Global Innovation Fund - Transforming ideas into impact

million invested/committed

innovations delivering impact

million people set to benefit from GIF investments by 2030

What we do

The Global Innovation Fund is a non-profit innovation fund headquartered in London with an office in Washington D.C. that invests in the development, rigorous testing, and scaling of innovations targeted at improving the lives of the world's poorest people.

We believe that the best ideas for solving some of the world's most critical problems can come from anyone, anywhere. Through our grants and risk capital, we help breakthrough solutions to global development challenges from for-profit firms, non-profit organisations, researchers, and government agencies to maximise their impact and affect meaningful change.

Private Sector Scaling

Public Sector Scaling

Hybrid Scaling

Case studies

Drinkwell

A social enterprise aiming to provide access to affordable and clean drinking water for millions of underserved urban customers for the first time.

Balloon Ventures

A social enterprise that runs development programs to give micro-enterprises the training, funding and support needed to grow, create jobs and build communities.

Mr Green Africa

A tech-enabled plastics recycling company disrupting the current informal and exploitative plastic recycling sector in Kenya.

CityTaps

CityTaps has developed a solution that bridges the gap between water utilities and the urban poor: a pre-payment service that comprises the world’s only smart and pre-paid water meter and billing software.

CityNudges

A $300,000 grant to pilot a the use of Pay for Performance (P4P) contracts to test the cost-effectiveness of incorporating a nudge feature into tax payments, energy and water consumption, build capacity and engage with governments to spread evidence of incorporating nudges into government programmes.

Paga

A $5m equity investment to support Paga, Nigeria’s market leader in mobile payments and digital financial services, to grow its agent network, operating from kiosks, shops, and pharmacies to deliver a range of financial services, and become a leading player in Nigeria’s transition from a cash to digital payment economy.

Global Innovation Fund is a registered charity (number 1171353) and company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (number 09223487). Registered office: Global Innovation Fund, 8 Devonshire Square, London, EC2M 4PL.

GIF takes a zero-tolerance approach to bribery and corruption in our activities or in any programs or projects that we support. So-called “facilitation payments” are also prohibited by our Anti-Corruption and Integrity Policy.

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