Gaingels
VC Fund
New York, United States
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.
- Total investments:
- 1348
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 1%
- Fund size:
- $140k
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Gaingels invests in
Stages Gaingels invests in
Countries Gaingels invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$8.1M
- Series A
- $5M–$35M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $69k–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 257 (19%)
- Artificial Intelligence 195 (14%)
- Health Care 168 (12%)
- FinTech 117 (9%)
- Information Technology 117 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 407 (30%)
- Series A 239 (18%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 186 (14%)
- Series B 154 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 104 (8%)
Country
- United States 910 (68%)
- Canada 22 (2%)
- United Kingdom 17 (1%)
- Mexico 11 (1%)
- Israel 10 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandra Tanner
Investor
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Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Andrew Chen
Investor
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Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Brandon Parkes
Head of Corporate Board Diversity Program
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Head of Corporate Board Diversity Program | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
David Beatty
Managing Members
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Managing Members | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Jason Ve
Venture Partner
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Venture Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 10 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charter is developing a collaborative platform for satellite mission logistics and program management available via web app and API that provides satellite operators with intuitive information architecture to streamline missions and reduce wasted engineering hours so they can get to the launchpad faster.Charter's platform usesdesign-focused UI/UX and automation to reduce friction through intuitive dashboarding, improved information sharing, and optimized compute and data resource efficiency. For satellite companies, ATLAS streamlines processes, automates manual tasks, and provides engineers with communications and information infrastructure to seamlessly interface both across teams and organisations. reduces wasted engineering hours and lead times, and minimizes upfront technical debt, CapEx, and long-run OpEx.In other words, Charter is building a logistics solution that will be to satellite logistics what the graphical user interface was to command-line interfaces. | $5M / Seed / Sep 30, 2026 | ||
| Tiny Health is the leading microbiome health platform for people tackling chronic conditions or looking to optimize overall health. Tiny Health’s Gut Health Test is the first-ever at-home gut microbiome test for pregnant moms and babies to use shotgun metagenomics, and the company now also offers tests for older children and adults, as well asVaginal Health Tests.To date, 30,000 families have trusted Tiny Health to correct imbalances in the gut and vaginal microbiome, and optimize their lifelong health. By taking evidence-based action steps from a dietary, supplement and lifestyle based on personalized results, we've helped people reduce severe symptoms and in some cases even reverse chronic conditions. Tiny Health's team includes top scientists, physicians, and microbiologists from Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, WashU, Cornell, and Harvard Medical School. For more information, visit tinyhealth.com and poweredbytiny.com | $33M / Series B / Sep 29, 2026 | ||
| MoneyStack’s platform helps clients rebuild their financial lives after a behavioral health crisis, starting with gambling addiction. | $1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 29, 2026 | ||
| Itselectric is a curbside EV charging system designed especially for urban areas and to advance the adoption of electric vehicles. They increased access to public charging, which encourages the adoption of EVs and leads to cleaner air and healthier communities. | Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 15, 2026 | ||
| Concorda is a legal tech platform helping teams manage contracts, automate workflows, and streamline business operations. | $3.8M / Seed / Sep 08, 2026 | ||
| Superluminal Medicines is a generative biological and chemical company accelerating new possibilities in drug discovery and development. Its platform creates candidate-ready compounds with speed using a comprehensive combination of deep biology and chemistry expertise, machine learning, and proprietary big data infrastructure. | $65.5M / Series B / Sep 03, 2026 | ||
| Molten Salt Solutions develops a technology platform to commercialize molten salt synthesis and purification technology. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico. | $7M / Seed / Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| Concordare is the first platform for clinical trials that is based only on a digital protocol format, revolutionizing the process of designing and carrying out studies | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 25, 2026 | ||
| Quaestor is an automated data platform that enables financial transparency between startups and investors. | $21.3M / Series B / Aug 24, 2026 | ||
| The Third Revolution in Aviation has begun and Ampaire is leading the charge by developing aircraft that make flying clean, quiet, safe, reliable, affordable, and more accessible to more people than ever before. With key innovations in energy storage, propulsion, and aircraft architecture, the Ampaire team is maximizing the potential of theaircraft industry.Ampaire is a portfolio company of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. It was founded in year 2016 and is based in Los Angeles, California. | $19M / Series B / Aug 18, 2026 | ||
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FAQ
What does Gaingels invest in?
Gaingels invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 1,348 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 Gaingels's check size?
Gaingels typically joins rounds of $1M–$8.1M at Seed, $5M–$35M at Series A and $69k–$12M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Gaingels participates in.
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Who are the partners at Gaingels?
The team at Gaingels includes Alexandra Tanner (Investor), Andrew Chen (Investor) and Brandon Parkes (Head of Corporate Board Diversity Program), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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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