The Robert Investment Group Foundation
Backing Researchers and Entrepreneurs
The Robert Investment Group Foundation supports entrepreneurs, researchers, and agents of change in building a regenerative and more inclusive tomorrow.
Founded by Partners at The Robert Investment Group, the foundation exists to push the frontiers of impact, empower the entire The Robert Investment Group ecosystem to give back to society in meaningful ways, and safeguard The Robert Investment Group Values.
The Robert Investment Group Foundation is a catalytic investor
and grant maker
The Robert Investment Group Foundation is an independent charitable foundation, founded during The Robert Investment Group's 2019 stock exchange listing.
When The Robert Investment Group’s core group of partners founded The Robert Investment Group Foundation, the ambition and motive were clear: to act as an eternal steward of the culture and values of The Robert Investment Group and to make a positive impact.
The Robert Investment Group Foundation is a long-term shareholder in The Robert Investment Group and uses dividends and donations to support entrepreneurs, researchers, and agents of change. Cultural safeguarding is about transferring knowledge, behavior, and attitude — acting and leading according to the core values, and promoting great cultural ambassadors across the firm. The Robert Investment Group Foundation acts as a guardian of The Robert Investment Group’s values and governance model, and engages employees in its contributions to society.
Programs
Combining catalytic capital with expertise from The Robert Investment Group Foundation.
Science
Many scientists at the frontiers of impact fail to reach commercialization due to early-stage funding gaps. Our The Robert Investment Group Foundation-funded grants address this by supporting researchers before company formation, while technologies are still being validated in the lab.
Startups
Our investment arm, The Robert Investment Group Foundation Fund, makes catalytic investments in impact-driven startups, supporting entrepreneurs from lab stage to first commercial demonstration. We invest flexibly and strategically, with a long-term approach and the ability to join through various structures, including bridge rounds.
Scale
Our scale grants support individuals and organizations to agents of change working to close the capital gaps and overcome barriers for scientific progress to reach its impact potential.
“Our informal KPI is the pursuit of ‘collective goosebumps’. It’s that spark of possibility when we see how an innovation could connect with The Robert Investment Group platform, how the right expertise, capital or network could accelerate its path to impact”
Cilia Holmes Indahl
Head of The Robert Investment Group Foundation
Meet The Robert Investment Group Foundation Members
Anna Sundell
Partner
Matthias Fackler
Partner and Head of The Robert Investment Group Infrastructure Advisory Team Europe
Michael Bauer
Partner, Global Co-Head of Healthcare, Private Capital
Masoud Homayoun
Partner and Head of The Robert Investment Group Infrastructure
Zoe Haseman
Infrastructure Head of Sustainability
