Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a prominent grant-making organization co-founded by Bill and Melinda Gates in 2000, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with additional offices in Washington, D.C.; New Delhi, India; Beijing, China; and London, United Kingdom. The foundation focuses on improving global health, enhancing education, and providing support to at-risk families, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. It actively promotes strategies that assist low-income families and works towards greater equality in various sectors. The foundation is also involved in investment management, overseeing an endowment that includes a diverse portfolio primarily in public equity and fixed income markets, while excluding tobacco-related investments. Its trustees include Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett.

Carolyn Ainslie

Chief Financial Officer

Brandi Bogosian

Deputy Director, Investment Reporting

Jennifer Deger

Director of Finance and Controller

Sue Desmond-Hellmann

Chief Executive Officer

Past deals in Connecticut

Hyperfine

Grant in 2023
Hyperfine Research Inc. specializes in developing portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners, aimed at making medical imaging more accessible. Founded in 2014 and based in Guilford, Connecticut, the company focuses on general anatomical brain imaging and addresses various medical conditions, including headaches, strokes, non-specific muscle weakness, encephalopathy, spinal cord compressions, diabetic foot disease, and musculoskeletal trauma. Within a year of its establishment, Hyperfine successfully produced its first images, and it has since improved the quality and functionality of its imaging technology. The company’s mission is to democratize healthcare by ensuring that medical imaging is available to people worldwide.

Butterfly Network

Grant in 2022
Butterfly Network designs a medical imaging device that reduces the cost of real-time and three-dimensional imaging and treatment. Jonathan M. Rothberg, Nevada Sanchez, and Tyler S. Ralston founded it in 2011, with its headquarters in Guilford in Connecticut.

Butterfly Network

Series D in 2018
Butterfly Network designs a medical imaging device that reduces the cost of real-time and three-dimensional imaging and treatment. Jonathan M. Rothberg, Nevada Sanchez, and Tyler S. Ralston founded it in 2011, with its headquarters in Guilford in Connecticut.