Improving the quality of life of disadvantaged people
LGT Venture Philanthropy deploys philanthropic growth capital to organizations and companies with effective, innovative and scalable solutions to social and environmental challenges.
About LGT Venture Philanthropy
LGT's CEO H.S.H. Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein founded LGT Venture Philanthropy in 2007 with the mission to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged people, contribute to healthy ecosystems and build resilient, inclusive and prosperous communities.
LGT Venture Philanthropy partners with Indian ecosystem regeneration champion Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)
FES’s efforts combine the principles of nature conservation and local self- governance to accelerate ecological restoration and improve the livelihoods.
2020 – a year of unprecedented crisis that highlighted the value of partnerships
LGT VP’s CEO Oliver Karius reflects on a challenging past twelve months, and shares important learnings and opportunities he sees coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
LGT Venture Philanthropy partners with South African early learning champion SmartStart
SmartStart is taking quality and affordable early learning opportunities to low-income communities and tens of thousands of children across South Africa.
We scale innovative organizations and companies by providing a tailored combination of capital, access to professional skills, management know-how and strategic advice. Our portfolio organizations and companies are active in key impact sectors, including: education, health and environmental protection and restoration. Through our engagements, we directly contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
With effective, innovative, and scalable models, our portfolio has the potential to sustainably improve the quality of life of millions of disadvantaged people, providing access to essential goods and services, or protecting and restoring the environment.
As part of the strategic support to our portfolio, we established the LGT Impact Fellowship program. It connects us and our portfolio with professionals who have the right, relevant experience to help us and our organizations scale. In our blog, the Fellows describe their day-to-day work on the ground.