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A Deep Dive on the Health Data Gap

November 7, 2024

The health data gap is a moral oversight and a market failure. We dive into why it’s also a problem for every single AI healthtech startup.

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A Deep Dive on Sustainable Aviation

October 3, 2024

The path to decarbonising aviation is encountering turbulence - here's the five things that need to align for it to become a reality

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Giant Leap's FY24 Equity Clear data

August 8, 2024

You can’t manage what you don’t measure. The first step towards increasing investment in women-led and gender-diverse teams is transparency.

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Data, Power and Trust – the Future of Femtech with Ida Tin

August 8, 2024

Ida Tin, co-founder of the pioneering menstruation tracking app Clue and the mother of the term Femtech, shares her thoughts on the ability of health data to empower women around the world, where the biggest gaps and opportunities lie, and rethinking startup success

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From menopause to microbiomes - how Femtech is fighting health inequality

July 22, 2024

Jessica Karr, founder and Managing Director of Coyote Ventures, on how to create impact through backing founders solving problems disproportionately affecting overlooked populations

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Building world class team culture from first principles - with Mindset Health

June 27, 2024

Co-founder and co-CEO Alex Naoumidis shares how he thinks about building a world class team culture, the importance of growth mindset, and their most-loved company policies

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Meet Joanna Lee, Giant Leap's new Analyst

June 13, 2024

Giant Leap welcomes our new Analyst to the team!

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A founder’s guide to educating the market and scaling towards exit - with Modibodi’s Kristy Chong

June 13, 2024

Kristy Chong OAM shares her insights from founding breakout success Modibodi from idea to exit

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What’s the deal with European climate tech? Part 2 - with Charlie Macdonald

May 30, 2024

Charlie Macdonald, Investment Manager at Rubio Impact Ventures, shares his advice for Australian founders seeking European investment

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Theory of Change - How CLT Toolbox is helping to decarbonise construction

May 23, 2024

Giant Leap’s impact thesis for CLT Toolbox, a software tool for structural engineers and architects that radically simplifies the process for designing with zero- and low-carbon materials

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What’s the deal with European climate tech? - with Charlie Macdonald

May 16, 2024

Charlie Macdonald, Investment Manager at Rubio Impact Ventures, shares his insights on the European climate tech market

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Talking startup event strategy - with HEX’s Jeanette Cheah

April 30, 2024

Jeanette Chea, CEO and co-founder of HEX, on how to get the most out of hosting and attending startup events, inspiring genuine community, and the secret to planning the perfect agenda

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A healthy dose of hope for Earth Day

April 17, 2024

The heat is on, but there's good news to celebrate this Earth Day. Here's three good news points to help you talk about the climate crisis

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Giant Leap's guide to investor meetings for edtech founders

March 10, 2024

Our guide for edtech founders on how to prepare and stand out when meeting investors

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From Idea to Impact: Lessons for Edtech Founders with Aaron Tait

March 6, 2024

Aaron Tait, edtech founder, author and serial impact entrepreneur, shares his advice on nailing your first investor meeting, creating your own bullseye customer, and creating impact at scale.

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The Carbon Cliff: Scope 3 Emissions and How to Manage Them

February 7, 2024

Cat Long, CEO and co-founder of Trace, shares expert tips on getting on top of your carbon reporting

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Giant Leap's guide to creating your healthtech pitch deck

February 1, 2024

Demystifying the healthtech landscape and our top tips for creating your pitch deck

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The Secrets to Impressing Health Investors: Insider Tips from a Healthtech Startup

November 22, 2023

Demystifying the healthtech landscape, our tips for your pitch deck, and a Q&A with the founders of Mindset Health on setting yourself up for raising success

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Chuck Feeney: the Trailblazer

November 21, 2023

In memory of his leadership on the transformative power of selfless giving

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Protecting your early-stage startup from cyber security risk - with Susie Jones

October 11, 2023

Q&A with Susie Jones, CEO and co-founder of Cynch, on empowering founders to protect themselves, their data and their IP

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Giant Leap’s Primer on the Voice

September 14, 2023

Resources to help inform your vote, and why our team will be voting ‘YES’

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Giant Leap’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion Policy - FY23 Review

August 31, 2023

Our annual review against the targets we’ve set for practical action to foster diversity, equity and inclusion in our investments, our team and in the startup ecosystem

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Navigating the funding landscape: the top 4 questions from climate tech founders

August 3, 2023

Our answers to the burning questions from our recent office hours with Climate Salad’s climate tech founders

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Growth marketing and creating awareness on a shoestring - with Daniel Shaw-Dennis

July 20, 2023

Daniel Shaw-Dennis, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy, Growth & Alliances at Yellowfin and Director at Slingshot Advisory, shares his inside advice for increasing leads and raising awareness with limited resources.

