ICONIQ launches $100M fund for global women’s health

ICONIQ Impact has launched the Women’s Health Co-Lab, a collaborative fund aiming to mobilize $100 million to transform the future of women’s health across the United States, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Founding supporters include Melinda French Gates, Jennifer Gates Nassar, Phoebe Gates and 14 other families. ICONIQ was founded as global investment ICONIQ Capital’s philanthropy arm in 2019. The company’s Impact Co-Labs are collaborative philanthropy funds addressing urgent global challenges. ICONIQ notes that 800 women die every day from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, and one in three women will face violence in their lifetimes.