Global Health Newsletter, Vol. 2 | New Investment Snapshot, Marc Zuckerberg, & More

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GLOBAL HEALTH INTEREST GROUP NEWSLETTER, VOL. 2

New & Noteworthy

Check out IC's newly released Investment Snapshot to understand the investment process through the story of Sevamob, a social enterprise providing primary healthcare via mobile clinics and a tele-health marketplace in India and Africa. Learn from both sides of the table while discovering three key lessons for investors in global health investing.

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The NY Times recently published "An Investor's Plan to Transplant Private Health Care in Africa" featuring Abraaj Group. The group is represented on IC's Global Health Advisory Board and sees opportunity to leverage the rise of a middle class by building a network of hospitals in India, Kenya, and beyond.

SEAD’s latest blog introduces new Smart Impact Capital™ modules that are designed to allow entrepreneurs to access exactly what they need at any given moment, rather than following a linear path of development. How can entrepreneurs can raise capital that is "smart" for their business?

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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have a $3billion plan to cure all disease. This ambitious goal seeks to provide medical scientists the opportunity to work like coders in an ambitious Silicon Valley startup, making it possible for their work to focus on riskier projects that may not yield results for years or even decades.

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The UN Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth calls for investment at the intersection of global health and quality jobs. The Commission’s latest report indicates that investing in a global health workforces is paramount to meeting Sustainable Development Goals - and that it’s a good investment!

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Join the global health investing conversation on our next webinar! Save the date and register today for the next quarterly Global Health Interest Group webinar on Tuesday, January 17th 8am PT/11am ET/6pm EAT.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, January 17th: Global Health Interest Group Webinar
Wednesday, February 1st: Global Health Learning Lab

Learn More

IC’s Global Health Interest Group provides the opportunity to learn from experienced international investors, access new global health innovations, and join a dialogue on the most pressing investment challenges in the global health sector and East African/Indian markets.

As part of the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD) partnership, Investors’ Circle has spent the last four years building a base of knowledge around global health investing — and the Global Health Interest Group will bring those resources to you. With influence from new global health innovations, the expert investment practitioners on our Global Health Advisory Board, and our network’s experience on the ground in Kenya, we look forward to bringing you into a rich global health investing conversation.

In partnership with

The research described above was produced as part of the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD), in collaboration with the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke (CASE), Innovations in Healthcare, Investors' Circle and funded by USAID.