On 05 April 2018, the UNICEF Innovation Fund announces 6 new investments in open source technology solutions –Thinking Machines is among one of six new portfolio companies to receive investment. Thinking Machines will join a cohort of companies working on solutions using data science and artificial intelligence. The UNICEF Innovation […]
On 05 April 2018, the UNICEF Innovation Fund announces 6 new investments in open source technology solutions – Suzhou Crenovator Lab Corp. is among one of six new portfolio companies to receive investment. Suzhou Crenovator Lab Corp. joins a cohort of companies developing solutions using Virtual and Augmented Reality. The […]
On 05 April 2018, the UNICEF Innovation Fund announces 6 new investments in open source technology solutions – Dymaxion Labs is among one of six new portfolio companies to receive investment. Dymaxion Labs will join a cohort of companies working on solutions using data science and artificial intelligence. The UNICEF […]
Role: Portfolio Strategist Job Number:511563 | Vacancy Link Locations: Headquarters, United States Work Type: Consultancy How can you make a difference? The UNICEF Innovation Fund has been specifically designed to finance early stage, open-source technology that can benefit children. The core motivation of the Innovation Fund is to identify “clusters” or portfolios […]
Written by: Sunita Grote, UNICEF Innovation Fund Manager One year on (ok, more like 15 months) from funding seed rounds for our first five portfolio companies, we have succeeded, failed and above all learned like any early-stage start-up. UNICEF’s Innovation Fund is proud to see its first investments ‘graduate’ from […]
UNICEF’s Innovation Fund goes beyond just offering seed funding to its companies. We connect them to UNICEF’s community of global experts and partners – and to each other, providing pathways to accelerate their solutions to market and connecting solutions to each other to build globally scalable platforms. On February 5-7, […]
NEW YORK 8 December 2017 – Six start-up businesses providing solutions to improve children’s lives using frontier technologies such as data science, virtual reality (VR), drones and artificial intelligence (A.I) will receive funding from the Innovation Fund, UNICEF announced today. The $12.6 million fund provides capital to emerging tech companies to develop […]
On 08 Dec 2017, the UNICEF Innovation Fund announces 6 new investments in open source technology solutions – RedCrow is among one of six new portfolio companies to receive investment. The UNICEF Innovation Fund invests in technology start-ups from developing markets that are working on open source solutions to improve children’s lives. […]
On 08 Dec 2017, the UNICEF Innovation Fund announces 6 new investments in open source technology solutions – Autonomous Systems Research is among one of six new portfolio companies to receive investment. The UNICEF Innovation Fund invests in technology start-ups from developing markets that are working on open source solutions to […]
Today we’re proud to announce that after a highly competitive process, CIREHA (Argentina), Daokudai (China) and Ninaad Digital Technology (India) have been selected to join the UNICEF Innovation Fund’s AAC cohort. Read more about our newest portfolio companies and what it means to be part of a UNICEF Innovation Fund […]