlayaCare and South Africa’s Quro Medical are using technology to deliver home …
Byron Dai and Rahul Mahida, the founders of Daivergent. Photo by NYT.
Inclusive Economy | August 4, 2022
Daivergent scores $3.3 million to support job seekers with disabilities
ImpactAlpha, August 4 — Around a fifth of the global population has cognitive variations such as autism, dyslexia and ADHD. Few workforce software …
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Investing in Health | July 27, 2022
Clinicas de Azucar to expand diabetes clinics with $7.3 million in financing from Blue like an Orange
ImpactAlpha, Jul. 27 – Diabetes has become one of the top three causes of death in Mexico, up from 15th in the 1950s. Clinicas …
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Investing in Health | July 27, 2022
Village Capital selects 10 tech startups to accelerate innovation in health equity
ImpactAlpha, July 27 — Miami-based SpeechMD has a voice and language platform for vulnerable patients, including immigrants and the elderly. The online marketplace …
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Investing in Health | June 9, 2022
CareAcademy secures $20 million to upskill home health caregivers
ImpactAlpha, June 9 — Boston-based CareAcademy has secured $20 million in a financing round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The investment “positions …
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Investing in Health | May 25, 2022
SwipeRx raises $27 million to digitalize pharmacies in Southeast Asia
ImpactAlpha, May 25 — Singapore-based SwipeRx (formerly mClinica) has raised $27 million to build digital tools for pharmacies in Southeast Asia. Pharmacies are …
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Dealflow | May 24, 2022
IFC invests $30 million with Partners for Growth to deploy private credit in emerging markets
ImpactAlpha, May 24 — San Francisco-based Partners for Growth, which specializes in private lending for growth-stage companies in emerging markets, will invest $30 …
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Investing in Health | May 23, 2022
Black-led Cayaba Care raises $12 million to reduce maternal morbidity
ImpactAlpha, May 23 — Maternal morbidity describes short- or long-term health issues during and after pregnancy, labor and delivery. In the U.S., more …
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Investing in Health | May 9, 2022
LeapFrog leads Redcliffe’s $61 million raise for health diagnostics in India
ImpactAlpha, May 9 — Noida-based Redcliffe has raised $61 million to provide diagnostics for non-communicable diseases, such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes, …
Dealflow | April 26, 2022
BluePeak backs Africure to bolster pharmaceutical production in Africa
ImpactAlpha, April 26 – The challenges of affordability and authenticity have hampered access to life-saving medicines and vaccines in Africa. Case in point: …
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Investing in Health | April 20, 2022
Kaiser Permanente allocates another $200 million to affordable housing for health
ImpactAlpha, April 20 — Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente is topping up the $200 million Thriving Communities Fund it launched in 2018 to respond to …
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Investing in Health | April 18, 2022
Theia scores $6.4 million for maternal health in Brazil
ImpactAlpha, April 18 — More than 80% of births in Brazil are via cesarean sections, far above the World Health Organization’s recommendation of …
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Dealflow | April 11, 2022
Wireframe Ventures raises $77 million for early-stage health and climate investments
ImpactAlpha, April 11 — San Francisco-based Wireframe Ventures has raised $77 million for its second early-stage venture health and climate fund. Like its …
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Investing in Health | April 5, 2022
HealthQuad raises $162 million for health tech startups in India
ImpactAlpha, April 5 — The Covid crisis spurred the digitalization of health services for India’s underserved rural population. New Delhi-based HealthQuad, which aims …
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Investing in Health | March 24, 2022
SteelSky Ventures raises $47 million to back women’s health ventures
ImpactAlpha, March 24 — Women founders in the U.S. received less than 2% of total venture capital invested last year. Women-led health ventures …
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Dealflow | March 10, 2022
Dolma Impact Fund II raises over $50 million for sustainable investments in Nepal
ImpactAlpha, March 10 — Dolma Impact Fund II has raised $50 million. The private equity fund, which is looking to raise up to …
