Top 50 LGBT Startup Investors (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Gaingels
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, Mexico | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $1.4M–$100M |
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XFactor Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Wellness, Health Care | $100k–$17M |
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Andy Dunn
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Wellness, Health Care | $1.1M–$25M |
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Define Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Health Care, Medical, Wellness | $3.4M–$140M |
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U-Start
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Travel, Fashion | $406k–$21M |
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Nisha Dua
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Wellness, Medical | $1.5M–$24M |
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Harry Briggs
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, Canada, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Marketplace | $713k–$29M |
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Bessemer Venture Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Israel | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $5M–$100M |
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Alpaca VC
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada, Israel | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Real Estate | $1.5M–$25M |
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Amanda Bradford
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | LGBT, Dating, Social | $1.5M–$1.5M |
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Mark Suster
Angel
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1 | United States, Poland, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Advertising, Social Media | |
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OnLine Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States | Series A | LGBT, News, Dating | |
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Project A Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$75M |
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Joel Simkhai
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | LGBT, Rental, Travel | |
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Silvia Mah
Angel
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1 | United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Baby | $89k–$2.5M |
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Patrick Spaulding Ryan
Angel
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1 | United States, Mexico, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Information Technology, FinTech, Software | $89k–$10M |
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Philippe von Borries
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed | LGBT, Dating, Social | |
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Hopelab
VC Fund
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1 | United States | Seed, Series A, Series C | Health Care, Wellness, Personal Health | |
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Oksana Stowe
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Health Care, Machine Learning | $190k–$18M |
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Globivest
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Software, Health Care | $675k–$16M |
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Octopus Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.9M–$46M |
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Slauson & Co.
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nicaragua | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech | |
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Mana Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Mexico | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Peter Boyce II
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant | Software, Social Media, B2B | |
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Collab Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Switzerland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Internet | |
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Marten Mickos
Angel
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1 | United States, Finland, Sweden | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Software, Enterprise Software, Internet | |
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Sam Altman
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Ghana | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | |
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Manuela Rios
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | LGBT, Dating, Social | |
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Quantum Leaps Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Malaysia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Consulting, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Angelsquare
VC Fund
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1 | France, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Information Technology | |
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Crystal Stream Capital
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, Egypt | Series A, Series B, Seed | E-Commerce, Fashion, Food and Beverage | |
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Melanie Steinbach
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | LGBT, Dating, Social | |
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Sean Rad
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Apps, Consumer | |
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Red Swan Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Israel, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, FinTech, E-Commerce | |
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Moai Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Information Technology, Software, Robotics | |
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Lila Steinbach
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | LGBT, Dating, Social | |
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Macluan Digital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States | Series A | LGBT, News, Dating | |
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Great Oaks Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Spain | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | |
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Springbank Collective
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Israel, Mexico | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Financial Services, Wellness | |
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Calm/Storm VC
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, Germany, Austria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Health Care, Wellness, Software | $478k–$18M |
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Debut Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Music | $900k–$10M |
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Wefunder
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Kenya, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $51k–$2.7M |
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Michelle Kennedy
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Women's, Fashion, Software | $1M–$5.2M |
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MicroVentures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, 3D Printing, Mobile Apps | $350k–$5M |
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Audrey Gelman
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Apps, Social, Social Media | $1.5M–$4M |
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SeedInvest
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Israel, France | Seed, Series A, Equity Crowdfunding | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care | $71k–$24M |
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Tusk Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Financial Services, FinTech | $3M–$100M |
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Town Hall Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Panama | Series B, Series C, Series A | Health Care, Medical, Hospital | $5M–$200M |
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Ventech China
VC Fund
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1 | China, Singapore, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail | $2M–$103M |
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China Growth Capital
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, Hong Kong | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $1M–$55M |
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Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT+ community and its allies, investing in companies with LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams, with a global portfolio of 130+ companies and $70M in deployed investment capital todate. The Gaingels network also actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 754
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8M; Series A $6M–$40M; Series B $16M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Quadient Accounts Receivable by YayPay — YayPay accounts receivable automation software helps businesses collect faster, forecast cash flow accurately, and improve payment process. Automate your AR
- Sharper Sense — Neuromodulation for Clear Senses
- Multiverse Computing — World leaders in quantum computing for the financial industry. The first quantum & quantum-inspired toolbox for finance.
XFactor Ventures is focused on making pre-seed and seed stage investments in companies with billion dollar market opportunities that have at least one female founder.
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- Industry: Software, Wellness, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 94
- Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Pre-Seed $400k–$2M; Series A $7M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $8.6M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- BoobyBiome — BoobyBiome harnesses breast milk microbiome science to develop products to improve infant health
- Clara Labs — Clara handles your scheduling end-to-end, over email. 10+ years of precision. 1M+ meetings scheduled. Try free for 14 days.
- Atomos Space — Atomos solves the last-mile problem in space by providing an in-space transportation service that lowers launch costs for satellite operators.
Andy Dunn is co-founder and CEO of Bonobos, an apparel brand renowned for exceptional fit, high energy and great customer experience. Launched in 2007, Bonobos is now the largest apparel brand in the United States ever launched over the web. Previously, Dunn worked as a private equity analyst at Wind Point Partners and as a consultant at Bain& Company. He is a founding board member of education social enterprise Blue Engine and the founder of Red Swan Ventures, an angel investment firm.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Wellness, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$2M; Series A $3M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OffDeal — OffDeal is building an AI-native investment bank for buying and selling small businesses. We use custom AI agents and big data to screen thousands of SMBs each day, matching buyers with the perfect acquisition target in days instead of months. Unlike legacy M&A advisors, we can search for targets for hundreds of buyers concurrently, 24/7.
- Sanarai — Sanarai is a mental health online platform for the Latinx community. Online platform that connects the Latinx community to mental health professionals in Latin America to provide culturally sensitive Spanish-language emotional support at accessible prices
- Ours — Modern-day virtual couples therapy and premarital counseling trusted by thousands. Get started with world-class couples therapists today!
Welcome to Define Ventures, where we invest in visionary entrepreneurs who are transforming healthcare. Discover how we partner with innovators to build the future of healthcare.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Wellness
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $3.4M–$8M; Series A $9.5M–$35M; Series B $20M–$140M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $460M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- 9amHealth — 9am.health redesigns all care elements into one digital service individualized around today’s reality of people’s life - always available and convenient, at prices anyone can afford even without insurance. 9am.health focuses on chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia for customers in the United States.
- Luminai — DigitalBrain helps you get through your support tickets twice as fast.
- Valius Sciences — Valius Sciences offers maximalist oncology diagnostics for personalized cancer treatment.
U-Start is a professional advisory firm structuring deals with private investors, investing in tech companies across Europe, Israel and US.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Travel, Fashion
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $406k–$3.5M; Series A $3.1M–$21M; Series B $3.4M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Dott — We believe in a future where cities are pollution-free and designed for people, not cars.
- Keatz — A technodelic for VR
- TransferGo — Move and manage money between borders quickly and affordably with TransferGo.
Nisha Dua is Co-founder & Managing Partner at BBG Ventures, which she co-founded with Susan Lyne in 2014. BBGV is an NYC-based, early-stage fund leading investments in companies built by underestimated founders that are transforming our collective and lived experiences. BBGV invests across Sustainable and Transparent Commerce, Underestimated& Emerging Consumers, Health & Wellbeing, The Evolving Workforce, and Next Gen Communities. At BBGV Nisha has invested in over 70 start-ups including The Wing, Zola, Pymetrics, KiwiCo, Spring Health, Future Family and Winky Lux. Most recently, BBGV launched Fund III and led investments in Planet FWD, RadSwan, Thousand Fell, Oova, and Starface.Nisha has spent the last decade working in media, tech, strategy and law. She was the General Manager of AOL’s millennial site, Cambio, which she re-launched as a site “for girls, #BUILTBYGIRLS” in partnership with Girls Who Code. She then founded BUILT BY GIRLS, a software platform which connects girls and non-binary talent with professionals to prepare the next generation of leaders to step into careers powered by technology. Nisha was previously Chief of Staff for the AOL Brand Group, working on strategy, operations and special projects. She cut her teeth as a management consultant for Bain & Company and an M&A lawyer at Australian law firm Blake Dawson. Nisha acts as an advisor to numerous start-ups outside her role as an investor.
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- Industry: Health Care, Wellness, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.3M; Series A $10M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Diem — 8,346 Followers, 1,333 Following, 1,194 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Diem (@askdiem)
- Lex — Lex is a lo-fi, text-based social app for womxn, trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Lex—short for lexicon—is the only social app where the text comes first and the selfies, second.
- Planet FWD — Planet FWD is the leading carbon assessment platform for consumer brands.
Harry is a partner at OMERS Ventures, previously at Balderton Capital & BGF Ventures- and the youngest investor in the inaugural Forbes "Midas List Europe", thanks to investments such as The Hut Group, GoCardless, Touch Surgery and Revolut. Prior to Balderton, Harry co-founded Firefly Tonics, a healthy energy drink brand that sells inover 30 countries, sold to Private Equity in 2012. Harry started his career at McKinsey & Co., the strategy consultancy, in London and New York.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, Canada, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $713k–$7.9M; Series A $3.2M–$23M; Series B $12M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jump — Launched in late 2018 after 2 years of R&D supported by competitive grant funding from the UK & NL Government, Jump is a people analytics platform that gives everyone a chance to succeed. By understanding what makes people unique and linking this to business outcomes, Jump gives more personalised job recommendations to professionals, inturn attracting much better job applications to businesses. Win:win for both!Jump is backed by outstanding investors whose successes include Revolut, CarWow, GoodLord, Magic Pony and many others. Jump collaborates with Imperial College and other top UK Universities in the development of the data science and algorithms behind Jump.Looking for new career options or just a change of scenery? Sign up and receive personalised job matches - absolutely and always for free - at https://app.jump.work/jobsLooking to transform your talent attraction using people analytics? Drop me a note and we can chat!
- SeedLegals — Grow faster with SeedLegals. Unlimited expert support included. Trusted by 60,000+ startups and investors.
- Encore Musicians — Hire a band, musicians, singers and DJs for weddings, functions, corporate events and private events. Book live music for your event with Fast Quotes, Secure Payment, No Hidden Fees and Expert Support.
We partner with audacious entrepreneurs building enduring businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1208
- Round size: Series A $5M–$34M; Series B $9.8M–$58M; Series C $10M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $3.9B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Waymo — Waymo stands for a new way forward in mobility. it is a self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around.Waymo improves transportation by building software and sensor technology developed in Google’s labs since 2009. In October 2015, they achieved the world’s first fully self-drivingtrip on public roads, in a car without a steering wheel or pedals. They refine Waymo technology through one billion miles of simulation testing each year, and the cars have self-driven over two million miles on public roads across four U.S. cities.It was founded in 2009 and is located in Mountain View, California.
