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Mulago Foundation
FoundationSan Francisco · Seed · 16 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Mulago Foundation looks for founders with scalable solutions to poverty across healthcare, education, livelihoods, nutrition, and environmental health. It recruits roughly twenty new Fellows each year into a program that teaches design for impact and strategy for scale. It funds organizations that emerge with promising models, strategies, and teams, making grants (and occasionally debt or equity) as bets on exponential impact over time, and stays invested as long as there is compelling progress toward scale.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 16 people
from the firm's website & curated
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Mulago Foundation went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 54 of 85 portfolio companiesImpact & Social Good ×45Climate Tech ×16AgTech ×15Digital Health ×15Healthtech ×14EdTech ×12AI & Machine Learning ×10Fintech ×4
HQs:India×13Kenya×6United States×6Ghana×4Tanzania×3Pakistan×2
Who they back
founder profiles across 37 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×222 founders×133 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 39 founders with education data
Harvard Business School ×5Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×5Harvard University ×4Carnegie Mellon University ×2The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ×2UCLA ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 40 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×11Economics ×9Computer Science ×8Engineering ×7Finance & Accounting ×3Medicine ×3Life Sciences ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 35 founders with career history
Microsoft ×4Ashoka University ×2Echoing Green ×2Massachusetts General Hospital ×2McKinsey & Company ×2Population Services International ×2Root Capital ×2Stanford University ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
6 founders hold a PhD · 10 hold an MBA (of 41 with degree data)
Investments · 85 tracked
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Intelehealth is a tech nonprofit that builds an open-source telemedicine platform connecting frontline health workers and remote doctors to deliver primary care to underserved, last-mile populations.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social Good
Dr. Neha Verma(CEO & Co-founder)
Synnefa is a B2B and B2B2C agritech company that combines physical infrastructure and digital tools to raise incomes for smallholder farmers, selling integrated farming systems to cooperatives, agribusinesses, NGOs, and government institutions.
AgTechHardwareImpact & Social GoodIoTNairobi, KE
Co-investors54 CollectiveInnovate UKLivelihood ImpactFounders Factory AfricaP4G
Aceli Africa is a nonprofit organization that mobilizes private finance for agricultural small and medium enterprises across East and Southern Africa.
AgTechFintechImpact & Social GoodNairobi, KE
Brian Milder(Founder & CEO)in
Awana Digital partners with frontline environmental and human rights defenders to co-design and deploy technology solutions that strengthen community organizing and advocacy.
Climate TechDigital HealthGovTechImpact & Social Good
Emily Jacobi(Founder)in
CassVita uses a process to extend the shelf-life of cassava from 3 days to 18 months and processes the crop in automated facilities into fufu, flour, starch, and animal feed, which it sells to multinationals including Nestle.
AgTechFoodTechImpact & Social Good
Pelkins Ajanoh(Cofounder)in
Co-investorsDorm RoomFINCA VenturesSBXi
Chancen is a financial inclusion NGO that provides education financing solutions for underserved youth in Africa, particularly women, rural, and low-income individuals, enabling access to quality higher education and training aligned with job market demands.
EdTechFintechImpact & Social GoodSocialRwanda, RW
Co-investorsCeniarth
Cultivo uses data analysis, machine learning, and generative AI to plan and finance nature-based restoration projects, connecting land, capital, and ecological regeneration.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechImpact & Social GoodBerkeley, US
MANUEL PINUELA(Executive Officer, Director)inManuel Pinuela Rangel(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Manuel Pinuela, PhD(Founder)inJames Clifton(Founder)inREBECCA BRAVO(Executive Officer, Director)BENJAMIN J. STONE(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsCapria VenturesMassMutual VenturesSalkantay Ventures
Darsel provides a personalized learning chatbot that teaches mathematics to students in low-resource settings through simple, text-based channels like SMS, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechAmman, JO
Abdulhamid Haidar(Founder)in
Co-investorsThe Draper Richards Kaplan FoundationY Combinator
Digital Green builds AI-powered agricultural advisory systems and mobile platforms that deliver farming guidance to smallholder farmers across Africa and Asia in local languages.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningImpact & Social Good
Rikin Gandhi(Co-Founder / CEO)in
EarthAcre operates a platform for nature finance that helps conservation project developers onboard community landowners, distribute direct benefit payments with financial transparency, and monitor biodiversity outcomes using ground-truth and remote sensing measurements.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechImpact & Social GoodSaaSChicago, US
Viraj Sikand(CEO & Co-Founder)inPatita Nkamunu(Head of Projects & Co-Founder)Yasha Portnoy(CTO & Co-Founder)inYakov Portnoy(Executive Officer)Mark Tracy(Chairman & Co-Founder)inMohanjeet Brar(President & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsEnza Capital
EcoSafi provides clean-burning biomass pellet fuel and free-leased cooking stoves for households and commercial customers, offering a lower-cost, lower-emission alternative to charcoal and LPG.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Co-investorsGlobal PartnershipsLowercarbon CapitalUnruly CapitalToba Capital
Educate Girls is a non-profit that mobilizes rural communities and government resources to identify, enroll, and support out-of-school girls in India's educationally marginalized areas, improving foundational literacy and numeracy skills.
