Investment approach

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Child-lens investing

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Save the Children Global Ventures is pioneering the first series of child-focused investment funds utilising a 'child-lens'. Child-lens investing integrates considerations of children's rights and well-being across investment processes to advance positive outcomes for children.

We have developed tools to guide our child-lens investing approach – from rigorous pre-investment screening to impact measurement post-investment – ensuring our investments deliver exceptionally high impact for children.

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Partners

Our funds

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We provide a range of financial tools to enhance the positive outcomes our partners achieve for children. Our Children's Impact Multiplier Fund provides patient and catalytic capital for highly impactful opportunities that traditional finance might overlook. In tandem, we advise a suite of commercially-structured funds, each mobilising significant capital within our focus areas.

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Areas of investment

CHILD-FOCUSED INVESTING FOR IMPACT

Our child-lens investment strategy spans areas that will have the most direct impact for children: education, health, nutrition, WASH, child protection and related infrastructure needed to enable resilience, social impact and/or social mobility. Our goal is to deliver integrity, rigour and intentionality to the process of investing in children, ultimately to drive better outcomes for them and their families.

Our Portfolio

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We oversee and advise a portfolio of impact investments developed using a child-lens that focuses on delivering significant advances for children across health, education, child protection and related themes that promote child wellbeing.
Health
PrimaKu
PrimaKu enhances children’s health and development in Indonesia by giving parents and caregivers accessible, reliable tools to monitor early growth. Its platform supports families in tracking nutrition, immunisations and developmental milestones, helping them identify needs early and seek timely care. By equipping communities with trusted guidance, PrimaKu strengthens preventative health practices and empowers parents to make informed decisions. This support fosters healthier childhoods and improves long-term outcomes for children.
Education
Jackfruit Finance
Jackfruit Finance expands children’s access to quality education in Kenya by providing growth capital to affordable private schools. Its financing enables schools to build classrooms, upgrade facilities and invest in essential learning resources. By offering working-capital loans, Jackfruit helps schools maintain stable operations and retain teachers. This support strengthens school capacity and allows more children to enrol.
Health
VIEBEG
VIEBEG Medical is a health-tech company offering high-quality medical supplies and equipment across Central and East Africa through an innovative, AI-powered procurement platform. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Viebeg optimises supply chain processes, enabling healthcare providers to procure medical supplies more efficiently and affordably.
Education
Goshen Finance
​Goshen Finance is a Rwanda-based microfinance institution providing a range of financial and non-financial services aimed at promoting socio-economic development. With SCGV's investment, Goshen oversees an early childhood development (ECD) loan facility aimed at reaching 28 schools and 3,200+ small children while helping ECD centres become financially self-sustainable.
Climate
Carbon Neutral
Carbon Neutral is a carbon solutions provider and reforestation developer helping individuals, businesses and charities become carbon neutral and develop ‘nature-based’ climate solutions, which involve conserving, restoring, and better managing ecosystems to reduce CO2 emissions.