- Formally — Formally is a platform for legal collaboration. We leverage intelligent technology with behavioral science to create a whole new category of legal tech. And it all starts with immigration.
- Affirmed Networks — Affirmed's fully virtualized, cloud-native solutions allow operators to transform the economics of deploying and scaling 3G, 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi mobile services.
Alpaca VC | Reshaping the Real World Alpaca VC is a New York based firm the leads early-stage investments in companies reshaping the physical and digital world.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Real Estate
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 122
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Series A $4M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $63M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Firstbase — Equip remote and hybrid workers for success across the entire employee journey with the Firstbase platform. Firstbase powers a complete equipment lifecycle, fusing SaaS automation with world-class physical operations. Simplify onboarding, streamline offboarding, centralize and simplify asset management and warehousing, and build IT sustainability. Optimize HR experiences, flex your workplace services, and maximize every asset with Firstbase.
- Swoops — Swoops develops and creates a basketball simulation game with the help of blockchain technology. It allows users to create, manage, and build teams and their skills, and compete with other teams while earning digitally.
- Autopoiesis Sciences — Autopoiesis Sciences develops foundational AI for breakthrough scientific discovery. Building the reasoning infrastructure to accelerate solutions for humanity's greatest challenges.
Amanda Bradford is the founder of The League, an exclusive dating app that matches smart, busy, and ambitious people together. The goal was to create power couples by matching up highly motivated single professionals. She raised $2.1 million in seed funding in January 2015. Amanda studied at Carnegie Mellon and Stanford, and worked for SequoiaCapital, Salesforce, and Google before launching The League.After graduating from Carnegie Mellon with a degree in Information Systems, Amanda joined Salesforce as a Sales Engineer. In 2010 she joined Google, where she worked as a product specialist on the DoubleClick team and then moved into New Business Development where she led partnership efforts around the commercialization of Google's BIg Data Infrastructure-as-a-service offerings. Amanda graduated with an MBA frp, Stanford Graduate School of Business and is interested in enterprise saas companies, big-data applications, and e-commerce.In 2014 she founded The League, a new dating app.
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- Industry: LGBT, Dating, Social
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lex — Lex is a lo-fi, text-based social app for womxn, trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Lex—short for lexicon—is the only social app where the text comes first and the selfies, second.
- Nucleus — Nucleus provides genetic analysis of greater breadth, depth, and beauty. Users can upload their genetic information obtained through an established company. The proprietary algorithms will calculate polygenic risk scores and measure disease risk based on analysis of genetic variants and display them in a user-friendly platform.
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Browse database — It's Free!Mark Suster is the Board member at GumGum. Mark Suster is the General Partner of Upfront Ventures. He previously worked at salesforce.com as a Vice President. Mark Suster attended the University of Chicago.
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- Industry: Software, Advertising, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Poland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Secfense — Deploy phishing-resistant authentication to any app in minutes. No code, no changes to your stack. Stay compliant and secure with Secfense UASB.
- Queer Spaces — Spaces is a group chat platform for building queer communities, and the first app to serve the entirety of the LGBTQ+ spectrum.
- InfoSum — InfoSum has developed a decentralized platform designed to remove the trust barriers between progress and privacy. Its platform enables advertisers, media owners, data providers, and other advertising technology firms to collaborate across multiple data sources, without requiring the underlying data to be moved or pooled. The company was foundedin 2016 and is headquartered in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
OnLine Partners is a data-driven online marketing agency focusing on 360-degree search engine optimization. The company focuses on creating digital growth through SEO, PPC, and conversion optimization. It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Kolding, Syddanmark.
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- Industry: LGBT, News, Dating
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- gay.com — The Los Angeles LGBT Center is a safe and welcoming place where the LGBTQ+ community finds help, hope, and support when it is needed the most.
Project A is an early-stage venture capital firm, combining financial and operational support for technology companies. In addition to $1bn in assets under management, Project A provides its portfolio companies with a wide range of operational support services. This includes more than 100 experts from key areas such as software engineering,business intelligence, marketing, and recruiting. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, sennder, KRY, Catawiki, WorldRemit, Spryker, and Voi.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 206
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$9.7M; Series A $3.8M–$28M; Series B $11M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Valve — Valve - the Global Industry System for Flexible Workspace
- Quix — A fully managed stream processing platform that helps teams transform data into products.
- Growblocks — Driving revenue growth is complicated. Teams need to collaborate, work with data and keep everyone on track in order to succeed.Growblocks strives to apply our winning formula to the B2B Scale-Up community helping our customers reach their revenue growth dreams - faster.We believe that when enough brains are applied, every problem is solvableand our team of brains is world class.Founded by a team of business leaders who have helped start, scale and exit some of the most successful SaaS companies in Europe. Funded by leading European VCs and Angel Investors.
Joel Simkhai - Chief Executive Officer @ Blendr
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- Industry: LGBT, Rental, Travel
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- misterb&b — Find & book the best gay bnbs worldwide with trusted hosts . Gay Hotels, resorts & more in 220 countries. Loved by 1M+ travelers. Safe travels with the LGBTQ travel community!
Silvia Mah
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Baby
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $89k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Reliabl — Lips is a feminist technology organization at the forefront of the inclusive design movement, building products designed to unlock opportunities for previously underserved and intersectionally marginalized communities. Our first product is a social media platform designed for women and LGBTQ individuals seeking a space to express themselves throughart without the unhealthy aspects of mainstream internet culture such as online harassment, censorship and plagiarism. We are building more inclusive Machine Learning and Contextual AI technologies that can be used across industries to improve the online experience of traditionally marginalized communities.
- Sēkr — Your complete travel resource to locate campsites, facilities and connect with community.
- Tot Squad — Tot Squad is a marketplace that connects new parents with health, wellness and safety services both virtually and in person. We're a one-stop shop in the $46B "New Mom Economy" consolidating the highly fragmented providers of services like car seat installation, babyproofing, and lactation consulting. Our car seat installationservices can be found on Amazon and Walmart as an add-on with a car seat purchase.
Patrick Spaulding Ryan is the Co-Founder, Fractional CFO and CLO of Always Blue Games. He previously worked at TikTok as a Lead Technical Program Manager, Security + Web3 R D. Patrick Spaulding Ryan attended Stanford University.
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- Industry: Information Technology, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $100k–$10M; Angel $222k–$300k; Pre-Seed $89k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bitwage — Payroll, invoicing & benefits for digital assets. Bitwage offers services for companies and direct to workers. Workers can sign up and get direct deposit accounts to get paid from any company or client. Workers locally receive unique digital asset benefits. Workers internationally get paid faster & cheaper than traditional wires.
- IpiNovyx Bio — Orange Grove Bio partners with leading research universities to advance preclinical biotech programs in the oncology space. The company leverages its venture capital and drug development expertise to help patients and build biotech ecosystems.
- Pigeon — Pigeon Loans is a peer-to-peer lending platform that facilitates loans between family, friends, and loved ones. The platform provides their users the ability to generate legal contracts, make online payments, store loan documentation, enable automatic bank withdrawals, and make international transactions, all in an easy to use interface.PigeonLoans was founded by Brian Bristol and Anna Matilde Tanga in 2020 and is based in San Diego, CA, USA.
Philippe von Borries is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Red Ventures and the President of Lonely Planet. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder of Refinery2 9.
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- Industry: LGBT, Dating, Social
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Lex — Lex is a lo-fi, text-based social app for womxn, trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Lex—short for lexicon—is the only social app where the text comes first and the selfies, second.
- The Garden — Own OneGarden.com today. Secure checkout and guided transfer support. No hidden fees.
Hopelab is a researcher, investor, and convener that supports equity-centered solutions for the mental health and well-being of Black, Brown, and Queer young people.
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- Industry: Health Care, Wellness, Personal Health
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Nest Health — Nest Health is a primary care company that offers whole person, whole family care for families from birth through age five in urban areas. Nest offers primary and pediatric care for families, made affordable and convenient.
- InStride Health — We provide treatment for kids, teens, and young adults ages 7 to 22 with anxiety and OCD, along with their families.
- Backpack Healthcare — Backpack Healthcare provides accessible, inclusive and comprehensive pediatric and family mental healthcare.
Before Redrice, Oksana lead True Seed Fund and has invested in a number of successful early-stage companies.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $255k–$3.8M; Angel $190k–$382k; Series A $2.5M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Unmind — Unmind is a workplace mental health platform. We empower employees to measure, understand, and improve their mental wellbeing.
- LANDBAY — Your dedicated Landbay intermediary page for specialist buy-to-let mortgages. Partner with a lender who gives you direct decisions with a flexible approach and a full online application process.
- LVNDR Health — Get ready for sexual healthcare with you at the centre
Globivest is a private investment firm with a diversified portfolio of assets. Our primary focus is on innovative and scalable early stage start-ups. We seek to establish long-term relationships with visionary entrepreneurs while adding clear value in strategy and execution.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $675k–$4M; Pre-Seed $2M–$3M; Series A $1M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Iyris — iyris develops advanced additives for films, coatings, and composites
- Goodvest — Goodvest is an investment app (life insurance) that builds a better world, in line with your values and promoting performance.
- Vibrant Planet — Data-driven science and cloud-based technology to help make communities and ecosystems more resilient in the face of climate change.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 367
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$13M; Series A $3M–$21M; Series B $7.5M–$46M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $101M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Wazoku — Wazoku - Where Innovation Works Wazoku
- Mojo — Join 600,000+ men worldwide using AI-powered coaches to build a performance mindset and take back control of their love lives.
- ExpressionEdits — Redefining the status quo of protein expression
Early Stage Venture Capital. Investing with Intention. Rooted in Inclusion.
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- Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nicaragua
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Finli — A full digital back office for SMBs that includes professional invoicing + quoting, payment processing, CRM, and inventory management.
- Coblr — Coblr powers fashion repair for all - consumers, brands, and repair businesses - with seamless repair ordering and services by vetted local repair artisans.
- FCTRY LAb — LA-based sneaker studio by Omar Bailey, ex-Yeezy. Shop NLE Choppa Duck Boots, Stomper, Knight RNR, MOCC & RUFL boots. Artist collabs, limited drops from FCTRY LAb.