EdTechImpact & Social GoodSocialMumbai, IN
Safeena Husain(Founder)inGayatri Nair Lobo(Chief Executive Officer)in
Farmerline provides technology solutions to increase agricultural productivity and connect farmers, associations, and governments across the supply chain.
AgTechB2B MarketplacesCloud ComputingSaaSGhana, GH
Co-investorsCeniarthChanzo CapitalGhana Climate Innovation CentreKickstart InnovationOikocredit
Farmers for Forests (F4F) is a hybrid social enterprise that helps smallholder farmers in India transition their land to agroforestry to regenerate soil, raise incomes, and build climate resilience.
AgTechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodPune, IN
Food4Education runs school feeding programs that deliver hot, affordable, and nutritious lunches to schoolchildren at scale, starting in Kenya with the goal of expanding across Africa.
FoodTechImpact & Social Good
Wawira Njiru(Founder)in
Co-investorsCeniarth
The Foundation for Ecological Security works to restore and conserve land, forest, and water resources in ecologically fragile and degraded zones of India through collaboration with village institutions and civil society organizations.
AgTechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodIndia, IN
Friendship Bench delivers community-based mental healthcare through trained lay health workers who provide cognitive behavioral and problem-solving therapy in accessible outdoor settings.
Digital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social GoodMental HealthSocialVictoria Falls, ZW
Dixon Chibanda(Founder)in
Fundación Gaia Amazonas is a Colombian nonprofit that works with Indigenous peoples to conserve the Amazon rainforest through intercultural collaboration, territorial governance (Indigenous Territorial Entities), geospatial information systems, and political advocacy.
Climate TechImpact & Social Good
Healthy Learners builds frameworks that integrate health programs into school systems in developing countries, training teachers as community health workers to reduce illness-related absenteeism and improve student health outcomes.
Digital HealthEdTechHealthtechImpact & Social Good
Lonnie Hackett(CEO & Cofounder)inIgnicious Bulongo(Cofounder & Chief Visionary Officer)in
Hello Tractor operates a platform connecting smallholder farmers with tractor and farm-equipment owners for on-demand mechanization services, plus an equipment marketplace, fleet management, and pay-as-you-go financing for tractor owners.
AgTechFintechMarketplacesWashington Dc, US
Jehiel Oliver(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inFolu Okunade(Executive Officer)in
Honeyguide is a conservation organization working in Tanzania that partners with communities and wildlife management areas to address human-wildlife conflict and protect natural resources.
AgTechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodTanzania, TZ
Damian Bell(Co-founder)inOle Kirimbai(Co-founder, Honorary Member)Sam Shaba(Chief Executive Officer (CEO))
DRK portfolio organization; 2025 Audacious Project grantee.
Co-investorsThe Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Instituto Juruá is a Brazilian nonprofit organization working on community-based conservation, participatory territorial governance, and socio-bioeconomy along the Juruá River in the Amazon.
Circular EconomyClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Integrate Health works alongside governments and local communities in West Africa to strengthen primary healthcare delivery through an integrated, data-driven approach.
