We are part of a global movement aimed at crowding in private sector investment to help achieve measurable impact and the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Our first fund, Save the Children Impact Fund I (SCIF I), an Australia-based commercial impact fund, was established in 2020.
The SCIF I fund provides loans and equity investments to help mission-aligned startups and social enterprises grow. We then back these enterprises and provide support, from field expertise to creating new stakeholder relationships, in over 110 countries.
We are most excited about those solutions which we can enable, with the patient capital, to scale and generate competitive financial returns for our investors. Through supporting our innovators and creating bridges for them to formerly inaccessible opportunities, our platform aims to fuel the growth of these organisations.
Save the Children helped pioneer the concept of children’s rights, and we believe this innovation needs more. As one of the world’s leading independent organisations for children, we are and have always been at the forefront of saving children’s lives when disasters strike, and creating lasting change for children and their families through our long-term education, health, child protection, livelihoods and climate change adaptation projects.
Children deserve every chance to take on the world. They deserve an education, a healthy start in life and the chance to go further than they ever dreamed possible. Children have always been the heroes of our story, and now we’re finding more heroes to help.
The next 100 years starts with what we do together in the next 10.
Drawing on a diversity of backgrounds, our investment team brings a wealth of experience and skills to help our founders. With support from Save the Children Global Ventures (SCGV), our coverage and expertise spans the world.
Paul leads Save the Children Global Ventures, the in-house team at Save the Children responsible for taking innovative finance and new technologies to scale. He previously served as CEO of Save the Children Australia. He led the creation of and is a founding director of Save the Children Australia’s impact investment fund. Paul co-founded wishlist.com.au, one of Australia’s first e-commerce companies, and has helped establish, fund and lead a number of international and Australian start-ups across multiple sectors.
Lisa serves as Head of Impact Investing, leading investments in innovative projects and companies driving transformative change for children across APAC. Prior to her work with Save the Children, Lisa led the$16M Alberts Impact Venture fund backing 23 impact-driven portfolio companies working on environmental sustainability, mental health, a vibrant culture and gender equality. She pioneered investing for structurally reducing inequality as an impact thematic and led deep dives into both gender equality and mental health.
Amanda was responsible for leading setup and strategy for several high-profile startups including Malala Fund and The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, a $50 million investment portfolio focused on sustainable economic development following Haiti’s 2010 earthquake.
Most recently Preeth served as a sell-side transaction advisory executive at Palladium Impact Capital, where he led client engagements across capital raising, transaction and fund structuring and strategy development and advised entrepreneurs, fund managers and non-profits. Preeth also co-established Lok Capital, a leading Indian fund manager.
Eve brings diverse private sector, government and INGO experience, most recently as an investment manager with World Resources Institute, where she aided viability and investment flows into public-private partnerships and helped establish a Climate Action Investment Fund. Eve has particular expertise identifying and executing African based investment opportunities.
Anna has significant experience designing comprehensive impact measurement and management (IMM) frameworks and ensuring they are implemented to maximise outcomes. She previously worked at Social Finance Ltd where she helped design, launch and manage performance of outcomes-based and blended finance projects across a range of sectors.
Our investment team is led by an experienced Investment Committee and Board.