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J&J Impact Ventures, an investment fund within J&J Foundation, is committed to transforming health systemsby not just investing in a technology, service or delivery mechanism, but also the people committed to building trust for their market-driven solutions.

Based in Singapore, SwipeRx has grown into the largest digital pharmacy network across Southeast Asia, with a mobile app enabling pharmacies to operate more efficiently by acquiring supplies directly from the platform. J&J Impact Ventures, a fund within the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, supports SwipeRx in its work connecting over 245,000 pharmacy professionals who together build public health across the region.

Delivering real impact that improves health outcomes for underserved communities requires innovators and investors to make their expectations and standards explicit and then to share a sense of accountability to those expectations.

HealthQuad and Cross-Border Impact Ventures, two healthcare impact venture funds recently selected by J&J Impact Ventures, an investment fund within the J&J Foundation, share a common vision for supporting impact entrepreneurs in healthcare areas that have great potential but also great need.

For J&J Impact Ventures, an investment fund within the J&J Foundation, a social impact target can’t encompass all the dimensions of impact, but it does need to go beyond funds committed or disbursed and towards giving an indication of real-world change.

As a standalone social venture, Jacaranda Maternity was able to break even and now has two busy hospitals and opening a third to help tens of thousands of women across Kenya through their pregnancies.

The partnership with SLMC shines light on another aspect of J&J Impact Ventures, an investment fund within the J&J Foundation, offerings: J&J employees as mentors, who engage directly with staff on strategy and other aspects of the work to accelerate progress.