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The Startup Network’s national expansion - with Vicki Stirling

June 23, 2023

In conversation with The Startup Network's CEO on their expansion from Startup Victoria and what's next for the ecosystem

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Impact Futures #3: Impact and Generative AI - Seizing Opportunities and Managing Risk

June 8, 2023

In conversation with Dr Kobi Leins - global expert in AI, international law and governance

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The top 5 operational mistakes founders make - with Kirstin Hunter

May 10, 2023

Kirstin Hunter, Managing Director of Techstars Tech Central Sydney, shares the top mistakes she’s seen in her time as a founder and senior startup executive – and how to avoid them

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The ultimate cheat sheet for pitching to Giant Leap 2.0

April 5, 2023

How to pitch to our fund to give yourself the best chance of success

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Creating impact through a career in VC

March 30, 2023

Giant Leap's Investment Associate, Hannah Mourney, shares 5 key things to think about

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Giant Leap's open source database of global impact VCs 2.0

March 1, 2023

Mapping impact VCs globally to help founders and investors learn about the growing impact ecosystem

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Closing the gender funding gap

March 1, 2023

A call for transparency ahead of International Women's Day and Giant Leap's statistics

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Theory of Change: How Trace is helping SMEs reach net zero

February 16, 2023

Giant Leap's impact thesis for Trace, a carbon footprint assessment, management and reduction tool for SMEs and enterprises.

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Meet Katarina Throssell, Giant Leap’s new Associate

February 2, 2023

Giant Leap welcomes a new Associate to the team!

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Impact Futures #2: The New Wave of Water Impact

February 1, 2023

Water’s place at the heart of the climate crisis simultaneously positions it on the frontier of climate tech development.

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Theory of Change: How Great Wrap cleans up microplastics

November 30, 2022

Giant Leap's impact thesis for Great Wrap, a startup replacing petrochemical wraps with a biodegradable alternative.

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Giant Leap's Portfolio Impact Highlights FY22

November 16, 2022

Showcasing the environmental and social outcomes from our portfolio in FY 2022

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Theory of Change: How Swoop Aero delivers better access for remote communities

October 10, 2022

Giant Leap's impact thesis for Swoop Aero, an Australian drone logistics organisation founded to transform how the world moves by making access to the skies seamless.

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Impact Roadmap for Founders

October 4, 2022

A guide for startups looking to embed impact in their mission and operations

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Patagonia, the OG regenerative company

September 21, 2022

Small Steps Vol 64: Connect with Giant Leap 💡; $3b Patagonia stake given back to the earth 🤲🏽; and mushrooms on the runway 👜

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Diversity starts from Day 1

September 8, 2022

Small Steps Vol 62: Launching Giant Leap’s DEI policy for public use 🧾; Australia stalling on women-focussed funding 👩🏾; and biodiversity booms 🌏

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Giant Leap’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy

September 5, 2022

The practical actions and policies we’re adopting to ensure diversity, equity and inclusion is embedded in everything we do.

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Theory of Change: How Change Foods is melting the cheese market as we know it

August 17, 2022

How Change Foods is reducing the negative environmental and welfare impacts associated with cheese

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Theory of Change: How HEX launches the lives of Year 13 students

August 2, 2022

How HEX changes the game for high-school leavers, helping underserved and diverse students upskill into fulfilling careers.

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Starter Guide to Theory of Change

July 20, 2022

Primer for investors and founders on creating a Theory of Change to guide your impact mission, including what it is, why you would want one, and how to develop it.

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Solving sleep's goldilocks problem with startups

July 7, 2022

Small Steps Vol. 58: Lessons from Giant Leap's First Fund 📚; the sleeptech pioneers enhancing your snooze 😴; and NAIDOC week! 🤸🏿‍♀️

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Key lessons from Giant Leap's First Fund for aspiring impact angels and VCs

July 5, 2022

To celebrate the milestone of completing the portfolio of our First Fund, we're sharing our top lessons for aspiring impact angel and VC investors so far. 

