Ford Foundation
VC Fund
New York, United States
Ford Foundation is a VC fund in New York focused on FinTech and Financial Services. They are on the frontlines of social change around the world, working with visionary leaders and organizations to change social structures and institutions—so that everyone has the opportunity to achieve their full potential and have a voice in decisions that affect them.
- Total investments:
- 29
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 41%
Last updated:
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Industries Ford Foundation invests in
Stages Ford Foundation invests in
Countries Ford Foundation invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 13 contacts → | |||
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 5 (17%)
- Financial Services 4 (14%)
- Information Technology 4 (14%)
- Finance 3 (10%)
- Software 3 (10%)
Stage
- Grant 12 (41%)
- Seed 3 (10%)
- Funding Round 3 (10%)
- Debt Financing 3 (10%)
- Series A 2 (7%)
Country
- United States 19 (66%)
- Nigeria 2 (7%)
- France 1 (3%)
- Mexico 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Darren Walker
President
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President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Michelle Schevin
Senior Program Manager
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Senior Program Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Alnisa Allgood
Technology Consultant
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Technology Consultant | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Depelsha McGruder
Chief Operating Officer
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Chief Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Edsel Ford
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 13 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Current AI
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Current AI develops AI tools and systems that prioritize public interest and ethical use. | $400M / Grant / Jul 19, 2026 | |
Bags
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Bags operates as a financial services company that offers small businesses a suite of bookkeeping, accounting, and funding-support tools. The company provides a platform to manage financial records, generate monthly profit & loss, balance sheet and cash flow reports, and offer AI-powered CFO-style financial insights. Bags couples those serviceswith a financing network that helps businesses explore debt funding: it offers funding plans and connects clients to lenders, and provides a funding coach to guide businesses through the loan application process if they choose to seek capital. The company also offers optional services such as historical financial cleanup, payroll and tax-preparation support, giving businesses flexibility in how much they outsource. | $2.8M / Seed / Dec 08, 2025 | |
BlueMark
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BlueMark engages in providing independent impact verification services for investors and companies. It focuses on strengthening trust in impact investing and helps bring more accountability to the impact investment process.The company was founded in 2020 with a belief that impact verification is a key ingredient for establishing and maintainingtrust between impact investors and their stakeholders. | Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 20, 2025 | |
Novata
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Novata is an ESG platform built specifically for private markets. | Oct 07, 2025 | |
Telescope
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Telescope is in charge of ensuring that this wave of innovation makes our society safer and more prosperous by maximising the positive effects of these developments while lowering the risks and harms to those who are most in need. | Grant / May 02, 2025 | |
University of Vermont
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University of Vermont provides higher education programs across undergraduate, graduate, and professional disciplines, offering degrees and academic training in fields such as science, engineering, business, health, environmental studies, and the humanities. The institution conducts academic research and supports scholarly projects throughlaboratories, research centers, and faculty-led initiatives. It offers educational resources, including residential learning communities, experiential learning opportunities, and undergraduate research programs that allow students to participate in academic inquiry. The University of Vermont also operates athletics programs, cultural initiatives, and student life activities that contribute to campus engagement and development. | $250K / Grant / Dec 08, 2024 | |
American Foundation for the Blind
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The American Foundation for the Blind breaks down barriers, develops solutions, and broadens opportunities so that people with vision loss can reach their full potential. | $150K / Grant / Oct 30, 2024 | |
Richmond Global Sciences
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Richmond Global Sciences creates tools to help investors allocate capital sustainably. | $2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 05, 2024 | |
Anthropic
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Anthropic conducts AI research and develops AI products, including the Claude AI model family. The company focuses on building AI for human well-being, emphasizing safety in its research, policy work, and product design. Anthropic offers various Claude models, such as Opus and Sonnet, for AI-powered applications and custom experiences, supportingcoding and AI agents. | $884.1M / Secondary Market / Mar 22, 2024 | |
ImpactAlpha
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ImpactAlpha is chronicling the emergence of this investment thesis from the margins into the mainstream. From the handful of high-net worth individuals and forward-thinking foundations that today represent perhaps $40 billion in capital committed to impact investing, to pension funds and other institutional asset managers that represent the tens oftrillions in capital that will be invested in the sustainable future. | $3.3M / Seed / Oct 17, 2023 | |
| See all 29 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Ford Foundation invest in?
Ford Foundation invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Ford Foundation?
The team at Ford Foundation includes Darren Walker (President), Michelle Schevin (Senior Program Manager) and Alnisa Allgood (Technology Consultant), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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