One World Investments adds three scouts to source direct deals

Scott Saslow has added three investment scouts to One World Investments, his single family office, to widen sourcing of early-stage climate, healthcare and education technology deals, FO Pro reported.

The office invests in three ways: fund commitments to managers, direct investments in those sectors, and grants and investments from its family foundation, which includes support for Stanford's Emergence program for healthcare innovation, Saslow said.

For managers raising from single family offices, One World offers three entry points: a fund commitment, a direct company investment or foundation grant-making.

Saslow says many founders reach him through warm introductions from his network in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, and the scouts — each an expert in a particular area — are meant to deepen access in those verticals.

He said he set the office's mission after witnessing the power of the innovation economy in Silicon Valley in the first two decades of the 2000s. "The whole mission of our family office is to grow the family's capital by supporting innovations that improve lives," Saslow said.

Andy Unanue's family office has invested with partners in some medical devices, AI and energy, and a lot of its innovative investments are being led by the next generation, which FO Pro reports brings new perspectives while engaging the next gen.