Digital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social GoodNew York, GN
Christophe Gbeleou(Strategic Advisor and Co-Founder)Kevin Fiori Jr.(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsICONIQ
Jacaranda Health partners with governments to deliver affordable maternal and newborn health solutions through government hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechImpact & Social GoodKenya, KE
Karya builds AI data and evaluation pipelines, providing custom data collection (transcription, translation, multimodal datasets), foundational datasets, and evaluation benchmarks tailored to India's languages and domains such as healthcare, agriculture, finance, law, and education.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureBengaluru, IN
Manu Chopra(Founder)inVivek Seshadri(Founder)in
Co-investorsThe Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Kheyti provides climate-smart agriculture technologies to smallholder farmers, aiming to increase their incomes and climate resilience.
AgTechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodShort Hills, US
Saumya .(Founder)inAyush Sharma(Founder)in
Co-investorsAutodesk FoundationCeniarth
Labhya is an education organization working to redefine the educational landscape by enabling children to become effective learners through systemic change in schools.
EdTechImpact & Social GoodWellness & Fitness
Malika Taneja Sodhi(Founder)in
Last Mile Health is an international NGO that strengthens community health systems in partnership with African governments to expand access to primary healthcare in remote and rural areas.
Digital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social GoodAccra, GH
Peter LuckowinRaj Panjabi(President Emeritus & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsThe Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Lively Minds develops parent-led early childhood development programmes for rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, working with governments to integrate play-based learning into existing systems and broadcast parenting education through radio and courses.
EdTechHealthtechImpact & Social Good
Mati builds and deploys enhanced rock weathering (ERW) systems to enable smallholder farmers in the global South to access carbon markets.
AgTechClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsAutodesk FoundationCongruent Ventures
Nexleaf develops digital health solutions and data systems for health equity in partnership with Ministries of Health and multilateral organizations.
Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social GoodIoT
Nithya Ramanathan(CEO & Co-Founder)inMartin Lukac(CTO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAutodesk Foundation
Noora Health equips families and caregivers with health education and skills to support patient recovery in hospitals and at home.
Digital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social GoodTraverse City, US
Edith Elliott(Founder/CEO)inKaty Ashe(Cofounder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
OneReef builds partnership agreements that equip island communities with resources and knowledge to protect coral reefs and ocean ecosystems.
Climate TechImpact & Social Good
Christopher LaFranchi(Founder)in
Peepul is an educational nonprofit that works to improve government school education in India by empowering teachers, creating engaging classrooms, and strengthening school administration and systems.
EdTechGovTechImpact & Social GoodIndia, IN
Kruti Sharma(Founder)Urmila
BoardRamesh Ramanathan(Board Member)
Planet Indonesia is a non-profit that conserves at-risk ecosystems in Indonesia through community-led governance, working with Indigenous and rural communities on sustainable livelihoods, fisheries, mangrove restoration, and natural resource management.
AgTechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodWest Kalimantan, ID
Adam Miller(Executive Director PII)inNovia Sagita(CEO YPI)in
Pula is an investment and advisory firm that operates an accelerator program in partnership with Nigeria's Sovereign Investment Authority, supporting early-stage ventures in climate resilience, agricultural technology, insurance technology, and regulatory technology across African markets.
AgTechClimate TechInsurTechNairobi, ZA
Thomas Njeru(Co-Founder and CEO)inRose Goslinga(Co-Founder and President)in
Co-investorsAccionBill & Melinda Gates FoundationInternational Finance CorporationTLcom CapitalIFC
Rising Academies develops evidence-based educational solutions to strengthen teaching and learning within public education systems.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsFINCA Ventures
Rocket Learning develops early childhood development programs and educational systems for underserved communities, focusing on reaching 50 million children in India and beyond by 2030.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechHealthtechImpact & Social GoodSector Agnostic
Siddhant Sachdeva(Founder)in
Saha Global trains entrepreneurs to establish and operate water treatment centers in West Africa, with a focus on women-led businesses.
CleantechHealthtechImpact & Social GoodSocialGhana, GH
Kate Cincotta(Co-founder and Executive Director)in
Sanku is a social enterprise that invented an automatic flour-fortification device (the Dosifier) and built a nutrient premix factory to help mills add essential vitamins and minerals to flour, addressing micronutrient deficiency.
FoodTechHardwareImpact & Social Good
Felix Brooks-church(CEO)
Co-investorsICONIQ
SaveLIFE Foundation works to prevent road crash fatalities in India through policy change, community engagement, and systems redesign.
