What is Save the Children Global Ventures?
Save the Children Global Ventures (SCGV) is shaking up the way progress is funded for children worldwide. This project invests in innovative companies and initiatives that make a transformative impact on children’s lives. By focusing on child-centered investment strategies, SCGV aims to multiply the success of interventions and innovative programs that truly move the needle. It’s about unlocking global potential—leveraging vast networks, deep experience, and unparalleled reach to bring fresh approaches, cutting-edge technologies, and scalable solutions to the forefront.
The Main Benefit: Driving Impact Through Innovation
SCGV’s approach is all about impact investing and innovative finance, creating a powerful mix that delivers real change. Here are some key figures and facts that highlight its significance:
- Over 1 billion children live in poverty worldwide.
- The funding gap to tackle universal challenges like climate, food crises, conflict, and inequality is a staggering $4.2 trillion.
- Traditional grant-based funding just doesn’t cut it when it comes to scaling innovation.
- SCGV manages and advises impact funds that harness private sector power for exponential advances benefiting children.
- It mobilizes blended financing and creative funding models to back programs that create positive change.
Innovative Finance and Impact Investing
At the heart of SCGV’s work is a unique blend of impact investing and innovative finance. This means managing portfolios that not only seek financial returns but also prioritize social and climate impact for children. The project designs and structures finance opportunities that are anything but ordinary—aiming for exceptional outcomes that put children first. This child-lens approach to investment sourcing and management ensures that every dollar is aligned with measurable, meaningful results.
Climate Solutions for Vulnerable Communities
Children, especially those in the most vulnerable regions, bear the brunt of climate change. SCGV is piloting and scaling innovative approaches to help communities and families adapt and respond. The project is building investment strategies around nature-based solutions tied to Save the Children’s work, tackling climate challenges head-on. It’s about creating resilience and opening doors to sustainable futures for children and their families.
Leveraging Global Networks and Unique Measurement
One of SCGV’s standout strengths is its ability to combine access to global networks with unique child-focused impact measurement. This powerful combination fosters innovation and helps solve some of the world’s most significant challenges for children. With over a century of experience behind it, Save the Children Global Ventures brings unique capabilities and relationships to the innovative finance and technology sectors, scaling impact like never before.
Project Impact and Alignment with Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 1: No Poverty
- SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
- SDG 4: Quality Education
- SDG 5: Gender Equality
- SDG 13: Climate Action
- SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Looking Ahead: The Journey Has Just Begun
Save the Children Global Ventures has already helped scale transformational initiatives in education, health, and child protection. But this is just the beginning… The project continues to push boundaries, exploring new ways to fund and support programs that create lasting, positive change for children everywhere. With a clear focus on results and innovation, SCGV is poised to make an even bigger difference in the years to come.
