# Ita Ekpoudom

> Ita Ekpoudom is a seed investor at GingerBread Capital (New York) backing SaaS and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GingerBread Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gingerbread-capital-2)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itaekpoudom/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/03tigress
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ita.ekpoudom

Ita Ekpoudom is a seed investor at GingerBread Capital in New York focused on SaaS and Software. Ita’s mission is to engage, educate, and elevate the next generation of successful women business leaders and investors. As the Founder & CEO of Tigress Ventures, an advisory and consulting firm she started in 2014, Ita tapped her considerable network to bring together visionary entrepreneurs with seasoned pro’s to help women scale theirbusinesses and hone their leadership skills. Tigress Ventures hosted a monthly speakers series featuring thought leaders and industry experts, and provided private consultations with individual clients. Ita also served as Venture Partner at Plum Alley Investments, where she oversaw investment opportunities and pipeline for high-growth female-founded and gender-diverse startups.Previously, Ita held product management roles at TravelClick and American Express. She began her career at Goldman Sachs as an analyst in Credit Capital Markets and then as an institutional trader of preferred stock.Ita holds an MBA in Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, with a certificate in Finance, from Princeton University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Collaboration | 1 | 100% |
| Product Management | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dragonboat | Dragonboat helps product leaders and their teams deliver customer delight and drive business outcomes. With Dragonboat, product teams have an integrated platform to connect OKRs with initiatives, plan data-driven roadmaps, automate portfolio reporting and deliver with confidence. Ready to get rowing? Join us - Dragonboat.io | $3M | Seed | Jul 15, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Act One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Roble Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roble-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [s16vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s16vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About GingerBread Capital

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

GingerBread Capital invests in the next generation of women founders and entrepreneurs leading high-growth businessesIt helps women-led businesses gain access to the knowledge, networks, and capital they need to build and scale successful enterprises, and it encourages other women to do the same.Based in Menlo Park, California, GingerBreadCapital was founded in 2017 by Linnea Roberts.

3 contacts available at GingerBread Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cary Conrad | Executive in Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cary-conrad |
| Ita Ekpoudom | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ita-ekpoudom |
| Linnea Roberts | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/linnea-roberts-3e8f |

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## FAQ

### What does Ita Ekpoudom invest in?

Ita Ekpoudom invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Collaboration startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ita Ekpoudom last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ita Ekpoudom closed in Jul 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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