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The power of maps, games, and sci-fi in adapting to a changing world

June 23, 2022

Small Steps Vol. 57: Interactive maps of future climate scenarios 🗺️; impact insights from gamers 🎮; and fiction creating reality 📺

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Theory of Change: How Who Gives A Crap made toilet paper a game-changer for those without

June 8, 2022

Giant Leap's impact thesis for Who Gives A Crap, the sustainable toilet paper company that builds toilets.

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Giant Leap’s impact thesis for Who Gives A Crap

June 8, 2022

Small Steps Vol. 56: Our Theory of Change for toilet paper 🧻; volatility as opportunity for impact founders 💥; and simulating hospitals for tech adoption 🏥

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Impact calculator: How does your mission compare?

May 26, 2022

Small Steps Vol. 55: Giant Leap's impact calculator 🧮 ; privacy concerns for women's health apps 🔓; and advice for turbulent times ✈️

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Giant Leap's impact calculator for startups and VC investors

May 25, 2022

Releasing Giant Leap's impact calculator and benchmarks that we use to compare impact opportunities as part of our screening process.

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CSIRO’s $13b roadmap for clean, green proteins

May 12, 2022

Small Steps Vol 54: Australia's clean protein opportunity 🌿; the opportunities of value-based healthcare 👩‍⚕️; and HolonIQ’s state of impact funding 💸

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Ethereum’s 2000x improvement paves the way for Web3 impact companies

April 28, 2022

Small Steps Vol. 53: Impact futures for Web3 after Ethereum’s upgrade Ξ ; Kapor’s $125m raise to empower people🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏿; and $2b in new funding for carbon sequestration 🌱.

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Impact futures #1: Unlocking Web3’s game-changing impact potential

April 27, 2022

Web3 has huge impact potential but it’s historically been an impact no-no due to its insanely high energy profile. A new upgrade to the Ethereum platform is set to reduce its energy consumption by 99.95% and unlock a whole new world of impact startups.

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Giant Leap's carbon revenue multiple for climate tech

April 6, 2022

Climate tech is one of our most powerful levers to address the climate crisis. We’ve analysed Giant Leap’s data to show it, and hope this data will inspire more climate-interested investors to enter the growing space with a target in mind.

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Doctor Mario: The video games made for mental health

March 24, 2022

Small Steps Vol. 51: Games that are good for the soul; the rise of impact term sheets; and the human element of authentic impact measurement.

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More women, more impact in Giant Leap's data

March 10, 2022

Small Steps Vol. 50: The march to gender equity in 2022 🤸‍♀️; women leading the regenerative movement 🌿; and how women make headlines 🗞️

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Getting upstream to solve our most pressing problems

February 23, 2022

A short piece on upstream thinking theory and how it can be applied to creating businesses with revolutionary impact.

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Upstream thinking for revolutionary impact ideas

February 23, 2022

Small Steps Vol. 49: How healthcare could enter the Web3 chat 👩🏾‍⚕️ ; collaboration and big goals 🤝; and unicorn hunting for climate 🦄 .

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LeapFrog's 10x impact and the power of big plans

February 10, 2022

Small Steps Vol. 48: The OG impact fund reflects on 15 years of success 📈 the accelerating impact flywheel 😍 and why impact startups should “hire low, fire high” 🔥

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Meet Hannah Mourney, Giant Leap's new Analyst

January 27, 2022

Giant Leap welcomes a new Analyst to the team, Hannah Mourney. We're thrilled to have her!

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Uber picks up the impact kid on the block

January 27, 2022

Small Steps Vol. 47: Car Next Door joins the Uber colossus 🚗; the next opportunities for AI in health 🦾; and punts on the carbon offset market 🌳

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Powerflop: A cautionary tale for selling out your impact heart

December 9, 2021

Small Steps Vol. 46: Shell buy taints Powershop goodwill 💡; mining landfill for batteries 📱; and some women-led wins 🙌

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The ultimate Cheat Sheet for pitching to the Giant Leap Fund

December 1, 2021

How to pitch our fund to give you the best chance of success

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The kids aren’t alright: Lockdown language delays need edtech solutions

November 25, 2021

Small Steps Vol. 45: Lockdown language delays for children 👶; startup opportunities from COP26 🌳; and the Great Wealth Transfer picks up steam 💸

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Elon's next frontier: Your memories

