# The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: portfolio, investments and team > The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is an investment firm. 6 investments on record, latest Oct 2012. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Last cheque observed Oct 2012. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet Investment firm Venture Grant Series B Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record Since the last cheque **5121** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$3.6M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ## The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation highlights - 01 6 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Venture and Grant: 83% of its rounds ## What they do - **Type:** Investment firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances** - **2012** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Uversity](https://millionrounds.com/company/uversity)** Venture · US · prnewswire.com **$3.3M** With 2 others - **Sept** **[Atreca](https://millionrounds.com/company/atreca)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$6.0M** With 1 other - **2011** 4 rounds - **Dec** **[Seventh Sense Biosystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/seventh-sense-biosystems)** Grant · US · finsmes.com **$3.3M** With 1 other - **Nov** **[Startup Weekend](https://millionrounds.com/company/startup-weekend)** Grant · US · techcrunch.com **$250K** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Liquidia Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/liquidia-technologies)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$10M** With 2 others - **Feb** **[Uversity](https://millionrounds.com/company/uversity)** Series B · US · finsmes.com **$4.0M** With 3 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The cheque Venture Grant Series B Median round joined **$3.6M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2012 Rounds by stage said on their site - Venture *3* - Grant *2* - Series B *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2011 2012 Often in the room with - [Gates Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation) 6 - [Retro Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/retro-venture-partners) 2 **Pitching The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Gates Foundation** Institutional LP **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation)[**Retro Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/retro-venture-partners) ## Quick answers about The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ### What does The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invest in? The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invests most often at Venture and Grant (83% of the rounds on record). ### How active is The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation? 6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2012. ### How big are The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's cheques? The median round it joins is $3.6M. ### Does The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2012. ### Who does The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invest alongside? Most often Gates Foundation (6 rounds together) and Retro Venture Partners (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation? The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is an investment firm. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=the-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=the-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation)