Melinda Gates in TIME: Could this be a moment of lift for women?
To mark the paperback release of her book, The Moment of Lift, Melinda Gates writes in TIME about how the pandemic makes the work of gender equality more urgent.
Pivotal Ventures Helps Launch New Fund to Strengthen the Mental Health and Well-being of Young People of Color and LGBTQ+ Youth
In the midst of COVID-19, The Upswing Fund for Adolescent Mental Health will provide resources to front-line organizations that reach underserved youth while also supporting efforts to dismantle systemic barriers to care.
10 Startups to Kick-Off New Accelerator Focused on Solutions for Older Americans
Pivotal Ventures announced the inaugural class for the Techstars Future of Longevity Accelerator. 10 companies will join the program to advance creative solutions for older Americans and their caregivers.
Additional $10M Award for Organizations to Win Through the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge
The Equality Can’t Wait Challenge grows to $40 million in awards for the most transformative, equitable, innovative, and feasible ideas to help expand women’s power and influence in the United States.
Truth Be Told Collection to Highlight the Role of Black Women in the Suffrage Movement
The Truth Be Told collection, a special edition of Evoke, features portraits and artifacts that help tell a more complete story of the history of women’s voting rights, with a focus on Black women’s activism.
$30 Million Equality Can’t Wait Challenge to Help Expand Women’s Power and Influence in the U.S.
Pivotal Ventures’ new Equality Can’t Wait Challenge is calling for applicants to submit bold, creative ideas to help expand women’s power and influence in the United States by 2030.
Resources for Young People Managing Today's Challenges
Many of Pivotal Ventures’ partners are providing mental health and digital well-being resources for young people and their caregivers. Learn more about some of these solutions.
As a company dedicated to advancing social progress in the United States, we care deeply about ensuring that our country’s response to the COVID-19 crisis leaves no one behind. Here is our commitment to our partners.
New Cities Initiative to Increase Women in Tech across the U.S.
Gender Equality in Tech (GET) Cities will develop three inclusive tech hubs across the U.S. over the next five years to build more pathways for women in technology, align local tech and entrepreneurial ecosystems and ensure more representation for all women.
Techstars Future of Longevity Accelerator Brings Fresh Ideas to Care for Aging
Pivotal Ventures is teaming up with Techstars to launch a tech accelerator that will work with startups to build caregiving solutions for people providing and receiving elder care
Melinda Gates releases her first book, The Moment of Lift
In her first book, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, Melinda Gates makes a bold claim: when we lift up women, we lift up humanity.