Mana Ventures is a San Francisco based VC firm that invests in early stage technology companies and consumer brands.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 107
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Synfini — Synfini, Inc., a privately held Menlo Park, California-based company, is a pioneer in agile chemistry. Its advanced, automated molecular discovery platform is transforming drug discovery through integrated neuro-symbolic AI, discovery-focused robotic automation, and world-class chemistry data. The patented Synfini platform includes automatedchemical synthesis technologies from SRI International. As a commercial enterprise Synfini will provide accelerated molecular discovery to drug hunters and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.
- xRobotics — Smallest and powerful pizza-making robot in the world. Top 3 ingredients: sauce, cheese and pepperoni. Adjustable volume 100-300 pizzas per hour.
- Bedrock Ocean Exploration — Bedrock is building smarter, more efficient ways to collect and manage seafloor data.
Peter Boyce II is the Founder of Stellation Capital. Peter is a graduate of Harvard University wherein he earned a B.A. in Applied Mathematics and a Secondary in Computer Science, with a focus on Behavioral Economics and Network Theory.
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- Industry: Software, Social Media, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Swsh — Swsh is a social app that aims to strengthen true friendships rather than superficial relationships with followers.
- Lex — Lex is a lo-fi, text-based social app for womxn, trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Lex—short for lexicon—is the only social app where the text comes first and the selfies, second.
- PromptLayer — Advanced prompt management and prompt engineering. Powerful prompt engineering tools for evaluation, deployment, observability, and analytics. Enable team collaboration, get help writing prompts, monitor AI agents, and improve prompt quality.
Collab Capital - Transforming genius into generational wealth. A New Institution for Black Entrepreneurs
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- BoxedUp — Hundreds of products, delivered to your door in 2 days or less.
- Culina Health — Connect with one of Culina Health's virtual dietitians for inclusive, science-backed nutrition plans that are covered by insurance.
- Backpack Healthcare — Backpack Healthcare provides accessible, inclusive and comprehensive pediatric and family mental healthcare.
Marten Mickos is the CEO of HackerOne, Inc. the leading vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform. Previously Marten was the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, acquired by Hewlett-Packard where he served as head of the cloud business. As the CEO of MySQL AB from 2001 to 2008, Marten grew that company from a garage start-up to the second largestopen source company in the world. Marten holds a M.Sc. in technical physics from Helsinki University of Technology in his native Finland.
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- Industry: Software, Enterprise Software, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Finland, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Queer Spaces — Spaces is a group chat platform for building queer communities, and the first app to serve the entirety of the LGBTQ+ spectrum.
- ArcticStartup — ArcticStartup is the leading startup news publication covering the Nordics and Baltics delivering the latest insights on the hottest startups in the region
- Pandatron — With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. We do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every employee, which also allows us to measure change.
Sam Altman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. He is a Partner of Apollo Projects. Altman was the president of Y Combinator from 2016 through 2019. Sam Altman attended Stanford University.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 170
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Exowatt — Modular full-stack renewable energy solutions for commercial and industrial customers.
- Rescale — Rescale is a high performance computing cloud simulation platform that helps engineers and scientists build, compute, analyze, and scale simulations with high performance computing and automations.
- Campus — Live courses with top professors.
Manuela Rios is a individual investor.
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- Industry: LGBT, Dating, Social
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Lex — Lex is a lo-fi, text-based social app for womxn, trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Lex—short for lexicon—is the only social app where the text comes first and the selfies, second.
Quantum Leaps Ventures establish and invest in internet and technology companies.
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- Industry: Consulting, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Agatyca — Agatyca is an IT company that develops customized solutions to optimize payment system processes for organizations.
- CareMaker — CareMaker is a technology company that develops and operates visit schedule management and regional collaboration cloud services.
- Umee Technologies — Umee Technologies is an IT firm that offers full-stack development, conversational AI, and psychological analysis engine services.
Since its launch in 2016, Angelsquare has supported more than 500 startups from all sectors in their Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A & Series B fundraising. From the implementation of the operation to the final negotiations, we have developed unique expertise that we put at the service of entrepreneurs to advise them throughout their fundraisingoperation and help them convince the right investors. : Business Angels, Family Offices, investment funds…
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 117
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Pongo — Pongo has created for you the first intelligent marketing assistant that communicates with your customers and increases your Google referencing, without you having to lift a finger
- Orosound — Superior headsets for work. Advanced quality signed by Orosound -the French expert in active noise control, audio intelligence, and durability.
- Remotebase — Get thoroughly vetted software developers from all over the world with expertise in AI, ML, back-end, front-end and more. Risk-free trial available!
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Browse database — It's Free!Crystal Stream Capital specializes in making early-stage investments in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: China, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Robot Era — Robot era is an emerging technology business creates embodied intelligence and generic humanoid robot technologies and products. Xingdong Era is committed to the development of universal humanoid robots that can adapt to a wide range of fields, multiple scenarios, and high intelligence, striving to realize the beautiful vision of intelligent robotsentering thousands of households and integrating into the lights of thousands of homes.
- Yupan Technology — Yupan Technology specializes in the core control technology of car intelligent chassis, offering secure chassis execution systems and global stable intelligent control solutions.
- Powernice Intelligent Technology — Powernice is a high-tech company that specializes in the development and production of high-precision intelligent actuators and equipment.
Melanie is a individual investor.
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- Industry: LGBT, Dating, Social
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Lex — Lex is a lo-fi, text-based social app for womxn, trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Lex—short for lexicon—is the only social app where the text comes first and the selfies, second.
