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:
- 1339
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 11 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$8.2M
- Series A
- $5M–$35M
- Series B
- $16M–$100M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 128 (10%)
- Health Care 83 (6%)
- Artificial Intelligence 74 (6%)
- Information Technology 65 (5%)
- FinTech 60 (4%)
Stage
- Seed 228 (17%)
- Series A 118 (9%)
- Series B 81 (6%)
- Funding Round 65 (5%)
- Pre-Seed 64 (5%)
Country
- United States 473 (35%)
- Canada 13 (1%)
- Mexico 8 (1%)
- United Kingdom 8 (1%)
- Germany 5 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandra Tanner
Investor
|
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 | |
Chris Leiter
Venture Partner & Investor
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Venture Partner & Investor | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
David Beatty
Managing Members
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Managing Members | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 11 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| EdVisorly is a revolutionary platform, boosting community college to university student transfer success. EdVisorly empowers community college students with the tools to discover transfer friendly 4 year universities, directly engage with university transfer counselors and admissions teams, and build accurate course roadmaps for admissions to theirtarget bachelor's degree programs. | $13.3M / Series A / Jul 08, 2026 | ||
| Infinity Constellation is an AI-focused startup holding company and incubator that builds and launches service-based businesses leveraging artificial intelligence. Their mission is to empower visionary founders to create the next generation of impactful, tech-enabled companies, emphasizing long-term growth and sustainable value creation. | $24M / Series A / Jun 08, 2026 | ||
| ZeroDrift is building the AI-native enforcement infrastructure for enterprise communication. We are the first platform that enforces the rules before an AI message is ever sent, fixing violations in real time across every channel where AI speaks for the business. Everything goes out clean. Nothing dangerous comes in.As AI starts to communicate onbehalf of entire organizations, the gap between what compliance requires and what companies can actually enforce is widening fast. Every existing solution monitors after send, once the risk is already out the door. ZeroDrift enforces before send. Enforcement did not exist as a category. We created it.We are backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and other world-class VCs, and built by a team from Microsoft, Google, and Goldman Sachs, led by a repeat AI founder. | $10M / Seed / Jun 02, 2026 | ||
| Hellbender develops and manufactures lot and robotic products. | $12.5M / Seed / May 19, 2026 | ||
| Mage is a tool that helps developers use AI and their data to make predictions. Use cases include churn prevention, product recommendations, customer lifetime value, and more.Our mission is to equip businesses with accessible AI technology so they can deliver transformational customer experiences.A mage is someone who uses magic. Advancedtechnology is indistinguishable from magic. We empower individuals with magic by equipping them with AI technology. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 06, 2026 | ||
| See all 1339 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Gaingels invest in?
Gaingels invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 1,339 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–$8.2M at Seed, $5M–$35M at Series A and $16M–$100M at Series B. 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 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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