Giant Leap Fund

www.giantleap.com.au

Giant Leap invests in companies harnessing technology and innovation to create transformational change across three core areas: Climate (reducing carbon emissions and restoring nature), Health (improving clinical outcomes and access to quality care), and People (improving education and empowering social change). They focus on pre-seed to Series A stage companies with measurable, embedded impact.

Check Size

Not specified

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A

Focus Areas

Climate Cleantech, Healthtech, Edtech

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Investment Thesis

Giant Leap believes that visionary founders can reimagine industries and create transformational change by solving the world’s most pressing problems. The firm operates on the core conviction that ‘investment and impact go hand in hand’ and that ‘the biggest social and environmental problems present the greatest opportunities for the next generation of high-performing, sustainable businesses.’ They demonstrate that purpose and profit can thrive together, with impact embedded as a lock in their business models where revenue and impact are inextricably linked and drive each other forward.

What Sets Them Apart

Australia's first venture capital fund dedicated to impact, launched in 2016
Unique 'impact lock' requirement where business models have embedded impact with revenue and impact inextricably linked
Strong commitment to diverse founder teams: 57% of portfolio companies are women-led, 34% led by racially & ethnically diverse teams
Rigorous impact measurement and public reporting of portfolio impact metrics
Beyond capital: provide practical support including customer introductions, mentorship on founder wellbeing, recruitment strategy, and ESOPs
Commitment to reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through formal Reconciliation Action Plan
1% revenue donation through Giant Leap Foundation with employee matching program