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Investing in Health | March 8, 2022
Rocket Health raises $5 million for affordable telehealth in Uganda
ImpactAlpha, Mar 8 — More than three-quarters of healthcare professionals in Uganda are in urban areas, leaving the 80% of the population in …
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Dealflow | March 3, 2022
Serena Ventures raises $111 million to back diverse founders building inclusive solutions
ImpactAlpha, March 3 — San Francisco-based Serena Ventures is looking to invest in founders “with diverse points of view” that are building inclusive …
Dealflow | February 16, 2022
S2G Ventures backs NourishedRx to integrate healthy food into healthcare
ImpactAlpha, February 16 – NourishedRx launched in 2019 to address a gap in the U.S.’s healthcare system: diet and nutrition. The health tech …
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Dealflow | February 8, 2022
ConcertoCare raises $105 million to support seniors at home
ImpactAlpha, February 8 — The majority of the more than 46 million seniors in the U.S. wish to remain in their homes, rather …
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Impact Tech | February 1, 2022
Impact Engine backs The Helper Bees to help keep seniors out of nursing homes
ImpactAlpha, February 1 — The vast majority of the more than 46 million seniors living in the U.S. wish to remain in their …
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Investing in Health | January 20, 2022
Lyra Health raises $235 million to help employers provide mental health benefits
ImpactAlpha, January 20 — Burlingame, Calif.-based Lyra Health works with companies like Uber and Morgan Stanley to provide mental health benefits for 10 …
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Dealflow | January 18, 2022
Jumpstart Nova raises $55 million to invest in Black healthcare founders
ImpactAlpha, January 18 — If venture capital for Black entrepreneurs has historically been scarce, venture funding for Black healthcare founders has been almost …
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Dealflow | January 6, 2022
Ghanaian pharmacy venture mPharma raises $35 million to expand drug access in Africa
ImpactAlpha, January 6 — Accra-based mPharma, launched in 2013, has partnered with more than 155 hospitals, 850 pharmacies to deliver telehealth services and …
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Investing in Health | December 23, 2021
FFL Partners and Two Sigma Impact acquire Community Medical Services’ opioid treatment program
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 23 – Less than half of the 4.6 million opioid users in the U.S. are diagnosed, and less than half of those …
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Investing in Health | December 16, 2021
Medical Credit Fund raises $36.7 million to finance health clinics in Africa. second digital finance fund
ImpactAlpha, December 16 — Nairobi-based debt provider Medical Credit Fund has since 2009 made loans of more than €120 million ($135.5 million) to …
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Investing in Health | December 13, 2021
Cross-Border Impact Ventures’ healthtech fund raises $30 million
ImpactAlpha, December 13 — Toronto-based venture firm Cross-Border Impact Ventures is looking to raise up to $200 million to invest in up to …
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Impact Investing | November 18, 2021
Achieve Partners acquires Ro Health to create apprenticeships for school health workers
ImpactAlpha, November 18 — New York-based Achieve Partners has acquired Ro Health, a Seattle-based medical staffing and home health agency, to advance an …
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Dealflow | November 16, 2021
DrugStoc scores $4.4 million to improve Nigeria’s pharmaceutical supply chain
ImpactAlpha, November 16 — Lagos-based DrugStoc is on a mission to fix the country’s broken pharmaceutical supply chains and distribution channels. The company …
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Dealflow | November 4, 2021
Brazil’s Memed scores $17.8 million to scale medical e-prescription platform
ImpactAlpha, November 4 — The round was co-led by Singapore’s Temasek, Brazilian financial services company Fit Participacoes and DNA Capital, a Sao Paulo-based …
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Dealflow | November 2, 2021
Virohan raises $1.3 million to build India’s allied health workforce
ImpactAlpha, November 2 — India needs at least 50 million health care professionals. Of the 10 million health workers today, around 90% are …
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Dealflow | November 1, 2021
