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Cross-Border Impact Ventures

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Cross-Border Impact Ventures is an impact venture capital firm on a mission to revolutionize venture capital investing in health technology. We work with visionary teams to leapfrog access to world leading affordable technologies for women, children and adolescents.

Health technologies are more scalable than ever before. The time is now to take a global tailored approach in this sector.

OUR INVESTMENT UNIVERSE

We look for audacious companies commercializing globally relevant medical devices, diagnostics, therapeutics and digital health innovations that are prioritizing huge market opportunities in women, children and adolescent health.

We value real world and clinical data.

We focus on 4 key sectors:

  • Sexual and reproductive health,
  • Maternal, newborn and child health,
  • General health, including chronic diseases, and
  • Health software infrastructure.

We invest in companies addressing gender health inequalities.

Positive impact and financial returns are not mutually exclusive. We seek opportunities that offer both high impact & high returns.

OUR IMPACT

We believe good health is a right that should not be restricted by gender, age, race, wealth and borders.

We hold ourselves to the highest standard of impact investing and implement recognized impact management processes. We invest with a gender and diversity lens.

WE ARE ENABLERS

We are specialists in women, children and adolescent health with deep expertise in health technology. We are hands-on investors and support our exceptional management teams with access to new markets, unique forms of capital and health technology expertIse in North America, Europe as well as global markets.

WE UNLOCK GLOBAL IMPACT OPPORTUNITIES

Cutting edge technologies take decades to reach underserved communities. We work with management teams to fast track the process.

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