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Beyond capital: How Impact Ventures by J&J Foundation is supporting SwipeRx to strengthen Southeast Asia’s vital pharmacy network
SwipeRx is equipping pharmacies in Southeast Asia to advance patient care and transform global health. Impact Ventures provided SwipeRx tailored pro bono services from J&J employees, which has proven instrumental in shaping the company’s future.
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Beyond capital: How Impact Ventures is supporting Penda Health to provide tech-enabled, trust-based care in Kenya
In 2023, Impact Ventures by J&J Foundation invested in Penda Health to support and expand access to trustworthy, high-quality healthcare to communities in Kenya. Impact Ventures’ essential support included providing Penda Health with pro bono services from Johnson & Johnson employees with expertise and insights.
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Impact that counts: Five years of investing in global health innovation
Since 2019, Impact Ventures by J&J Foundation has invested in companies developing innovative solutions to improve access to quality and affordable healthcare. We have also helped to build an ecosystem where early-stage health impact innovation can thrive by supporting entrepreneurs, pitch competitions, accelerator programs, research and advocacy. Though we are focused on our mission to catalyze more impact in the future, we reflect back on highlights from the last five years.
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Impact Ventures by J&J Foundation invests in reach52, empowering local communities to improve and transform health systems
Pioneering a transformative model for emerging markets’ healthcare access, reach52 is a social impact business that leverages technology, local health networks, supply chain and public health strategies to deliver health in rural and hard-to-reach areas. reach52 is bridging the gap where traditional healthcare systems often fall short.
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Beyond capital: How Impact Ventures by J&J Foundation is supporting Mamotest to revolutionize breast cancer care in Latin America
The startup is improving women’s access to quality breast cancer care by using telediagnosis and AI-driven tools to help them get assessed and to create an efficient treatment path for those diagnosed.
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Impact Ventures by J&J Foundation invests in Mobio Interactive, unlocking the benefit of "precision psychiatry at scale" for patients and healthcare workers around the world
One of the major challenges that has plagued mental health healthcare, is that of subjectivity. This was the impetus for the development of Mobio Interactive’s innovative technology designed to deliver "precision psychiatry at scale" for patients around the world.
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Impact Ventures by J&J Foundation invests in Turn.io, an AI chat builder enabling faster and cheaper delivery of healthcare services
Working with >200 social enterprise, nonprofits and governments to improve health, education and livelihoods in the Americas, Africa and South-East Asia, Turn.io powers life-improving conversations through a chat platform and impact community to scale access to trusted information, empathetic support and vital services.
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Innovations in Health LatAm accelerator cohort announced
Ten start-ups across Latin America will receive funding and mentorship to improve access to care
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The Power of Partnership, Perspective and Planning
Lessons from LIFT: Accelerating Equitable Health Innovation 2024
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October 2024 Newsletter
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Supporting women-led healthcare startups in Africa
Impact Ventures has joined Villgro Africa to address the gender disparity in funding and support for women-led healthcare start-ups in Africa by launching a business incubation program to support women-led healthcare startups.
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Meet the winners of the 2024 MIT Solve Health Innovation Award
This year’s award went to six teams who participated in the Global Health Equity Challenge which asked: How can we use technology to make good health and access to quality care more equitable for all?
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Johnson & Johnson Foundation funds accelerator to support health equity innovators in Latin America
Now taking applications, a new accelerator funded by Johnson & Johnson Foundation and delivered by Village Capital will support 10 healthcare start-ups operating in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico that are tackling healthcare challenges in Latin America. Eligible entrepreneurs can apply until December 6, 2024.
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MIT Solve awards over $1 million in funding to 30 tech-based innovators addressing global challenges
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Africa’s leading Venture Capital firm Founders Factory Africa rebrands to 54 Collective (PRESS RELEASE)
54 Collective establishes a new era of venture capital in Africa, offering up to $500,000 in equity and non-dilutive capital and value-add support for its founders.
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Funder of Funds: Impact Ventures June 2024 Newsletter
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Impact Ventures by J&J Foundation invests in Hamilton Health Box to offer primary care ‘microclinics’ in rural communities, workplaces, school campuses
“Until now, it’s been financially and logistically challenging to provide outlying communities with the high-quality care they need – and deserve. But we’ve created a unique way to meet more people where they are, with a small footprint, high-touch model that works practically anywhere,” said Hamilton Health Box CEO & Founder, Dr. Toby R. Hamilton.
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Innovative startups are changing the landscape of health impact everywhere. Are investors aware?
