Investment principles
Because we invest with philanthropic dollars, we can make capital work for us rather than the other way around.
We deploy philanthropic capital to high-innovation, high-impact enterprises that shape markets to break the cycle of poverty.
A staggering 5.3 billion people still live in poverty, largely neglected by the marketplace. Philanthropy is critical for Patient Capital, allowing us to take outsized risk for outsized impact so that no one is left behind.
Thanks to its philanthropic nature, Patient Capital can experiment in markets with challenging operating environments, underdeveloped infrastructure, and weak currencies.
Watch the TED TalkPatient Capital has more flexible time horizons for returns, enabling large-scale, deep, and lasting solutions to problems of poverty.
Investment principlesPatient Capital is laser-focused on the poor. It exists to improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
Our approachPatient Capital prioritizes impact, but never loses sight of financial accountability. For every dollar invested to date, we’ve received 91 cents back.
Our impactPatient Capital is most successful when used to build untested, unproven markets or disrupt broken ones.
Investors can learn how to practice the principles of Patient Capital, including how to support social entrepreneurs on their journey to impact.
Because we invest with philanthropic dollars, we can make capital work for us rather than the other way around.
We help corporations, governments, foundations, and other institutions create influence and achieve impact.