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title: "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation"
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# Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a global philanthropic organization that works to reduce disease, poverty, and inequity worldwide. It is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and focuses its grantmaking on global health, global development, education, and other priority areas, as outlined on its official site. In Africa, the foundation commits significant resources to health, agriculture, financial inclusion, and related development initiatives, including a multiyear commitment of several billion dollars to African countries and programs. Within African innovation ecosystems, the foundation has backed a number of technology enabled companies in the health, fintech, HR, and utilities sectors. Based on available investment records, it has participated in nine funding rounds for African startups between December 2019 and February 2026, across seed, Series A, Series B, and other structured rounds, with a total of 41.5 million dollars invested. These investments show a particular focus on Kenya, Nigeria, and Morocco, and on health technology solutions. The foundation’s African startup portfolio includes companies such as Axmed, MYDAWA, Pharmarun, DeepEcho, PowWater, SeamlessHR, and Kaleidofin, which work on affordable medicines, healthcare delivery, prenatal diagnostics, safe water, inclusive finance, and digital HR infrastructure. More broadly, the foundation has opened an office in Nairobi to deepen its engagement in East Africa and has announced large scale commitments to African health and development, reflecting a long term emphasis on African partners and impact focused collaboration.

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## Summary

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a global philanthropic organization that works to reduce disease, poverty, and inequity worldwide. It is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and focuses its grantmaking on global health, global development, education, and other priority areas, as outlined on its official site. In Africa, the foundation commits significant resources to health, agriculture, financial inclusion, and related development initiatives, including a multiyear commitment of several billion dollars to African countries and programs. Within African innovation ecosystems, the foundation has backed a number of technology enabled companies in the health, fintech, HR, and utilities sectors. Based on available investment records, it has participated in nine funding rounds for African startups between December 2019 and February 2026, across seed, Series A, Series B, and other structured rounds, with a total of 41.5 million dollars invested. These investments show a particular focus on Kenya, Nigeria, and Morocco, and on health technology solutions. The foundation’s African startup portfolio includes companies such as Axmed, MYDAWA, Pharmarun, DeepEcho, PowWater, SeamlessHR, and Kaleidofin, which work on affordable medicines, healthcare delivery, prenatal diagnostics, safe water, inclusive finance, and digital HR infrastructure. More broadly, the foundation has opened an office in Nairobi to deepen its engagement in East Africa and has announced large scale commitments to African health and development, reflecting a long term emphasis on African partners and impact focused collaboration.

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## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Axmed | /axmed | Other | 6000000 | 2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| SeamlessHR | /seamlesshr | Series A | 9000000 | 2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Axmed | /axmed | Seed | 5000000 | 2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Axmed | /axmed | Other | 5000000 | 2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Pharmarun | /pharmarun | Other | 50000 | 2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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