Healthcare

The Belgium-based fund is investing in a dozen companies that aim to achieve systemic changes in environment, skilling & education, and health sectors.

The great majority of healthtech innovations never reach patients due to lack of early-stage funding and business expertise. NLC is changing that by building investible businesses around game-changing healthcare solutions.

Biju Mohandas, global co-head of healthcare investments at LeapFrog Investments, tell us that a “secular shift” in the attitude towards healthcare technology has taken place.

We talk to scientist Susan Greenfield, founder of Neuro-Bio, about her breakthrough discovery in the search for a cure to Alzheimer’s, and the potentially huge social impact of investments in biotech.

The foundation has recently added two funds to its impact investing portfolio, targeting women and children’s health and new medical technology.

UK-based Macmillan Cancer Support’s new fund will invest in startups developing cancer care products and technology. 52North, developer of at-home testing kit for neutropenic sepsis, is the fund’s first investment

BNP Paribas, Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, Rabobank and Oneplanetcrowd back health impact bond to fund a fall prevention programme for the elderly launched last week

Founded during the COVID-19 pandemic, OpenUp provides psychological help online. The capital injection came from Rubio Impact Investors, Achmea and a several private investors

The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation and The Global Fund have made a $70m investment to back the deployment of PrEP medicines among those at higher risk of contracting HIV in Africa

Gresham House makes its first major investment in healthcare provision by acquiring elderly care provider New Century Care, as part of its sustainable infrastructure strategy