Save the Children Global Ventures
Impact investorSeries A–Growth · 23 people tracked
Investment thesis
SCGV pursues child-lens impact investing, aiming to multiply the impact of successful interventions and innovative programmes for children. It manages and advises a portfolio of impact funds that harness private-sector capital to deliver benefits for children, mobilises blended finance and other creative funding models, and pilots and scales climate solutions including nature-based approaches to help communities respond to climate change. Leveraging Save the Children's global networks, local expertise, and child-focused impact measurement, SCGV seeks to bring new approaches, technologies, and solutions to scale to address major challenges facing children worldwide.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 23 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 5 of 15 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×2SaaS ×2AI & Machine Learning ×1Digital Health ×1EdTech ×1Hardware ×1Impact & Social Good ×1Media & Entertainment ×1
HQs:United Kingdom×1Indonesia×1Kenya×1
Investments · 15 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAmparo develops a prosthetic fitting system using a pre-assembled, fully remoldable thermoplastic socket that clinicians can fit anywhere in 1-2 hours without specialist machinery, along with the Motio wearable service that collects activity data for lower-limb prosthetic users.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
IoT-enabled electric cookstoves that decarbonise cooking and generate verifiable carbon-credit data while reducing indoor air pollution.
Carbon solutions provider and reforestation developer offering nature-based climate solutions.
Effusion is a design studio offering web, print, publication, and brand identity design services.
Media & Entertainment
Rwanda-based microfinance institution running an early childhood development loan facility for schools.
Education SaaS business providing teachers with quality lesson plans.
Uses AI and cloud computing to give schools real-time, aggregated data for health, wellbeing, learning and operational outcomes.
Provides growth and working-capital financing to affordable private schools in Kenya.
Independent South Australian school integrating Aboriginal knowledge and the arts into a culturally-informed curriculum.
Child safeguarding technology that continuously screens employees and volunteers and alerts on revoked accreditations.
Provides scientifically validated clinical intelligence technology to make health decisions universally accessible.
Zeraki builds digital tools for Kenya's education sector, offering school administration, data analytics, remote learning, and school supply procurement for schools, teachers, and government.
EdTechImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Dr Julius Mambili(Senior Government Liaison)Moses Okemwa(Technical Manager)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Save the Children Global Ventures invest at?
- Save the Children Global Ventures invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What is Save the Children Global Ventures's typical check size?
- Save the Children Global Ventures typically writes checks of $150K – $500K.
- What sectors does Save the Children Global Ventures focus on?
- Save the Children Global Ventures focuses on AgTech, Climate Tech, Digital Health, EdTech, Fintech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good, SaaS.
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