Sean Rad is the Founder of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021. Rad served as Tinder's CEO and Chairman at various times from the company's inception until 2017. Rad also foundedCardify in 2012, Adly in 2009, and Orgoo in 2004.In 2020, Forbes included Rad on their list of the decade's top 10 tech entrepreneurs. In May 2016, he was awarded an honoree diploma from the University of Southern California while delivering their undergraduate commencement.
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- Industry: Health Care, Apps, Consumer
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Scener — Watch shows and movies synced together and hang out over video chat
- SLUSHY — SLUSHY is a secure mobile web based platform for content creators to find, grow, & monetize their audiences. A creator first, tech-driven tool, designed with key discoverability features and audience insights. In a market where existing solutions (OnlyFans, Patreon) fall short of their creators' demands, SLUSHY provides an alternativesolution for professional content creators that prioritizes their monetization, support and management needs. SLUSHY incorporates a powerful legal framework, with robust compliance tools including simplified consent, ID verification, and content moderation. The new home of unrestricted content, SLUSHY is here.
- Queer Spaces — Spaces is a group chat platform for building queer communities, and the first app to serve the entirety of the LGBTQ+ spectrum.
Red Swan is a seed stage venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs who delight customers, create culture, and disrupt industries.If Black Swans are unforeseen calamitous events, Red Swans are great companies most of us never saw coming. They are built by entrepreneurs who create joy for their customers, provide meaning to their employees,and who scare their shareholders by passing on acquisition offers. They tend to be movements as much as businesses.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 97
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Kingpin — The AI revenue engine for B2B retail
- Confida — AI-facilitated negotiations for radically easier contracting.
- Previvor Edge — Previvor Edge is an clinical and comprehensive program for cancer prevention and early detection.
Moai Capital is seed & venture capital investor run by Brian Jacobs investing in consumer, cloud & autism startups.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Robotics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Sound Health — Sound Health uses acoustic resonance to provide nasal relief. Its current product is an app that scans the face to map the bone structure and then a headband that plays music at personalized frequencies for 10 minutes. The headband is off the shelf and the sound levels are akin to wearing earpods. It envisions the headband to be over-the-counter(OTC) so it’s easily accessible to patients, whether prescribed by doctors or not.
- Molten Industries — Decarbonizing the world's chemical and heavy industries
- Reset Financial Technologies — Reset is an earned-wage access platform that offers employees financial wellness and increases employee retention across industries through mission-driven technology.
Lila Steinbach is a individual investor.
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- Industry: LGBT, Dating, Social
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Lex — Lex is a lo-fi, text-based social app for womxn, trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Lex—short for lexicon—is the only social app where the text comes first and the selfies, second.
Macluan Digital Partners offers funding opportunities to small and medium businesses.
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- Industry: LGBT, News, Dating
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- gay.com — The Los Angeles LGBT Center is a safe and welcoming place where the LGBTQ+ community finds help, hope, and support when it is needed the most.
Great Oaks Venture Capital is a leading early-stage venture capital firm with a mission to support and invest in the most innovative and disruptive startups. Visit our home page to learn more about our portfolio companies, investment approach, and the experienced team behind our success.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 332
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- SingleStore — SingleStore is a provider of a database for operational analytics and cloud-native applications. It provides global enterprises with an intelligent database that works on any cloud on-premises or as a service runs transactions and analytics at the same time and lets clients promote their business through analytics and combine semi-structured datainto a consolidated big data platform.
- Nimblemind.ai — Nimblemind offers a faster and safer way to structure, label, & manage multimodal health data with automation, audit trails, and APIs.
- Streamline AI — Spend more time on legal analysis, less time on admin work. Streamline AI's intake and workflow automations help in-house legal teams and their business stakeholders work faster. Build conditional routing and automate manual business processes based on custom rules.
Springbank Collective is an early-stage investment firm that focuses on the infrastructure that supports women and working families. The firm typically invests in seed and series A with check sizes between $250k and $1M. Springbank Collective was founded in 2019 and is based in New York.
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- Industry: Health Care, Financial Services, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Israel, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Parento — Parento is a pioneering national insurance-based solution for paid parental empowering companies to support working parents with proactive, tangible paid leave coverage and employee resources.
- Faye — Hire the perfect blend of a personal assistant, project manager, and trusted friend to help your busy family stay organized and get more done. Join today to work 1:1 with a Family Advisor.
- Brisk Teaching — Brisk is the best AI for teachers and schools, offering free AI tools for education that fit seamlessly into your routine. With an AI lesson plan generator and tools for instruction, feedback, and differentiation, Brisk helps lighten your workload. Grade essays before the bell or create lesson plans in seconds. Install now and thank yourself all year!
Calm/Storm is an exclusive founder network and venture capital firm. We invest in purpose driven founders changing our life & health for the better. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria we invest in early-stage companies all over Europe and the US. We focus on the pre-seed and seed stages but also invest up to Series A.
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- Industry: Health Care, Wellness, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7.3M; Pre-Seed $478k–$2.7M; Series A $6M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $23M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- ThinkSono — ThinkSono Guidance enables any non-ultrasound trained healthcare professional to scan for blood clots (DVT). It reduces waiting times, negative DVT cases and can be used at the point of care.