ShiftMed secures $45 million to expand gig health care workers platform nationally
ImpactAlpha, November 1 — The U.S. is facing a major shortage of health care workers due to COVID-19. Four out of every five …
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Investing in Health | October 27, 2021
Farmacare raises seed funding to digitize community pharmacies in Indonesia
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 27 – Jakarta-based Farmacare helps local pharmacies manage sales records, inventories and relationships with customers. The company has the potential to …
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Dealflow | September 9, 2021
Elvie scores $97 million to make health products for women
ImpactAlpha, September 9 — The London-based company offers women tech-based products for pumping breast milk and pelvic floor health. “Our goal is to …
Dealflow | August 18, 2021
On-demand women’s and family health startup Maven raises $110 million
ImpactAlpha, August 18 — Former journalist Kate Ryder launched Maven in 2014 to bridge a gap in women’s health care. “Our plan is …
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Dealflow | August 17, 2021
Clinify Health and HUED raise funding to improve access to health providers for underserved communities
ImpactAlpha, August 17 — Chicago-based Clinify is aiming to improve healthcare access and outcomes for families by combining financial and clinical data with …
Dealflow | July 22, 2021
LeapFrog leads $75 million raise for India-focused health app HealthifyMe
ImpactAlpha, July 22 – Singapore-based HealthifyMe’s AI-based wellness app provides nutrition and fitness advice, coaching and tracking. The app has 25 million downloads …
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Dealflow | July 22, 2021
Medical Credit Fund’s digital finance fund secures $8.3 million to support Africa’s health clinics
ImpactAlpha, July 22 — The Nairobi-based nonprofit has provided debt financing for equipment and facilities to more than 6,000 small African privately-run clinics …
Dealflow | July 8, 2021
Adjuvant Capital backs VitriVax’s vaccine delivery tech for underserved populations
ImpactAlpha, July 8 — The Series A financing will help VitriVax commercialize ALTA, its protective coating to extend the shelf life of vaccines without …
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Dealflow | July 6, 2021
Zipline secures $250 million for drone delivery in Africa, Japan and the U.S.
ImpactAlpha, July 6 – Zipline launched its drone-delivery service five years ago to improve blood and medical-supply logistics in Rwanda. The California-based company …
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Frontier and Growth Markets | June 30, 2021
Niramai scores funding from CDC Group for COVID screening technology
ImpactAlpha, June 30 – India is emerging from a catastrophic COVID wave that, at its peak in early May, saw more than 400,000 cases …
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Impact Tech | June 23, 2021
Generation invests in AlayaCare to streamline home health care
ImpactAlpha, June 23 — Montreal-based AlayaCare raised $185 million for its platform to help home healthcare agencies retain staff and improve patient outcomes. “We …
Dealflow | June 17, 2021
Tata Group’s digital business unit acquires majority share of online pharmacy 1MG Technologies
ImpactAlpha, June 17 – Gurgaon-based 1MG provides online access to medicine and other health products, as well as telehealth and remote diagnostic services, to …
Investing in Health | June 7, 2021
Aunt Bertha raises $27 million to connect users to social services
ImpactAlpha, June 7 – Aunt Bertha’s findhelp.org platform has grown to more than 470,000 programs and six million users. “Providing access to the …
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Impact Tech | June 1, 2021
Rubio Impact Ventures backs surgical care tech startup Incision
ImpactAlpha, June 1 — Amsterdam-based Incision launched in 2014 to help surgeons and other operating room staff share surgical experiences, skills and expertise. …
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Dealflow | April 14, 2021
South Africa’s Quro Medical raises $1.1 million for tech-enabled home healthcare
ImpactAlpha, April 14 – More than 80% of South Africa’s population, particularly the Black urban and rural poor, depend on the country’s s underfunded …
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Dealflow | April 7, 2021
Bain Capital Double Impact backs personal-care brand Hand in Hand
ImpactAlpha, April 7 — Boston-based private equity firm Bain Capital Double Impact has made an investment in Hand in Hand via its second, …
Dealflow | April 1, 2021
Nigerian insurance tech venture Curacel scores $450,000 for geographic expansion