“We’re still discussing if we should include healthcare under impact investing.”
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Village Capital Opens Applications for LIFT: Accelerating Equitable Health Innovation
Seeking ten early-stage startups that are addressing disparities in the non-medical drivers of health among underserved communities
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Elevating outcomes beyond clinics: Investing in startups to advance health equity in the US
Despite efforts to promote health equity, current investments, particularly those focused on medical interventions, have proven insufficient. Investors can create lasting, systems-level change by embracing a more holistic approach to health innovation. The answer lies in supporting early-stage startups at the forefront of this innovation, including building solutions to effectively improve the non-medical social determinants of health for underserved populations.
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2023 reflections: A year of progress advancing health equity
As we look back on the past year at Impact Ventures by Johnson & Johnson Foundation, we are encouraged by our progress to advance global health equity. Despite a challenging economic environment for startups and fundraising in healthcare overall, we made 10 investments—doubling our portfolio of impact-focused companies and funds. This includes four investments we just completed at the end of last year, providing innovative ways to improve the health of patients around the world who have been historically marginalized or underserved.
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Sophisticated financing and smarter partnerships: How investors are forging new roadmaps for health impact
In a piece published by ImpactAlpha, James Bair, Partner and Managing Director, and Carolina Batista, Head of Global Health Affairs, at Baraka Impact Finance overview why the health sector in emerging and frontier markets is ripe for innovation and impact—and how forward-thinking investors are responding through new forms of collaboration and financing.
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Impact Ventures by J&J Foundation invests in CareAdvisors to improve the integration of healthcare and social services
In the United States, it is estimated that approximately three in five adults will experience poverty in their lives. Social services, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid programs, provide supportive safety nets for this low-income population. However, in 2023, more than 40% of people who applied for a social service program said they had trouble proving eligibility or getting benefits when they needed them. Chris Grace co-founded CareAdvisors in 2018 to tackle this significant problem.
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These innovators are harnessing AI for health equity in Africa
Since 2021, J&J Impact Ventures (JJIV), an impact investment fund within the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, has worked closely with Villgro Africa to strengthen the ecosystem of equitable health innovation in Africa. This partnership began with a focus on funding innovations that equipped frontline health workers. Last year, we turned our attention to artificial intelligence (AI)—a technology with enormous potential to transform healthcare in Africa.
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Health In Her HUE announces $3 million in funding (PRESS RELEASE)
Health tech startup connects Black women and women of color with culturally sensitive and responsive healthcare providers and content.
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VIEBEG Medical receives new investments to improve access to affordable, quality healthcare in Africa (PRESS RELEASE)
KIGALI, RWANDA, December 19, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- VIEBEG Medical is pleased to announce a new investment from J&J Impact Ventures, an impact fund within the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, and Sanofi Global Health Unit Impact Fund. Serving more than 1000 hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and healthcare providers in Rwanda, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Viebeg is a health tech company that provides high-quality medical supplies and equipment as well as pharmaceuticals through VieProcure, an innovative data-driven procurement solution.
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J&J Impact Ventures invests in Verge HealthTech Fund to accelerate early-stage impact innovations globally
Early-stage seed funding is often the most challenging capital for healthtech entrepreneurs to raise because of the higher risk profile with new technologies and the limited number of investors active at this stage. That challenge is magnified when the company is innovating for impact to reach under-resourced patients in emerging markets. Yet, that is exactly where some of the most promising opportunities are to improve care for the billions of people globally who lack access to essential healthcare.
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Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures invests in VIEBEG Medical to strengthen medical supply chains in Africa
Throughout many parts of Africa, healthcare systems and providers face challenges keeping key medical equipment and supplies in stock—or even procuring them in the first place. This contributes to a lack of access to important diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, ultimately leading to preventable deaths and other negative health outcomes for patients in under-resourced communities.
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Coordinating health impact investment in developing economies
In a piece published on ImpactAlpha, Judd Staples, Assistant Director for Engagement and Partnerships at Innovations in Healthcare studies the ecosystems that support the scaling of innovative health solutions. Based on the findings of a recently released research brief, Staples describes how impact investors, funders and development finance institutions might coordinate their efforts and increase access to quality care in developing economies.
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How strategic mentorship is helping SwipeRx strengthen public health in Southeast Asia
JJIV portfolio company SwipeRx is the largest network of pharmacies in Southeast Asia. A Johnson & Johnson supply chain expert joined the SwipeRx team for a six-month secondment to optimize their fulfillment process and accelerate their impact.
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