Female Founders Fund
VC Fund
New York, United States
Female Founders Fund is an early-stage fund investing in technology companies founded by women. They also invest in e-commerce, media, platforms, advertising, and web-enabled services businesses. Founded in 2014, the fund has built a recognized brand investing in female-run internet and software startups.
- Total investments:
- 148
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 24%
- Fund size:
- $29M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Female Founders Fund invests in
Stages Female Founders Fund invests in
Countries Female Founders Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$5.2M
- Pre-Seed
- $500k–$2.7M
- Series A
- $3.5M–$15M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 20 (14%)
- E-Commerce 15 (10%)
- Health Care 15 (10%)
- Internet 10 (7%)
- Artificial Intelligence 9 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 64 (43%)
- Series A 30 (20%)
- Pre-Seed 13 (9%)
- Series B 8 (5%)
- Funding Round 5 (3%)
Country
- United States 80 (54%)
- United Kingdom 3 (2%)
- Israel 1 (1%)
- Germany 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adrianna Samaniego
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Anu Duggal
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 28 | Find email | |
Emily Powers
Investor & Senior Associate
|
Investor & Senior Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Bonita Stewart
Limited Partner
|
Limited Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Kimberly Wilson
Entrepreneur In Residence
|
Entrepreneur In Residence | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leela is a software company that develops a compliance automation platform for regulated businesses, particularly financial services companies. Its platform helps organizations create and maintain compliance programs by interpreting policies, identifying regulatory obligations, monitoring changes, and coordinating the work required to meet compliance requirements. Leela automates workflows such as drafting policy updates, reviewing screening results, updating internal controls and training materials, and preparing supporting documentation. The platform tracks compliance tasks, deadlines, approvals, and exceptions while maintaining records of completed activities. It also coordinates requests and approvals among businesses, financial institutions, customers, and other counterparties involved in compliance processes. Leela integrates with existing business systems to collect relevant information and generate evidence packages for internal reviews, banking partners, and regulators. Its software is designed to reduce manual compliance administration and help regulated organizations manage ongoing regulatory obligations. | $4.6M / Seed / Oct 12, 2026 | ||
| Arey is a functional beauty brand with a proactive and science-driven approach, with a specific focus on grey hair. | Series A / Sep 22, 2026 | ||
| Fields Good organizes regenerative farming festival connecting farmers, experts, and community around sustainable agriculture. | $1.8M / Seed / Mar 30, 2026 | ||
| Taya provides AI-powered wearable jewelry designed as a necklace to capture and organize personal memories confidentially. | $5M / Seed / Mar 11, 2026 | ||
| The Six Bells is a country-inspired homewares brand | $6.2M / Feb 02, 2026 | ||
| The first modular pico-labs for active in-space testing of advanced materials, from LEO to Cis-lunar and Interplanetary orbits. | $1.5M / Seed / Aug 19, 2025 | ||
| 831 Stories is a novel publishing firm offering entertainment through romantic fiction to their customers. | $4.1M / Seed / Aug 12, 2025 | ||
| Ekyam provides AI-native middleware with retail-specific data standards and a knowledge graph to unify its clients' technology stacks. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Mar 27, 2025 | ||
| Otis offers a platform that connects pet owners with licensed professionals for virtual consultations. The service provides prescriptions for parasite prevention and other pet health needs. Users can access pet care online without needing appointments, making it convenient for pet owners. Communication with the Otis Care Team is available throughtext or email. | $2.3M / Pre-Seed / Feb 24, 2025 | ||
| Ground is the growth infrastructure layer for the agentic era - where AI agents autonomously drive revenue. Reasoning, adapting, and selling end-to-end. | Seed / Jan 01, 2025 | ||
| See all 148 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Female Founders Fund invest in?
Female Founders Fund invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 148 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Female Founders Fund invest in?
Female Founders Fund typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$5.2M at Seed, $500k–$2.7M at Pre-Seed and $3.5M–$15M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Female Founders Fund's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Female Founders Fund took part in.
How do I contact Female Founders Fund?
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Who are the partners at Female Founders Fund?
The team at Female Founders Fund includes Adrianna Samaniego (Principal), Anu Duggal (Founding Partner) and Emily Powers (Investor & Senior Associate), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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