ImpactAlpha, April 1 — Curacel uses AI and cloud-based tools to enable health, travel and auto insurance companies in Africa to process claims …
Dealflow | March 25, 2021
Laerdal’s Millions Lives Fund turns to medical tech to close healthcare equity gaps
ImpactAlpha, March 25 — The Laerdal family and its Norwegian operating companies, Laerdal Medical and Laerdal Global Health, want to help save one …
Dealflow | March 10, 2021
Temasek commits $500 million for a stake in LeapFrog Investments
ImpactAlpha, March 10 – Singapore’s state-backed investment arm Temasek will become part-owner in LeapFrog Investments and anchor its future funds. The commitment pushes …
Impact Tech | February 18, 2021
Investors put $300 million into Adjuvant Capital as global health innovation shines
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 18 – Solutions to infectious diseases are attracting capital from catalytic and commercial investors. All it took was a global pandemic. Adjuvant …
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Dealflow | February 18, 2021
DFC backs women’s health startup Kasha Global
ImpactAlpha, February 18 — Rwanda-based Kasha Global operates an e-commerce platform to improve low-income women’s access to menstrual care products, contraceptives, pharmaceuticals and …
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Frontier and Growth Markets | February 10, 2021
Maya secures $2.2 million for mobile health consultations in Bangladesh
ImpactAlpha, February 10 – Dhaka-based health messaging app Maya relies on artificial intelligence, healthcare professionals and physicians to connect users to health and mental …
Dealflow | February 4, 2021
Temasek’s ABC World Asia backs Vietnamese oral health provider Kim Dental
ImpactAlpha, February 4 — Singapore-based private equity impact fund ABC World Asia, launched by Temasek in 2019, led a $24 million financing round …
Dealflow | February 1, 2021
Circuit Clinical raises $500,000 for COVID-19 tests and medical research
ImpactAlpha, February 1 – Buffalo, N.Y.-based Circuit Clinical supports clinical trials for medical research initiatives, including a saliva-based COVID-19 test. It received a $500,000 …
Dealflow | December 17, 2020
ConsejoSano secures $17 million to improve healthcare for vulnerable communities
ImpactAlpha, December 17 — Black and Latino Americans are hospitalized with COVID-19 at nearly five times the rate of white Americans. L.A.-based ConsejoSano …
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Dealflow | December 17, 2020
Global Ventures tightens focuse on global health with investment in Ilara Health
ImpactAlpha, December 17 – Global Ventures hit the market two years ago with an investment thesis focused on leveraging technology to address basic …
Dealflow | December 16, 2020
Ginkgo Bioworks acquires “microbial engineering” company Novogy
ImpactAlpha, December 16 – Novogy is developing sustainable varieties of fats and oils from oleaginous yeasts. The microbes are promising sources of biofuel …
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Dealflow | December 14, 2020
Cityblock Health raises $160 million to support low-income patients
ImpactAlpha, December 14 — Brooklyn-based Cityblock Health aims to provide ‘value-based care’ in low-income communities in the U.S. (see, “Cityblock raises $65 million …
Dealflow | December 10, 2020
Elation Health raises $40 million to digitize independent primary care providers
ImpactAlpha, December 10 – On the surface, San Francisco-based Elation Health is a software company that helps independent doctor’s offices move from paper-based …
Catalytic Capital | December 2, 2020
Texas foundations sets up fund for COVID-impacted health clinics
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 3 – Health facilities in many parts of the U.S., and particularly low-income and rural areas, are buckling under the weight of …
Dealflow | November 23, 2020
Bain Capital raises $800 million for second Double Impact fund
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 23 – Bain Capital is doubling down on impact. The Boston-based private equity firm raised $800 million for its second Double …
Dealflow | November 16, 2020
‘Healthy living’ SPAC Better World Acquisition Corp. launches on Nasdaq
ImpactAlpha, November 16 — A new special purpose acquisition company is looking to raise $110 million to acquire and take public a company …
Features | June 12, 2020
CareAcademy raises $9.5 million to upskill a generation of caregivers
ImpactAlpha, June 11 – Online caregiver-training platform CareAcademy raised $9.5 million in a round led by Impact America Fund. CareAcademy enhances and scales …
Dealflow | November 7, 2019
Verte Opportunity Fund backs Galen Robotics in Baltimore Opportunity Zone