September 2, 2021

Small Steps Vol. 40: Elon Musk’s brain link breakthrough 🧠 Giant Leap’s next step 👣 and Stayin' Alive in style 🕺

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“Code Red for Humanity”: startup opportunities from IPCC’s climate report

August 19, 2021

Small Steps Vol. 39: Startups tackling climate Code Red ⏰ the tech gender impact of entrepreneurial (god)mothers 👩‍🚀 and Mamma Mia played tub-style ✨

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A record-breaking year for impact VC

August 5, 2021

Small Steps Vol. 38: Impact VC tracking to top the impact charts 📈 D&I tools to address the persistent tech gender gap 🤸‍♀️ and distraction material for lockdowns 💃

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Cleantech is not enough: the social innovation we need to save the planet

July 22, 2021

Small Steps Vol. 37: Why healthtech and edtech are crucial to climate action 🌎 circular economy startups' unfair advantage 💪 abandoned coal mines for zero carbon heating 🔥

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Social Capital's exceptional impact VC returns

July 8, 2021

Small Steps Vol. 36: Chamath Palihapitiya's annual letter 💌, regenerative body parts 💪, and the curious psychology of recycling ♻️

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200 patients, 1 therapist: Teletherapy’s growing pains

June 28, 2021

Small Steps Vol. 35: The disillusionment of online therapy 👨‍⚕️, why CleanTech 1.0 wasn’t a failure 🌞, and Ampol’s green hydrogen play 💚

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Depop's $1.6b price tag and the rise of an anti-Amazon

June 18, 2021

Small Steps Vol. 34: Etsy buys Depop 👗 Oil giants facing revolt 🛢️ ESG's "win-win" narrative is not enough 📊

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Impact startup ecosystem directory for Australian founders

April 14, 2021

An open database of Australian organisations supporting impact startups with capital, mentorships, co-working space and more

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An open source database of the world’s impact venture capital funds

February 16, 2021

Mapping impact VCs globally to help founders and investors learn about this growing movement

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How to select, manage, and motivate your startup board

October 6, 2020

Adam Milgrom is a veteran of the startup company board scene.

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Generosity comes full circle for The Commons during COVID-19

September 21, 2020

Since launching in 2016, co-working space The Commons has built through its reputation through generosity.

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How to find a job in the impact investing ecosystem

August 19, 2020

Advice from Giant Leap Fund Investment Manager, Rachel Yang

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“We sold out in a week”: How YourGrocer survived a panic buying blitz

August 10, 2020

Community-based grocery delivery service YourGrocer knows first hand just how difficult it is to manage an overflow of new business and, crucially, keep everyone happy.

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Transparency, trust, and “beer tests”

July 13, 2020

Darrell Wade’s crisis management wisdom from a 30-year career as an impact founder

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Why it might be easier to meet VCs right now (and other fundraising insights in a COVID world)

July 1, 2020

In April, Will Richardson (Giant Leap’s Managing Director), hosted a roundtable of venture capitalists (VCs) discussing the startup sector’s ability to raise money during the COVID-19 period (full recording of the session here). We’ve compiled some memorable moments below.

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Climate action as an economic imperative: Our chat with Beyond Zero Emissions’ Eytan Lenko

May 25, 2020

Less than three months ago, Australia suffered its most devastating round of bushfires in its history. That event, now a distant memory thanks to the global outbreak of COVID-19, set the country up for a year of debating the effects of climate change on our lives and economy.

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Improving your mental resilience with the experts

May 6, 2020

There’s never been a better time to reinforce our ability to deal with stress.

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Why Academy Xi is offering free courses during the pandemic

April 21, 2020

In times of collective hardship, we all have an opportunity to show our greatest capacity for strength and compassion for others.

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Guiding principles for founders in times of uncertainty

March 19, 2020

Below is an excerpt of the letter we sent to Giant Leap founders last week, in response to the escalating COVID-19 crisis. We realise that market conditions are changing at an unprecedented pace, but we trust the guiding principles will be relevant to founders throughout present and future periods of uncertainty.

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How Work180 built remote work into its success

February 4, 2020

Remote workforces are a major challenge for many startups. Accessing the affordable talent you need might require stitching together a team scattered around the country, or even the world.

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Our 2020 Impact Statement: The solutions we want to invest in

January 23, 2019

2019 was a busy year at Giant Leap. We closed six new deals in the last six months (one in the health space is yet to be announced) — and we don’t have plans to slow down.

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