Founders spread
Founders spread
Founders spread
human progress.
human progress.
human progress.
We help
We help Founders spread human progress.
We help Founders spread human progress.
We help
We help
The inefficient distribution of human progress is a billion-person problem that must be solved urgently. We invest in Founders focused on eliminating the largest discrepancies.
Startups solve problems. Solving the biggest reaps the biggest rewards. Today's biggest problems are access to health, wealth, and a livable planet. Fairbridge backs bold Founders to close the biggest gaps-unlocking access for billions.
Startups solve problems. Solving the biggest reaps the biggest rewards. Today's biggest problems are access to health, wealth, and a livable planet. Fairbridge backs bold Founders to close the biggest gaps-unlocking access for billions.
Startups solve problems. Solving the biggest reaps the biggest rewards. Today's biggest problems are access to health, wealth, and a livable planet. Fairbridge backs bold Founders to close the biggest gaps-unlocking access for billions.
Startups solve problems. Solving the biggest reaps the biggest rewards. Today's biggest problems are access to health, wealth, and a livable planet. Fairbridge backs bold Founders to close the biggest gaps-unlocking access for billions.
Startups solve problems. Solving the biggest reaps the biggest rewards. Today's biggest problems are access to health, wealth, and a livable planet. Fairbridge backs bold Founders to close the biggest gaps-unlocking access for billions.
Our Portfolio
Health
Wealth
Planet
The trusted digital platform for navigating fundamental needs for retirees and their loved ones
Accessible holistic maternal healthcare and support
Affordable mental healthcare for employees in the critical service jobs we all rely on
Emotional and social learning through content that is personalized and culturally responsive
Africa's first licenced alternative credit bureau unlocking access to credit for informal sector
Holistic assessment of borrowers and SMEs to broaden access to credit
Promoting agency for the environment through positive, accessible, and actionable information
Medically tailored meals to treat and manage chronic illnesses
Accessible, powerful tools for personal financial management
Enabling climate-friendly options in coporate retirement investment programs
Tapping diasporic capital pools to boost productive lending in emerging markets
All-in-one Practice Management Platform to boost efficiency for behavioral health practices
A network of locally distributed supply chains to bring healthy, sustainable food to Americans
Autonomous livestock management to boost yield for sustainable animal protein
We back bold Founders.
We back bold Founders.
We back bold Founders.
We back bold Founders...
Dalumuzi Mhlanga
Founder of
Notto
Dalumuzi is bridging the gap for access to credit by building Africa's first fully licensed alternative credit bureau.
Dalumuzi Mhlanga
Founder of
Notto
Dalumuzi is bridging the gap for access to credit by building Africa's first fully licensed alternative credit bureau.
Dalumuzi Mhlanga
Founder of
Notto
Dalumuzi is bridging the gap for access to credit by building Africa's first fully licensed alternative credit bureau.
Dalumuzi Mhlanga
Founder of
Notto
Dalumuzi is bridging the gap for access to credit by building Africa's first fully licensed alternative credit bureau.
Vineet Rajan
Founder of
Forte
Vineet is bridging the gap for access to mental healthcare for people in the service jobs that we most rely on.
Vineet Rajan
Founder of
Forte
Vineet is bridging the gap for access to mental healthcare for people in the service jobs that we most rely on.
Vineet Rajan
Founder of
Forte
Vineet is bridging the gap for access to mental healthcare for people in the service jobs that we most rely on.
Vineet Rajan
Founder of
Forte
Vineet is bridging the gap for access to mental healthcare for people in the service jobs that we most rely on.
Ema Rouf
Founder of
Pave
Ema is bridging the gap for access to credit for lower income and SME borrowers by providing lenders with tools that enable holistic assessment.
Ema Rouf
Founder of
Pave
Ema is bridging the gap for access to credit for lower income and SME borrowers by providing lenders with tools that enable holistic assessment.
Ema Rouf
Founder of
Pave
Ema is bridging the gap for access to credit for lower income and SME borrowers by providing lenders with tools that enable holistic assessment.
Ema Rouf
Founder of
Pave
Ema is bridging the gap for access to credit for lower income and SME borrowers by providing lenders with tools that enable holistic assessment.
Rich Chan
Founder of
CoverRight
Rich is bridging the gap for access to trusted digital tools to help retirees and their loved ones manage life more efficiently.
Rich Chan
Founder of
CoverRight
Rich is bridging the gap for access to trusted digital tools to help retirees and their loved ones manage life more efficiently.
Rich Chan
Founder of
CoverRight
Rich is bridging the gap for access to trusted digital tools to help retirees and their loved ones manage life more efficiently.
Rich Chan
Founder of
CoverRight
Rich is bridging the gap for access to trusted digital tools to help retirees and their loved ones manage life more efficiently.
Nate Maingi
Founder of
TherapyIQ
Nate is bridging the gap for access to behavioral healthcare through a comprehensive Practice Management Platform that makes it easy to launch and to run practices.
Nate Maingi
Founder of
TherapyIQ
Nate is bridging the gap for access to behavioral healthcare through a comprehensive Practice Management Platform that makes it easy to launch and to run practices.
Nate Maingi
Founder of
TherapyIQ
Nate is bridging the gap for access to behavioral healthcare through a comprehensive Practice Management Platform that makes it easy to launch and to run practices.
Nate Maingi
Founder of
TherapyIQ
Nate is bridging the gap for access to behavioral healthcare through a comprehensive Practice Management Platform that makes it easy to launch and to run practices.
Alex Wright-Gladstein
Founder of
Sphere
Alex is bridging the gap for access to high-return sustainable investments by providing tools for companies to offer options in employee benefits programs such as 401Ks.
