Through Legatum Ventures we invest in entrepreneurs and for-profit enterprises that provide a combination of financial and social returns on investment. The sustainable social returns produced by commercial activity demonstrate the relative superiority of individual ingenuity and private sector solutions to the traditional model of combating poverty through government aid, which is outdated and a proven failure.

Legatum Ventures is a "double bottom line" investor. We incubate and invest in entrepreneurs and companies that produce extraordinary "social returns" while generating financial returns that allow them to be self-sustainable and us to recycle our existing funds into new opportunities.

Traditional social returns include providing goods, services and opportunities for the poor. But equally important, we seek opportunities to invest in innovative technologies and approaches that drive a more efficient "social marketplace," flattening the world and reducing transaction costs for donors and recipients, investors and entrepreneurs alike.

Legatum Ventures is actively engaged in reviewing investment opportunities in the global micro-finance sector.