What Drives Us:
Profit With Purpose
At K2 HealthVentures we are driven by dual goals of Profit and Purpose, and by our fundamental desire and passion to improve outcomes for patients. We aim to enable the next generation of innovations by life sciences and healthcare companies whose success will help to further that objective.
In keeping with our mission and values, we have also partnered with and committed to giving a percentage of our profits back to our community to support underserved areas in healthcare. Our non-profit partners and beneficiaries listed below operate in the United States and over 30 other countries.
Focusing Philanthropy
Applying an investment model to the nonprofit world to fund high-impact, scalable programs around the globe with a focus on root causes.
Life Science Cares Boston
An anti-poverty nonprofit rooted in the life sciences which sponsors a grantmaking program aimed at addressing health inequities among low-income families and communities.
Muso
Improving access to care in underserved communities through proactive, community-based healthcare and partnering with African governments to create evidence-based health systems that deliver care with speed.
One World Surgery
One World Surgery’s mission is to provide high-quality surgical care, coupled with training, education, and a continuum of care that delivers life-changing outcomes, both to patients and participants in our ongoing mission.
Seva
Transforming lives in the developing world through sight-restoring surgeries.
Water for People
Working across Latin America, Asia, and Africa to provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene training.
JVS
Empowering individuals from diverse, low-income communities in Boston and Newark to find employment and build careers in healthcare.