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.

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Grant Early Venture Biotechnology Therapeutics Pharmaceuticals Show more

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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 Sensor

PiQuant Co., Ltd.

Grant in 2020

PiQuant provides component detecting sensor and device based on spectroscopy. - High Sensitivity : PiQuant sensor can detect up to molecular unit - Small Size : PiQuant provides a sensor the size of a thumb and a detecting device the size of a hand can hold - Affordable Price : PiQuant offers less than one-tenth of the price of a conventional sensor.

YourBio Health

Grant in 2011

Seventh Sense Biosystems, Inc. develops a push-button blood collection device that enables patients to collect their own blood anywhere. It offers TAP that enables users to draw blood through a painless one-step process. Seventh Sense Biosystems, Inc. was formerly known as Newco LS 13, Inc. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Medford, Massachusetts.