# Melinda Gates: investor profile > Melinda Gates, Founder at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with... Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/melinda-gates (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Medina, US · Angel # Melinda Gates Founder at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Latest rounds - **Papa** Series A · $10M Oct 2019 Backs *Healthcare* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 last Oct 2019 - **Filings:** - with regulators - **Podcasts:** 5 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them - **On filings** No filing names them - **Linked to a firm** No firm on record - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=melinda-gates)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=melinda-gates) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 1 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $10M - **Active:** 2019 2019 - [Papa](https://millionrounds.com/company/papa) *Series A* **$10M** *US* Oct 2019 Joined · +5 investors By stage - Series A **1** What they backed Healthcare **1** Alongside - [Canaan *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) - [Initialized Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) - [Pivotal Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pivotal-ventures) - [Sound Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sound-ventures) - [Y Combinator *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Hear them before you pitch them ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Melinda Gates in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 22 May 2026 · 2h 2m Starship Launch, World's Fair Retrospective, Sacks Spikes AI EO | Dan Shipper, James Rogers With [Dan Shipper](https://millionrounds.com/person/dan-shipper) Mentions [Gates Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation)[Melinda Gates](https://millionrounds.com/person/melinda-gates) About this episode (01:01) - Sacks Spikes AI EO (07:56) - America's IPO Market Wakes Up (17:47) - Starship Launch (28:28) - World's Fair Retrospective (45:46) - Dan Shipper, co-founder and CEO of Every, discusses the transformative impact of AI agents like Codex and Claude Code on knowledge work,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 8 May 2025 · 42 min Replay: Bill Gates is ending his foundation, here’s how it began Mentions [Bill Gates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-gates)[Gates Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation)[Melinda Gates](https://millionrounds.com/person/melinda-gates) About this episode Bill Gates announced this week that he will shutter his philanthropic foundation in 20 years – but not before using it to give away $200 billion to fight global diseases. In this archival episode from 2019, he tells host Reid Hoffman the story of how it all started – and how he learned to scale his… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [The Healthtech Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/healthtech-podcast) · 17 Apr 2024 · 1h 7m #346 How technology can connect communities: a vision for ageing and care with Max Parmentier, CEO of Birdie With [Max Parmentier](https://millionrounds.com/person/max-parmentier) Mentions [Gates Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation)[Melinda Gates](https://millionrounds.com/person/melinda-gates) About this episode This week, James is joined by Max Parmentier, CEO and co-founder of Birdie, the intelligent platform for home care. Founded in 2017, Birdie now equips over 1,000 homecare providers with digital tools for managing, delivering and championing outstanding care. Previously, Max founded and grew a… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) · 4 Jan 2024 · 41 min Turning Waste into Resources with Sedron Technologies Mentions [Bill Gates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-gates)[Gates Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation)[Melinda Gates](https://millionrounds.com/person/melinda-gates) About this episode Stanley Janicki is the Chief Revenue Officer at Sedron Technologies. Sedron is on a mission to revolutionize how waste streams can be processed to eliminate disposal costs and destroy pathogens while capturing valuable energy and recycling water. Their Varcor system takes liquid waste slurries and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 9 Aug 2022 · 41 min Bill Gates: How to accelerate history (Part 1) Mentions [Bill Gates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-gates)[Gates Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation)[Melinda Gates](https://millionrounds.com/person/melinda-gates) About this episode How did Bill Gates scale BOTH a global business and a global philanthropy? He spotted an inflection point in history, and accelerated it. What does that take? A great idea, great timing, and also: Great partners. Because even Bill Gates doesn’t go it alone. In Part 1 of this special two-part… Listen on Apple Podcasts Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? 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