# The BFM Fund

> The BFM Fund is a VC fund in Portland backing Software and Health Care. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portland, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-founder-matter
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/blfounders
- Website: https://www.blackfoundersmatter.org/

The BFM Fund is a VC fund in Portland focused on Software and Health Care. Black Founders Matter is a $10million seed-stage fund investing primarily in Black-led ventures based in the United States. BFM is an industry-agnostic fund that focuses on sourcing high-quality Black-led deal flow from a wide range of sources including accelerator, universities, competitions, fund networks, and open-source applications. BFM rootsitself in a syndication model where we partner and bring deals to Series Seed and Series A lead firms that are industry-specific to create a catalytic environment where our companies are capitalized and resourced to scale.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Health Care | 2 | 22% |
| Travel | 1 | 11% |
| Medical | 1 | 11% |
| Tourism | 1 | 11% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Grant | 1 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Himalaya Rao-Potlapally | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/himalaya-rao-potlapally |
| Marceau Michel | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marceau-michel |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WealthMore | WealthMore is the first tech-enabled, human-powered private banking service without the premium price tag. | $1M | Seed | Apr 01, 2024 |  |
| Fridie Outdoors | Fridie Outdoors Gives you the knowledge you need to go camping so you can enjoy joy, confidence, and independence outside. | $5K | Grant | Jun 23, 2023 |  |
| MDisrupt | MDisrupt is health industry expert platform for the digital health industry. We believe the most impactful health products should make it to market faster. | $3M | Seed | May 20, 2023 |  |
| Stimulus | Stimulus is a relationship intelligence platform that uses data and analytics to help companies make better purchasing decisions. | $2.5M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Stimulus | Stimulus is a relationship intelligence platform that uses data and analytics to help companies make better purchasing decisions. |  | Seed | Mar 23, 2022 |  |
| HUED | HUED is a platform that diversifies the patient/doctor connection by connecting patients with diverse healthcare providers. | $1.6M | Seed | Aug 09, 2021 |  |
| HUED | HUED is a platform that diversifies the patient/doctor connection by connecting patients with diverse healthcare providers. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Aug 09, 2021 |  |
| OpConnect | OpConnect is a technology company dedicated to the reduction of greenhouse gases through the electrification of transportation. They provide turnkey EV fueling solutions that consist of charging infrastructure. Their cloud-based software platform provides payment processing, energy management, a reservation system, and maintenance tickets for thechargers. In addition to selling and operating EV charging stations under contract with the charging station owners, they also license their charging management software platform, including web portals and mobile apps for drivers, to fueling solution providers throughout the world so that they can easily set up their own charging networks for their local drivers. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 10, 2021 |  |
| A Kids Book About | A Kids Book About is a publishing company that has a collection of books for children. The company was founded in 2019 and based in Portland, Oregon. |  | Seed | Jun 24, 2020 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Color Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/color) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Emmeline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emmeline-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Female Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/female-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Genius Guild](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genius-guild) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GingerBread Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gingerbread-capital-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Juno Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juno-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does The BFM Fund invest in?

The BFM Fund invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Travel startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact The BFM Fund?

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### Who are the partners at The BFM Fund?

The team at The BFM Fund includes Himalaya Rao-Potlapally (Managing Partner) and Marceau Michel (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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