UNICEF Venture Fund
New York City, New Yorkunicef.org
Overview
UNICEF Venture Fund is a venture capital fund that makes equity-free investments in early-stage, open-source, emerging technologies with the potential to impact children on a global scale. The fund, which totals over $35 million plus Bitcoin and Ethereum holdings, focuses on frontier technology spaces like AI, blockchain, and data science in UNICEF programme countries.
Investments
| Company | Date | Stage | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Validicity AB | Jan 2025 | Grant | Co-investor |
| Bookbot | Nov 2022 | Grant | Lead |
| Afrilearn | Jun 2022 | Grant | Lead |
| Cloudline | Dec 2019 | Grant | Co-investor |
| Veative Labs | Dec 2018 | Grant | Lead |
Sector & Stage Mix
Industry, funding stage, and valuation band breakdowns.