GovTechImpact & Social GoodMobility & TransportationNew Delhi, IN
Piyush Tewari(Founder & CEO)in
Sehat Kahani provides mental health consultations and well-being services through a digital platform connecting consumers and corporate clients with licensed psychiatrists and psychologists.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthWellness & Fitness
Dr. Sara Saeed Khurrum(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)Dr. Iffat Zafar(Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer)in
Co-investorsInvest2InnovateEpic Angels
Shamiri operates a youth mental health care model that uses trained lay and semi-professional providers to deliver brief interventions, backed by software (shamiriOS and shamiriAI) that lets governments and partners run the program themselves.
Digital HealthImpact & Social GoodMental Health
Katherine Venturo-Conerly(Cofounder)inTom Osbornin
Co-investorsThe Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
StrongMinds is a nonprofit that treats depression using layperson-led interpersonal group therapy (IPT-G), providing free community-based mental health care to people in low-resource settings, with a focus on women and adolescents.
Digital HealthImpact & Social GoodMental Health
Sean Mayberry(Founder & CEO)in
Suvita works to increase childhood vaccination rates in India by sending personalised SMS reminders to caregivers about their child's immunisation schedule and recruiting local community influencers as immunisation ambassadors.
Digital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social Good
Varsha Venugopal(Founder)in
Co-investorsICONIQ
Taleemabad provides education management and teacher support solutions including a compliance platform for school administration, an AI-powered digital teaching assistant on WhatsApp, and certified teacher training developed with Aga Khan University.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechGovTechImpact & Social Good
Haroon Yasin(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsSorenson Impact Foundation
Tanganyika Blue operates a commercial cage aquaculture farm on Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, farming endemic tilapia using native species practices to provide sustainable protein while protecting the lake's biodiversity.
AgTechFoodTechImpact & Social GoodKigoma, TZ
ThinkMD provides scientifically validated digital health technology in a mobile platform that works offline or online, using machine learning to assess clinical data, score patient risk against hundreds of diseases, and recommend treatment.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechCharlotte, US
Barry Finette(Executive Officer, Director)inChristopher Marr(Chief Executive Officer)inJackie Rabec(Chief Product Officer)inRodney Davis(Chief Commercial Officer)inWesley Loh(Chief Technology Officer)inAqil Jeenah(Chief of Staff)in
Co-investorsFreshTracks CapitalSave the Children Global VenturesSorenson Impact FoundationVerge HealthTech Fund
Three Wheels United provides financing and mobility solutions for three-wheelers, serving commercial transportation operators in India.
CleantechClimate TechFintechMobility & TransportationBengaluru, IN
Cedrick(Co-Founder & CEO)inMudit Paliwal(Founder & CEO Delta Corp)inCedrick Tandong(Co-Founder & CEO Three Wheels United)inPullak Gupta(COO)in
Co-investorsADB VenturesTechstarsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Warc Africa builds integrated first-mile agricultural supply chains in Africa by combining regenerative farming practices, physical infrastructure, and digital platforms to connect subsistence farmers directly to global markets.
AgTechB2B MarketplacesImpact & Social GoodSierra Leone, GH
Emiliano Mroue
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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Ab EntheosAmandla MobiBIOSORRACinchCommunity Health Impact Coalition ChicConserve GlobalCurrent LeaderFikaGrowth TeamsLiving LandscapesLuminos FundLwalaMafisaMusoNew SeedNxt GridPempemPinky PromisePivotProjet Jeune Leader PjlSmartstartSustainable Finance CoalitionTurn IoUdumaUjamaa Community Resource Team UcrtUnlock AidUrgewaldWater Access RwandaYouth ImpactZvandiri
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latest coverage across their companiesFrequently asked questions
- How many investments has Mulago Foundation made?
- Mulago Foundation has 85 tracked investments.
- What stage does Mulago Foundation invest at?
- Mulago Foundation invests at the Seed stage.
- What is Mulago Foundation's typical check size?
- Mulago Foundation typically writes checks of $200K.
- What sectors does Mulago Foundation focus on?
- Mulago Foundation focuses on AgTech, Climate Tech, Digital Health, EdTech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is Mulago Foundation located?
- Mulago Foundation is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does Mulago Foundation co-invest with?
- Mulago Foundation most often shares deals with The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Autodesk Foundation, Ceniarth, among 28 tracked co-investors.
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