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Soros Economic Development Fund invests along the life cycle of enterprises, investing both directly in companies and indirectly through funds. This means that our investments range from seeding early-stage enterprises or business lines; to financing the scale-up of enterprises with proven potential; to sustaining enterprises that need our support to continue delivering social value.
We have significant flexibility in the size of the investments we can make, but in general currently focus on those with a total envelope of between $3 million and $10 million per investment.
Deployed as of December 2021:
$300M
Invested in fragile, frontier, and emerging market countries:
92%
Countries we’ve invested in:
54
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Total investments (37)
Investments List
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REDI supports the development of Roma-owned businesses and enterprises.View websiteTheme Supporting Open SocietySize $1.2MType IndirectGeography EuropeSector Health CareDate 2022 -
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Aristata seeks to invest in human rights and environmental litigation—providing financial support for plaintiffs who would otherwise not have the resources to bring their cases to court.Theme Strategic LitigationSize $6MType IndirectGeography GlobalSector LegalDate 2022 -
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Gavi’s COVAX risk-sharing initiative increases the supply of affordable COVID-19 vaccines to 92 of the world’s lowest-income countries.View websiteTheme Access to MedicinesSize $100MType GuaranteeGeography GlobalSector Health CareDate 2022 -
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Global Access Health is a UK company limited by guarantee (non-profit) and the ultimate parent of both Mologic and Global Access Diagnostics.View websiteTheme Access to MedicinesSize $17MType DirectGeography AfricaSector Health CareDate 2021 -
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Illumen strives to remove structural barriers impeding access to investment capital by women and minorities by educating investment decision makers about implicit biases.View websiteTheme Racial EquitySize $5MType IndirectGeography United StatesSector GeneralistDate 2021 -
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Kiva Refugee Investment Fund provides senior unsecured loans to Kiva MFI Partners that work closely with displaced populations, with an initial focus on the Middle East and Latin America.View websiteTheme Migration and InclusionSize $3MType IndirectGeography GlobalSector Financial ServicesDate 2021 -
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Pluralis is backed by a consortium of prestigious European media companies, foundations and impact investors committed to a pluralistic news media.Theme Independent MediaSize $5.4MGeography EuropeSector MediaDate 2021 -
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Symplifica operates a digital platform that offers domestic workers and their employers an integrated solution for managing payroll, social security, benefits, and other legal employment requirements.View websiteTheme Care EconomySize $1.75MType DirectGeography Latin America and the CaribbeanSector ServicesDate 2021 -
Theme: Gender JusticeGeography: AfricaAmount: $10MDate: 2020
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WIE invests in high-growth SMEs that present an opportunity to advance gender-diversity and benefit women through their products and services.View websiteTheme Gender JusticeSize $10MType IndirectGeography AfricaSector GeneralistDate 2020 -
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Cadence is a U.S. pharmaceutical public benefit corporation that seeks to bring to market an over-the-counter women’s contraceptive pill.View websiteTheme Gender JusticeSize $5MType DirectGeography United StatesSector Health CareDate 2020 -
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GAD is a nonprofit enterprise engaged in the manufacture of affordable rapid diagnostics that aims to serve as a technology transfer hub to the Global South.View websiteTheme Access to MedicinesSize $5MType DirectGeography AfricaSector Health CareDate 2020 -
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Univercells is a biomanufacturing infrastructure and services company focused on increasing the availability of affordable biologics.View websiteTheme Access to MedicinesSize $5.9MType DirectGeography GlobalSector Health CareDate 2020 -
Theme: Gender JusticeGeography: GlobalAmount: $5MDate: 2020
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Women’s World Banking invests in female-focused financial services companies in emerging markets, aimed at advancing gender participation at all levels.View websiteTheme Gender JusticeSize $5MType IndirectGeography GlobalSector Financial ServicesDate 2020 -
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InsuResilience invests in affordable insurance for smallholder farmers and others in low-income countries whose livelihoods are at risk from extreme weather.View websiteTheme Climate JusticeSize $10MType IndirectGeography GlobalSector Financial ServicesDate 2019 -
Theme: Migration and InclusionGeography: GlobalAmount: $3MDate: 2019
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Accion Venture Lab is a seed-stage fintecher fund focused on promoting financial access and inclusion.View websiteTheme Migration and InclusionSize $3MType IndirectGeography GlobalSector Financial ServicesDate 2019