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 7 – Galen Robotics, maker of a less-invasive surgical robot, was lured from Silicon Valley to Pigtown, west of downtown Baltimore, by …
Asia | August 28, 2019
Quadria secures IFC investment for second Asia healthcare fund
ImpactAlpha, August 28 – Five years after closing its first, $300 million healthcare fund, Singapore-based Quadria Capital is looking to raise up to …
Dealflow | August 26, 2019
CARU snags €2.4 million for voice-command home sensors for seniors
ImpactAlpha, August 26 – As Europe’s population ages, there’s a growing contingent of startups building tech solutions aiming to make it easier for people …
Dealflow | July 31, 2019
Seniovo raises €2 million to help seniors age in place
ImpactAlpha, July 31 – By next year, a quarter of Europe’s population will be over 60. Worldwide, there are about a billion 60+ year …
Africa | July 3, 2019
54gene raises $4.5 million to increase African genetic material in medical research
ImpactAlpha, July 3 – Most human genomics data used to advance drug therapies and medical research is based on Caucasian DNA samples, which represents an …
Dealflow | June 19, 2019
Aunt Bertha raises $16 million to help people connect to community services
ImpactAlpha, June 19 – Austin-based Aunt Bertha launched in 2010 to help individuals in need identify of social, health or community services. The B Corp …
Dealflow | June 17, 2019
Lok exits as affordable eyecare company Disha raises $4 million
ImpactAlpha, June 17 – Delhi-based Lok Capital started 15 years ago in microfinance then expanded to the healthcare sector in 2013, backing a low-income eye …
Dealflow | June 12, 2019
Morgan Stanley Capital Partners acquires Impact Fitness from Bain Capital and Bridges
ImpactAlpha, June 12 – Impact Fitness, the first investment of the Bain Capital Double Impact Fund, is now the $390 million fund’s first …
Africa | June 3, 2019
DRC-based Médecins de Nuit secures funding to address chronic disease healthcare gaps
ImpactAlpha, June 3 – Incidence rates for health issues like heart disease, cancer and diabetes are on the rise in Africa as in many other …
Dealflow | May 30, 2019
Bain Capital Double Impact acquires Rodeo Dental to expand access to dental care
ImpactAlpha, May 30 – Bain Capital’s Double Impact fund has taken a majority stake in Texas-based dental services provider, Rodeo Dental. The company provides affordable …
Africa | May 16, 2019
CarePay raises €40 million to manage African healthcare payments
ImpactAlpha, May 16 – Amsterdam- and Nairobi-based CarePay makes healthcare more affordable and accessible across the African continent by digitizing and streamlining healthcare payments. Health …
Africa | May 15, 2019
Kenya digital pharmacy MYDAWA raises $3 million for expansion
ImpactAlpha, May 15 – More than 80,000 people have signed up to purchase affordable, high quality medicine and health products from Nairobi-based MYDAWA. …
Africa | May 14, 2019
Uganda’s SafeBoda raises Series B funding to improve motorcycle taxi safety
ImpactAlpha, May 14 – Road traffic accidents are responsible for 225,000 deaths in Africa each year. That’s more than 60 road fatalities on the continent …
Dealflow | May 9, 2019
Dispatch Health raises $33 million for home health calls
ImpactAlpha, May 9 – Dispatch Health is upgrading the old practice of in-home doctors’ visits as a way to cut back on unnecessary emergency room …
Dealflow | May 7, 2019
CirrusMD clinches $15 million for tele-medicine for veterans
ImpactAlpha, May 7 – Waiting times for Veterans Affairs’ healthcare services vary widely by geography. Some facilities have average wait times of nearly 40 days. …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | May 2, 2019
Mfine raises $17.2 million for online medical consultations
ImpactAlpha, May 2 – India has one doctor for every 1,700 people. The mfine platform allows patients to consult a network of doctors for …
Dealflow | May 1, 2019
Chicago’s Neopenda raises seed round to produce wearable neonatal monitors
ImpactAlpha, May 1 – About 80% of the roughly three million newborn deaths in developing countries are preventable, according to the World Health Organization. …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | April 25, 2019
Vital raises $5.2 million to streamline emergency room care
ImpactAlpha, April 25 – Patients without immediately life threatening conditions can wait hours to be seen by doctors in U.S. emergency care centers. While that’s …
Dealflow | April 17, 2019
EverlyWell raises $50 million for at-home health diagnostics
ImpactAlpha, April 17 – Austin-based EverlyWell launched in 2015 to help people stay informed about their health while cutting costs. The company makes at-home diagnostic …
Dealflow | April 15, 2019
Cityblock raises $65 million to expand low-income health services in the U.S.
