# Female Founders Fund

> Female Founders Fund is a VC fund backing Software and E-Commerce. See 130 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 130
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 24%
- Fund size: $57M
- Last fund: Jul 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/f-cubed-female-founders-fund-
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/fcubedvc
- Website: http://femalefoundersfund.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/femalefoundersfund

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$5.6M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$2.7M |
| Series A | $3.2M–$19M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 19 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 15 | 12% |
| Health Care | 15 | 12% |
| Internet | 10 | 8% |
| Beauty | 8 | 6% |

118 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 62 | 48% |
| Series A | 26 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 12 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 5% |
| Series B | 6 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 77 | 59% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adrianna Samaniego | Principal | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrianna-samaniego |
| Anu Duggal | Founding Partner | 22 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anu-duggal |
| Emily Powers | Investor & Senior Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-powers |
| Bonita Stewart | Limited Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bonita-stewart |
| Kimberly Wilson | Entrepreneur In Residence | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kimberly-wilson-4fba |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fields Good | Fields Good organizes regenerative farming festival connecting farmers, experts, and community around sustainable agriculture. | $1.8M | Seed | Mar 30, 2026 |  |
| Fields Good | Fields Good organizes regenerative farming festival connecting farmers, experts, and community around sustainable agriculture. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Mar 30, 2026 |  |
| Fields Good | Fields Good organizes regenerative farming festival connecting farmers, experts, and community around sustainable agriculture. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Mar 30, 2026 |  |
| Taya | 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 | The Six Bells is a country-inspired homewares brand | $6.2M |  | Feb 02, 2026 |  |
| Space DOTS | 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 | 831 Stories is a novel publishing firm offering entertainment through romantic fiction to their customers. | $4.1M | Seed | Aug 12, 2025 |  |
| Ekyam | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 130 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BBG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bbg-ventures) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
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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 130 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Female Founders Fund's check size?

Female Founders Fund typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$5.6M at Seed, $1M–$2.7M at Pre-Seed and $3.2M–$19M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Female Founders Fund participates in.

### How do I contact Female Founders Fund?

Public channels for Female Founders Fund include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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