- Univa Health — Eating disorders care for children, teens and adults. Support for parents and carers to strengthen recovery
- Bea Fertility — Bea Fertility is a monthly subscription program that provides users with at-home fertility treatment and ovulation tracking.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Music
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $2M–$3.8M; Pre-Seed $900k–$1M; Series A $10M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kaster — Communication between general contractors and trade partners on construction projects is complex and fragmented, yet it’s mostly handled through email, phone and text. Naturally, critical items get lost in the clutter. As a result, everyone suffers the financial impacts of project delays, disputes, claims, and issues. Kaster bridges the gap betweengeneral contractors and trade partners by connecting them through one communication workspace, so items never fall through the cracks and project teams avoid unnecessary risk.Learn more at www.kaster.app
- TargetDocs — TargetDocs is a communication workspace that collects and organizes all of your subcontractor's project files in one place so they never fall through the cracks
- Us In Technology — Diversifying the tech industry. At Us In Technology we are bridging the gap between hiring companies and qualified underrepresented talent.
Wefunder is a crowd investing platform that offers capital raising services. The company's online platform offers investment services to startups through its investors' userbase and disruptive companies can receive amount as small as hundred dollars, enabling companies to grow and develop their businesses.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: United States, Kenya, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $200k–$2.7M; Pre-Seed $89k–$1M; Equity Crowdfunding $51k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $25k in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Kombuchery — Establish the leading health and lifestyle brand in the beverage industry. We aim to establish a socially-responsible, healthier, and more affordable alternative to conventional beverages in the market, while disrupting the traditional beverage value chain by leveraging direct-to-consumer subscription and digital marketing channels.
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- Firesale — Firesale is an AI-powered resale marketplace built for people with too much stuff and zero time. Sellers record a 2-second video, and Firesale’s AI instantly generates the title, description, photos, and price. No typing, no pricing games, no endless messages — just tap, record, and sell. Designed to feel like a digital yard sale, Firesale makes iteffortless to turn clutter into cash locally, with Uber-powered pickup and delivery options.
Michelle joined Badoo originally as lead counsel over 4 years ago. Prior to joining Badoo she was a successful corporate lawyer at leading international law firm, Mishcon de Reya, before being poached by the firm's successful biotech client, Quotient Bioscience to head up their legal team. During her time at Badoo, she built the legal,compliance, HR and talent teams before moving into a more operationally focused role, including a position on the board. Today, Michelle is responsible for most key areas of the business, and works closely with founder and CEO Andrey Andreev, on the existing product, and exciting 'special projects' coming soon....
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- Industry: Women's, Fashion, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ruuby — Ruuby is the UK's leading on-demand beauty services marketplace, and since inception Ruuby therapists have delivered over 400,000 treatments through the platform. With a network of over 2,500 expert, vetted beauty and wellness professionals, Ruuby is committed to delivering exceptional services in the comfort of the home, office and hotel.
- Luna Daily — Microbiome balancing body care for all skin, even your most intimate. Head, vulva, knees and toes. Vegan, dermatologist-approved, and eco-friendly skincare for all skin types. On a mission to connect women of all ages and stages to each other and their entire bodies.
- OurRitual — Couple Goals Made Possible. Relationship Support For Busy People, Practical Tools & Expert Feedback
MicroVentures is an online equity crowdfunding platform enabling angel investors to connect with startups to raise capital. It connects accredited investors with startups, businesses, and services looking to raise funds or participate in select secondary market opportunities. The company provides founders access to early-stage capital andaccredited investors opportunities to invest in private equity. It prefers to invest in companies from the software, technology, telecommunications, and media sectors.MicroVentures was established in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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- Industry: Software, 3D Printing, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $350k–$5M; Pre-Seed $700k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AnFin — AnFin is a venture-backed fintech company building the most innovative products in the wealth management and brokerage space. We strongly believe in the power of the stock market to transform developing economies. Therefore, we want to democratize access to stocks, bonds, and structured investment products. By leveraging scalable technology andstrategic partnerships, AnFin plans to build an ecosystem of products that connect stakeholders in a seamless way.
- Polco — Polco is an online community engagement platform that provides the tools local governments need to bring community members and leaders together.
- Remedium Bio — Welcome to Remedium Bio - we believe that any disease can be cured.
Audrey Gelman is the founder of The Six Bells, a country-inspired homewares brand.She is the co-founder and former CEO of The Wing, a network of women’s spaces that scaled to over a dozen locations in the US + UK under three years and amassed a global following. Audrey has been named Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, FortuneMagazine’s 40 Under 40, and Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30.Before founding The Wing, Gelman worked in politics and public affairs as a Senior Vice President at the political consulting firm SKDKnickerbocker, and as Deputy Communications Director to NYC Comptroller Scott M. Stringer. She began her career as an aide on Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential Campaign.
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- Industry: Apps, Social, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Co–Star — Co–Star is powered by AI that merges NASA data with the insight of human astrologers.Co–Star facilitates new ways to relate to others. It’s a filter to express what can be hard to say of emotions and reactions, strengths and weaknesses, pasts and futures. It’s a tool to connect meaningfully with friends and lovers or to tread lightly with strangersand enemies.
- Substack — Substack makes it simple for a writer to start an email newsletter that makes money from subscriptions.
- Clubhouse — Clubhouse is an audio-based social app that allows users to join group chats. It describes itself as a space for casual, drop-in audio conversations with friends and other interesting people around the world that allows users to go online anytime to chat with the people they follow, or hop in as a listener and hear what others are talking about.
