Gates Ventures is the personal service company of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist

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. Known until 2018 as bgC3, it comprises his personal staff, a

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on problems of health and global development, and a technology investment portfolio. The firm is distinct from

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and the

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although Gates uses it to support the Foundation's projects. Areas of research and investment include

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and

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. Gates Ventures is located at

Kirkland, Washington Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States. A suburb east of Seattle, its population was 92,175 in the 2020 U.S. census which made it the sixth largest city in the county and the twelfth largest in the state. The city's downto ...

, in the same complex with Cascade and

Melinda French Gates Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist and former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft. French Gates has consistently been ranked as one of the world's most powerful women ...

' Pivotal Ventures. Niranjan Bose is currently Gates Ventures' managing director.

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