About Us

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As an impact investment fund, our overall goal is to generate both sustainable social impact and financial returns.

Established in 2019, Impact Ventures by Johnson & Johnson Foundation invests directly in impact-focused healthcare companies through debt and equity structures, as well as through other impact funds. Although we typically invest at an early stage before companies are profitable, our aim is to help them scale and become sustainable. When a portfolio company has a successful exit, financial returns go back to Johnson & Johnson Foundation and are recycled into new investments for ongoing impact.

More than capital

In addition to our financial investments, we actively support our portfolio companies with technical assistance and resources by leveraging Johnson & Johnson’s extensive network and healthcare industry expertise. We offer a range of different pro bono services, including employee engagements through J&J’s Talent for Good program.

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“Collaborating with J&J’s supply chain expert empowered us to implement strategic, measurable solutions that enhanced our operations. This partnership enabled SwipeRx to accelerate our mission to equip health workers and improve pharmacy care across Southeast Asia.”
- Farouk Meralli, Founder and CEO of SwipeRx

Strategic Priorities

In pursuit of advancing global health, we focus on two key strategic areas that are critical to enabling access to quality and affordable care:

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New Models of Care
Developing innovative business models and technologies to directly address the unique needs of patient populations who lack access to healthcare.
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Health Workforce
Equipping and connecting health workers with the unique resources, tools and training they need to provide quality and affordable care to patients.
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Investment Criteria

INVESTMENT TYPE

  • Equity or debt structures
  • Syndicated co-investment

SIZE AND STAGE

  • $0.5M – $2M initial investment
  • Pre-Series A and Series A rounds

COMPANY PROFILE

  • Innovative business model focused on social impact
  • Early growth stage with initial traction (revenue > $500K)
  • Business plan to reach profitability and sustainability

IMPACT FOCUS

  • Scale: Potential to reach millions of patients or healthcare workers
  • Access: New opportunities to connect patients to care
  • Depth: Meaningful improvement of patient health outcomes

HEALTHCARE SECTORS

  • Healthtech and digital platforms
  • Medtech and diagnostics
  • Care delivery and clinical services
  • Health systems and supply chain

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

  • Strong impact entrepreneur and management team with relevant experience
  • Global geography but priorities in the United States, Kenya, India and Brazil
  • Opportunity for J&J additionality and active Board engagement
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Ecosystem Building

We believe in the potential of impact investing to create positive changes in healthcare, but early-stage entrepreneurs face many challenges starting, funding and growing their companies. In addition to our core investment fund, we also collaborate with other organizations to build a broad ecosystem of support for impact entrepreneurs:

  • Accelerator programs

  • Pitch competitions

  • Investment resources

  • Impact measurement / reporting

  • Thought leadership and advocacy