SeedInvest is a leading equity crowdfunding platform for growth-obsessed startups. Because everyone should be able to invest in the next big thing.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: United States, Israel, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 152
- Round size: Seed $300k–$2.8M; Series A $71k–$24M; Equity Crowdfunding $495k–$8.7M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qairn — Qairn provides review and validation of promotional materials. They also provide ANSM submission, constitution, validation of promotional documents, and other regulated content services.
- His Lovers — His Lovers is an online dating platform. It offers the chance to meet new people and form romantic relationships.
- Asian Hustle Network — Asian Hustle Network (AHN) is an online community of 150,000+ members that uniquely connects Asian entrepreneurs and creatives globally across different industries. The goal of AHN is to centralize community, content, information, resources, e-commerce, and mentorship into one single location.
Tusk Venture Partners is the only venture capital firm at the nexus of technology and regulation. TVP is an early-stage venture capital firm based in NYC, focused on investing in technology startups operating in highly-regulated markets.
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- Industry: Health Care, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $3M–$15M; Series A $8M–$60M; Series B $25M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $140M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Kodex — Kodex helps your company maintain compliance when law enforcement sends subpoenas, and other legal process. We manage relationships, workflows, and secure file transfer with government agencies who are seeking confidential and restricted information on your company's users.
- Capchase — Capchase is a fintech company that provides financial solutions to startups by allowing access to funds as they grow.
- Alma — Alma makes it easy to find high-quality, affordable mental health care.
Town Hall Ventures is an investment firm aimed at transforming the woefully broken U.S. health care market through technology. It is dedicated to working side-by-side with visionary entrepreneurs who want to transform care delivery and health outcomes for the most underserved and higher need populations across the country.Town Hall seeks toinvest in and support the best entrepreneurs - those bold enough to want to change the system and impact millions of lives.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Hospital
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: United States, Panama
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Series A $5M–$80M; Series B $15M–$125M; Series C $30M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $350M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Eleanor Health — At Eleanor Health, our mission is to help anyone concerned about their mental health or affected by addiction live amazing lives.
- Connections — 24/7 mental health care with compassion, respect, and no judgment.
- Twentyeight Health — Your birth control. Delivered to your door. Get a new or re-up existing prescriptions, free & fast deliveries and follow up messaging with doctors. $0 with insurance and starting at $16/pack without.
Ventech Capital was founded in 1998 in France. Ventech is one of the most famous VC funds in Europe and manages four funds. In China, Ventech China manages three funds. Globally, this represents more than USD 1B total asset under management. Ventech China is based in Shanghai. Ventech China 3 is a USD 220 million venture capital fund focused oncommunities, M-commerce, Big Data and Fintech. Its current portfolio companies include Keep, the No.1 fitness training and community app in China, WonderFull, the emerging Japanese product M-commerce platform, Juzi, the leading entertainment news platform, Datawin, the leading big data company in sales leads generation, and Blued, the No.1 gay community app in China. Ventech China is dedicated to growing together with innovative startups and help them to become global leaders in their fields.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: China, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $2M–$50M; Series A $3M–$103M; Series B $7.1M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $150M in 2011
Portfolio highlights
- ACGBOX — ACGBOX is an anime snack food supplier, specialized in producing anime snack foods.
- Huafa Geometry — Huafa Geometry is a pet smart ecosystem brand that specializes in providing fish tanks and aquarium with smart technology. It is a brand of Beijing Yuanyibai Technology Co., Ltd.
- Huamei Haolian — Huamei Haolian specializes in providing telemedicine and medical tourism services.
China Growth Capital (CGC) is a leading early-stage venture capital firm in China with an extended interest in Silicon Valley. The firm funds seed to Series B in enterprise, technology and marketplace. The typical investment size ranges from $1M to 5M with a hard cap ceiling at $15M per company. Since its founding in 2006, China Growth Capitalhas grown to manage 8 Billion RMB (approximately 1.2 Billion USD) in asset under management across its different RMB and USD funds. Notable portfolio includes SMZDM (300785.SZ), Missfresh (NASDAQ:MF), Wish (NASDAQ:WISH), Tongdun, Tiger Brokers (NASDAQ: TIGR), BeyondHost (now part of Meituan 03690.HK), Ezbuy (NASDAQ:LITB), Cai Cloud (now part of ByteDance), PingCAP, DeePhi (now part of NASDAQ: XLNX), Airlango (now part of HKEX:03690), Nreal, Landspace, WeRide, Plus.ai, Sinovation, Singleron, 4B, ABM Therapeutics and InxMed etc.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: China, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 160
- Round size: Seed $1M–$14M; Series A $1.4M–$40M; Series B $7.1M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Better Medtech — Better Medtech is a provider of innovative solutions for urinary and pelvic floor health. Its primary business is the research and development, production, sales, and related services of specialized medical devices, with a focus on creating comprehensive and precise revolutionary products in markets such as benign prostatic hyperplasia, urinaryincontinence, stones, and novel tumour therapies.
- Ruimeng Semiconductor — Ruimeng Semiconductor is a provider of intelligent human-machine interface processor chips and solutions.
- Xinsheng Semiconductor — Xinsheng Semiconductor is a semiconductor and discrete device manufacturing company. They provide research, development, and sales of acoustic filters and RF front-end module products. They provide products such as filters, duplexers, multiplexers, and modules below 6 GHz. They also provide technical services.
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