Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Impatient optimists working to reduce inequity.
Foundation | Global | Health Improvement
Overview
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy productive lives. In developing countries it focuses on improving peopleas health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States it seeks to ensure that all peoplea especially those with the fewest resourcesa have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle Washington the foundation is led by CEO Dr. Susan Desmond Hellmann and Co chair William H. Gates Sr. under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.
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Jun, 2018
Joint $40M Series C +
Evolve Biosystems
EVOLVE IS SOLVING DYSBIOSIS OF THE NEWBORN GUT MICROBIOME
Evolve BioSystems is dedicated to developing the next generation of...
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Equality & Empowerment/Minorities/Previously Excluded Populations
Disease Specific Prevention and Mitigation
Health Improvement
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United States of America
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Jun, 2018
Joint $14M Series B
Stellapps
End to end dairy technology solutions company
Stellapps is an end to end dairy technology solutions company...
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Food Security
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South-Eastern Asia
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Jan, 2017
$279M Grant
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Improving health by providing population health information
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an...
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Disease Specific Prevention and Mitigation
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Health Improvement
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Global
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Headquarters :
500 Fifth Avenue North
Seattle
Washington 98109
United States of America