ImpactAlpha, April 15 – Cityblock launched in 2017 with a mission to bridge and improve healthcare services in low-income communities in the U.S. The firm raised $65 …
Dealflow | April 3, 2019
Elvie clinches $42 million for women’s health apps and devices
ImpactAlpha, April 3 – London-based Elvie addresses the gap in healthcare products designed for women. “Whether it’s menstruation, pregnancy or menopause, women’s bodies …
Dealflow | April 3, 2019
Women’s health tech NextGen Jane raises $9 million for novel diagnostics
ImpactAlpha, March 3 – Oakland-based NextGen Jane is a women’s “wearables” technology company, of sorts, that is trying to improve early reproductive health …
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Dealflow | April 2, 2019
Empowered Education raises $8 million from Rethink Education
ImpactAlpha, April 2 – Empowered Education is a training platform for wellness and healthcare coaches. The firm raised $8 million from White Plains, N.Y.-based …
Dealflow | March 25, 2019
Unite Us secures $35 million to bridge health and social services
ImpactAlpha, March 24 — Unite Us is a tech company that connects individuals and communities to supportive services, like affordable healthcare, housing and …
Africa | March 14, 2019
Africa Healthcare Network secures funding to expand care centers for kidney patients
ImpactAlpha, March 14 – Africa Healthcare Network (AHN) runs a network of low-cost dialysis clinics for kidney patients in Rwanda and Tanzania. It has raised …
Features | February 26, 2019
Niramai raises $6 million for affordable breast cancer screening
ImpactAlpha, February 25 – Bangalore-based Niramai has raised $6 million in early-stage funding for its method of screening and diagnosing breast cancer. The …
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Signals | February 6, 2023
Four ways impact investors are supporting economic mobility for Black Americans
ImpactAlpha, February 6 — The median Black household in the U.S. has one-tenth the wealth of the median white household. Over the next …
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Sponsored | November 21, 2022
How The California Endowment is investing for health and racial equity (Q&A)
President and chief executive officer for The California Endowment Robert Ross is a leader in leveraging impact investing to advance the foundation’s mission …
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Refugee Lens Investing | September 28, 2022
Displaced East Africans remake camps into testbeds for refugee-lens investing
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 28 – A settlement camp in a remote area of northwest Kenya is abuzz with economic activity – and a signal of the …
Investing in Health | October 25, 2021
How the pandemic is propelling innovators to bridge healthcare gaps in emerging markets
Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha is partnering with Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures to explore purpose-driven entrepreneurs and impact investments in health outcomes for underserved …
Impact Tech | July 14, 2021
Two dozen charts map the trajectory of sustainable finance, food, energy and mobility
ImpactAlpha, July 14 – San Francisco and London-based Generation Investment Management, the $36 billion investment firm founded by Al Gore and David Blood, has for …
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Catalytic Capital | June 10, 2021
Linchpin of Gates Foundation’s health strategies, ‘global access agreements’ fail their COVID-19 test
ImpactAlpha, June 10 – Legal agreements between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and private biotechnology companies were supposed to be the great equalizer …
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Catalytic Capital | November 10, 2020
Gates Foundation’s role in Pfizer’s promising COVID vaccine is part of a strategy, not a conspiracy
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 10 – The Gates Foundation’s $55 million equity investment last fall into a German biotech company could have big payoff: an …
Features | October 19, 2020
Call No. 24: Agents of Impact converge on financing solutions to ‘light every clinic’
The people and principles needed to solve the challenges of financing solar power for frontline health clinics were represented on ImpactAlpha’s Agents of …
Investing in Health | April 29, 2020
Crushing the coronavirus is good economics. Hoping it goes away is not.