Alex Wright-Gladstein
Founder of
Sphere
Alex is bridging the gap for access to high-return sustainable investments by providing tools for companies to offer options in employee benefits programs such as 401Ks.
Alex Wright-Gladstein
Founder of
Sphere
Alex is bridging the gap for access to high-return sustainable investments by providing tools for companies to offer options in employee benefits programs such as 401Ks.
Alex Wright-Gladstein
Founder of
Sphere
Alex is bridging the gap for access to high-return sustainable investments by providing tools for companies to offer options in employee benefits programs such as 401Ks.
Rohit Agarwal
Founder of
Sora
Rohit is bridging the gap for personal financial management by building powerful technology tools that are accessible to individuals and families.
Rohit Agarwal
Founder of
Sora
Rohit is bridging the gap for personal financial management by building powerful technology tools that are accessible to individuals and families.
Rohit Agarwal
Founder of
Sora
Rohit is bridging the gap for personal financial management by building powerful technology tools that are accessible to individuals and families.
Rohit Agarwal
Founder of
Sora
Rohit is bridging the gap for personal financial management by building powerful technology tools that are accessible to individuals and families.
Our Founders are sharp. They are resolute in mission, but are pragmatic and patient.
Our Founders are sharp. They are resolute in mission, but are pragmatic and patient.
Our Founders are sharp. They are resolute in mission, but are pragmatic and patient.
Our Founders are sharp. They are resolute in mission, but are pragmatic and patient.
Nathalie Walton
Founder of
Expectful
Natalie is bridging the gap for access to quality maternal healthcare by creating a one-stop platform for community, products, and services.
Nathalie Walton
Founder of
Expectful
Natalie is bridging the gap for access to quality maternal healthcare by creating a one-stop platform for community, products, and services.
Nathalie Walton
Founder of
Expectful
Natalie is bridging the gap for access to quality maternal healthcare by creating a one-stop platform for community, products, and services.
Nathalie Walton
Founder of
Expectful
Natalie is bridging the gap for access to quality maternal healthcare by creating a one-stop platform for community, products, and services.
Frank Wooten
Founder of
Vence
Frank is bridging the gap for access to sustainable animal protein by building tools that boost yield for feed.
Frank Wooten
Founder of
Vence
Frank is bridging the gap for access to sustainable animal protein by building tools that boost yield for feed.
Frank Wooten
Founder of
Vence
Frank is bridging the gap for access to sustainable animal protein by building tools that boost yield for feed.
Frank Wooten
Founder of
Vence
Frank is bridging the gap for access to sustainable animal protein by building tools that boost yield for feed.
Bridging Progress Gaps℠
Fairbridge offers advisory and investment services under our BRIDGING PROGRESS GAPS brand. Our objective is to deliver superior returns by investing in companies, run by exceptional founders, and that can deploy technology to enhance human progress by eliminating critical access gaps in the foundational areas of Health, Wealth, and the Planet. We specialize in the identification of opportunities, deployment of capital, and technical assistance to build sustainable businesses that offer effective solutions at scale.
Our Purpose
Our purpose is to eliminate humanity's widest progress gaps by backing Founders deploying technology to build startups confronting our hardest problems (health, wealth, planet) with exceptional efficacy, scale, and sustainability.
Our Mission
Our mission is to be the early institutional partner of choice (pre-Seed/Seed) for the brightest Founders in our space. We aspire for their businesses to become plueprints for the application entrepreneurial innovation to difficult societal problems.
Our Philosophy
The benefits of remarkable human progress are unevenly distributed. Public and civic institutions tasked with solutions need help. Purposeful Founders, inspired by lived experience and a passion for change, will take the lead in bridging critical gaps.
The benefits of remarkable human progress are unevenly distributed. Public institutions tasked with the distribution of progress need help. Startup Founders, inspired by lived experience and a passion for sus change will lead us in closing critical gaps.
The benefits of remarkable human progress are unevenly distributed. Public institutions tasked with the distribution of progress need help. Startup Founders, inspired by lived experience and a passion for sus change will lead us in closing critical gaps.
The trusted digital platform for navigating fundamental needs for retirees and their loved ones
Accessible holistic maternal healthcare and support
Affordable mental healthcare for employees in the critical service jobs we all rely on
Emotional and social learning through content that is personalized and culturally responsive
Africa's first licenced alternative credit bureau unlocking access to credit for informal sector
Holistic assessment of borrowers and SMEs to broaden access to credit
Promoting agency for the environment through positive, accessible, and actionable information
Medically tailored meals to treat and manage chronic illnesses
Accessible, powerful tools for personal financial management
Enabling climate-friendly options in coporate retirement investment programs
Tapping diasporic capital pools to boost productive lending in emerging markets
All-in-one Practice Management Platform to boost efficiency for behavioral health practices
A network of locally distributed supply chains to bring healthy, sustainable food to Americans
Autonomous livestock management to boost yield for sustainable animal protein
Our Portfolio
Health
Health
Health
Health
Wealth
Planet
Our Team
David Tswamuno
Founder & General Partner
David drives the vision and execution of Fairbridge's mandate. He is passionate about bringing together people, technology, and capital to confront society's pressing problems.
Steve Dupree
Advisor
Steve specializes in scaling growth teams and structures in startups. Steve has been VP of Marketing for unicorn startups and an advisor, EIR and partner for top venture funds.
Evelysse Vargas
Advisor
Evelysse is an accomplished investor, capital allocator, and ecosystem builder. She has been on the founding teams of several succesful funds solving difficult societal problems.
Ethan Mayers
Advisor
Ethan is founder, CEO, and mentor for startups that are seeking global success and impact. He has advised on strategy, positioning, and fundraising for many global startups.
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