Sontag Innovation Fund venture philanthropy investments will build on the impact created by the Sontag Foundation, the largest private donor to primary brain cancer research in the United States. We have over two decades of experience working with the best brain cancer scientists in the world. Our experience as brain cancer philanthropists with a venture philanthropy focus, combined with our vast network of scientists, hospitals, universities, and investors bring our portfolio companies a competitive advantage in delivering our mission to accelerate solutions to diagnose, treat, prevent and cure brain cancer.

We focus our resources solely on opportunities to advance our charitable mission. While we take chances in pursuit of impact, we also seek overall return of principal so we can recycle capital and maximize our long-term effectiveness. Our investments are typically structured as loans and equity investments, and we work with both for-profit and non-profit entities.