Optimizer Foundation is founded on the belief that the challenge of extreme poverty must be solved through critical improvements in health and education services. While the necessary advancements will be driven by a range of public and private programs, our organizational purpose is to support and accelerate innovative solutions developed by early-stage market-based enterprises. Our ability to be bold helps us to drive unique impact across the East African ecosystem in our quest to change pre-set conditions and improve the lives of children and youth by way of impact investing. Optimizer Foundation is a registered fund-raising foundation and any return on investment will be re-invested into a new social enterprise and create more positive impact.
Location: Sweden, Stockholm
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2017
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 10
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| - | Numida | numida.co | - | Uganda, Ce... |
| - | Penda Heal... | pendahealt... | - | Kenya, Nai... |
| - | Access Afy... | accessafya... | - | Kenya, Nai... |
| - | Kasha Glob... | kasha.co | $22M | Kenya, Nai... |
| - | ImaliPay | imalipay.c... | $3M | - |
| - | Arifu | arifu.com | - | Kenya, Nai... |
| - | Zumi | zumi.afric... | - | Kenya, Nai... |
| - | Somo | somoafrica... | - | Kenya, Nai... |
| - | ARMMAN | armman.org | - | India, Mah... |
| - | Instill Ed... | instill.ed... | - | South Afri... |
Persons 4
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Russell | Haresign | Board Memb... | linkedin.c... | - | r*****l@op... | - |
| - | Catharina | Belfrage S... | - | linkedin.c... | - | c*******a@... | - |
| - | Anne | Partridge | COO | linkedin.c... | - | a**e@optim... | - |
| - | Helena | Riese Hars... | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | h****a@opt... | - |
News 19
| Date | Title | Description |
| - | 30 August 2018 – Second Injection of Funds to Acumen | 30 August 2018 – We are excited to continue another year as Senior Partner to Acumen and to work clo... |
| - | Optimizer Foundation COVID-19 Response | - |
| - | Second Injection of Funds to Armman | 11 July 2018 – For the second year we are now supporting ARMMAN’s scale-up to reach ~900,000 women (... |
| - | New Investment in Kenyan Somo | In October 2019, we made a debt investment into Somo, an accelerator supporting entrepreneurs in low... |
| - | Svenska tech-miljoner till sociala entreprenörer i Östafrika... | Den svenska stiftelsen Optimizer Foundation har i dagarna gjort sin fjärde investering inom socialt ... |
| - | New Investment into ImaliPay | In February 2021, we invested in ImaliPay – a financial services company targeting Africa’s growing ... |
| - | Release of 2018 Impact Report | We’re excited to share our 2018 Impact Report, which summarizes our progress as an organization, our... |
| - | New Investment into Penda Health | In June 2020, we invested in the Kenyan healthcare provider Penda Health, currently offering primary... |
| - | Release of 2019 Impact Report | We are excited to share our 2019 Impact Report, which summarizes our approach and our progress as an... |
| - | Deepening Our East African Presence | We are deepening our East African presence through hiring Investment Manager Emily Durfee, to cover ... |
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