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 29 – Social distancing is becoming social mobilization. As some U.S. states move to re-open their economies while lowering the risk …
Catalytic Capital | June 20, 2019
Catalyzing capital for global health innovation
ImpactAlpha, June 20 — More innovation, and low-cost risk capital, is needed to meet global healthcare demand. Scaling up medicines, vaccines, bed nets, medical …
Beats | June 13, 2019
The ups and downs of Cameroon’s cataract bond
ImpactAlpha, June 13 – The Cameroon Cataract Bond is providing high-quality treatment to thousands of patients, but is not reaching enough of the country’s …
Catalytic Capital | May 16, 2019
What impact multiple of money will TPG Growth generate with global health fund?
ImpactAlpha, May 16 – Before it became an object lesson of private equity scandal, the $1 billion Abraaj Growth Markets Health Fund was …
Features | April 16, 2019
Clínicas del Azúcar’s one-stop diabetes centers marry health innovation with affordability
ImpactAlpha, April 16, 2019 – Diabetes is both a preventable and manageable disease. Yet, because of changing lifestyles and health habits, the number of …
Beats | October 4, 2018
Investors make a pledge toward tobacco-free portfolios
Tobacco is responsible for more than seven million deaths – and rising – each year. The nonprofit Tobacco Free Portfolios, which advocates tobacco-free …
Beats | July 25, 2018
TPG Growth’s Rise Fund touts ‘impact’ in bid for Abraaj health fund
Bono and Bill Gates have been longtime partners in philanthropic efforts to fight poverty, hunger and disease. They may become impact investment partners …
Beats | February 7, 2018
Abraaj fund flap, Jibu’s water franchises, better small-biz lending, baby steps toward parental…
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha original What we know about Abraaj’s $1 billion health fund and its dispute with the Gates Foundation and …
Beats | January 5, 2018
Ramping up global health investments to fight diseases of low-income countries
After a rocky start, the $108 million Global Health Investment Fund has made its 10th investment, leading a $10 million financing for Vienna-based …
Catalytic Capital | September 22, 2017
Development impact bonds take aim at health challenges
Nearly 100 social impact bonds have been launched since the first SIB in 2010. Development impact bonds, or DIBs, on the other hand, haven’t …
Gender Smart | August 4, 2017
$75M to make the impossible possible, Hustle hustles, diversity dividends, India’s health-tech race
Hello ImpactAlpha readers! It’s getting late, so let’s jump right in. #Dealflow: Follow the Money Impossible Foods raises a juicy $75 million for its meatless …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | August 1, 2017
Care-bots: Will we rely on robots for that human touch?
Elder care should be one of the growth industries of the future, as the number of U.S. adults over 65 grows to 80 …
Climate Finance | July 22, 2017
The (un-) Dirty Dozen: Where social progress is possible
Progress is possible and the solutions are known. That’s what comes through the many reports and reams of statistics at this week’s U.N. …
Entrepreneurship | July 19, 2017
What we know about Bain Capital’s $390 million Double Impact Fund
The tipoff that impact investing is indeed reaching a new stage in the capital markets came when Deval Patrick described the $390 million …
Beats | July 18, 2017
The 2030 price tag for universal health care
Last week, we showcased 11 ideas on how to achieve affordable universal healthcare. Now comes the Sustainable Development Goals Health Price Tag: $371 …
healthcare | July 18, 2017
The rest of the world has trouble providing universal health coverage, too
2030 Experts have identified 11 ideas to achieve affordable universal healthcare. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Queen Mathilde of Belgium converse on …
Climate Finance | June 29, 2017
Tackling building challenges of equity and emissions
Building design will play a big role in the world’s ability to meet the Paris climate agreement’s goal of limiting temperature rise to …
2030 Finance | June 22, 2017
Social progress index, vision finance, investing in HENRYs, the heat is on
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Positive deviants of the world, unite! Economic growth is an outcome of social progress and not the …
Beats | June 2, 2017
Bhutan takes the lead in fighting lifestyle diseases
Infectious diseases draw most of the attention (and money) in global health, particularly around such maladies as malaria, HIV/AIDS and diarrhea in children. …
2030 Finance | June 1, 2017
Exxon shareholders buck management on climate, Toro’s India health fund, new status quo for small…
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Exxon shareholders vote ‘Yes’ on global climate action.The Paris climate agreement was not on the ballot at …
Beats | May 8, 2017
Are we reaching Peak Hospital?
