# Butterfly Network x Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: partnership

Canonical ID: `818ef702-e063-4a93-bc57-fdc9466a0634`

The Gates Foundation provided a 5M USD grant to deploy Butterfly iQ+ devices across Sub-Saharan Africa, starting with 500 probes in Kenya for maternal and fetal health imaging, later expanded to 1,000 probes.

- **Type:** deployment
- **Status:** active
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties (2)

- [Butterfly Network](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/butterfly-network.md) deployer
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation _(off-registry)_ investor partner

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2022-03-09
- **Start:** 2022-03-09

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.butterflynetwork.com/press-releases/butterfly-network-distributes-500-butterfly-iq-devices-to-healthcare-workers-in-kenya-to-transform-maternal-and-fetal-health


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