The hospital of the future will be “a bunch of people sitting in a room full of screens and phones,” according to Toby …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | March 24, 2017
Healthcare is “so complicated,” even for artificial intelligence
AI’s potential in healthcare is curbed by a maze of policy, regulation, and importantly, concerns for patient privacy. “The current healthcare delivery system …
Beats | March 16, 2017
Leapfrog’s portfolio reached 91 million people and grew revenues and profits in 2016
Andrew Kuper, CEO of Leapfrog Investments, has taken impact investors to task for not being ambitious enough about transformative social impact for hundreds …
Gender Smart | February 23, 2017
South Korean women will live longer in 2030. American men, not so much
Women Rising Improvements in maternal and child health, as well as adult health, will drive increases in life expectancy in industrialized nations by 2030. …
Beats | February 2, 2017
Women’s Health is Human Health
That giant sucking sound you hear is hundreds of millions of dollars rushing out of clinics and health services around the world. The loss …
carousel | September 9, 2016
Neglected No More: Nudging Biotech Startups to Tackle Diseases of the Developing World
It was a game of cat and mouse — a very special mouse. The mus musculus in question was a transgenic laboratory mouse that researchers …
Beats | March 16, 2016
Corporate ‘Toilet Coalition’ Takes Care of Business of Sanitation
As the classic children’s book says, “Everyone poops.” That makes the global sanitation crisis an opportunity for top global corporations to deepen their …
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Investing in Health | March 1, 2023
How private investment in the care economy can work for care workers as well
The pandemic heightened awareness of the foundational role that caregiving plays in the US economy. Yet care infrastructure for childcare, eldercare, and other …
Investing in Health | January 30, 2023
Trust, not technology, bonds patients and providers
Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. In partnership with J&J Impact Ventures, ImpactAlpha is exploring the …
Return on Inclusion | December 1, 2022
Six ways to build the Long COVID economy
One hundred million. That’s the number of people globally who never recovered from the Coronavirus. COVID Long Haulers, as we are known, experience …
Sponsored | November 30, 2022
How shared accountability can increase the social impact of healthcare investing
Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. In partnership with J&J Impact Ventures, ImpactAlpha is exploring the …
Sponsored | August 24, 2022
Why J&J Impact Ventures invests in other funds
Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. In partnership with J&J Impact Ventures, ImpactAlpha is exploring the …
Investing in Health | August 2, 2022
How to set social impact targets in an uncertain world
Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. In partnership with J&J Impact Ventures, ImpactAlpha is exploring the …
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Investing in Health | April 5, 2022
Why Kenyan nonprofit Jacaranda Health spun out its hospital as a social venture
Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. In partnership with J&J Impact Ventures, ImpactAlpha is exploring the …
Sponsored | January 10, 2022
Putting people first in the digital health revolution
Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. In partnership with J&J Impact Ventures, ImpactAlpha is exploring the …
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Sponsored | December 14, 2021
Nurturing local health startups in the communities that need them most
Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. In partnership with J&J Impact Ventures, ImpactAlpha is exploring …
Sponsored | November 30, 2021
Impact investing to support health equity
Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. In partnership with J&J Impact …
Investing in Health | November 23, 2021
Investing in caregivers to fill gaps in long-term care
Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha is partnering with Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures to explore purpose-driven entrepreneurs and impact investments in health outcomes for underserved …
Africa | June 9, 2020
COVID recovery offers opportunities to invest in Nigeria across the healthcare value chain
The health sector in Nigeria was in a crisis before COVID-19. The pandemic is revealing years of neglect and waste in Nigeria’s healthcare …
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Features | October 19, 2020
Call No. 24: Agents of Impact converge on financing solutions to ‘light every clinic’
The people and principles needed to solve the challenges of financing solar power for frontline health clinics were represented on ImpactAlpha’s Agents of …
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