# Meghan Cross

> Meghan Cross is a seed investor at Amplifyher Ventures (New York) backing E-Commerce and Beauty. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Amplifyher Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplifyher-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megabcross
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/megabcross
- Website: http://www.amplifyherventures.com

Meghan Cross is a seed investor at Amplifyher Ventures in New York focused on E-Commerce and Beauty. Meghan is a Partner at Amplifyher Ventures, where she launched and built the firm's operations and investment strategy. Her 40 deals makeup a portfolio that now outperforms top-quartile benchmarks. Prior, Meghan built the Cornell alumni investment firm Red Bear Angels. There, she raised, formed and led 25+ investments into such companies asDatalogue [acq. Nike], Lyft [NASDAQ: LYFT] and Trumid [BlackRock, TPG]. She began her venture capital work with Foundation Capital and Bowery Capital. Previously a marketing specialist, Meghan managed public relations for Skype and Foursquare, before becoming a director at the leading post-dot-com media company, StyleCaster Media Group [acq. She Knows Media].A three-time United Nations speaker, Meghan is also a contributor for TechCrunch and Forbes and guest lecturer at Columbia University. She has appeared in FT, New York Magazine, and various broadcast interviews. Meghan co-chairs the Next Generation board of Facing History, an education nonprofit that furthers diversity and inclusion, and has sat on the Lincoln Center Young Patrons board for nine years. Meghan received her B.S. in Fiber Science from Cornell University and M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 50% |
| Beauty | 1 | 25% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Content | 1 | 25% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Veracity | Veracity creates a personal skincare experience based on real data about your hormones and biofactors through our Skin + Health test. | $5M | Seed | Sep 14, 2021 |  |
| Realworld | Realworld simplifies and automates the complexities of adulthood -- finance, health, insurance, and more, all in one place. | $3.4M | Seed | Apr 08, 2021 |  |
| Motherly | Motherly is a lifestyle brand redefining motherhood on behalf of a new generation of mothers, empowering modern mamas with expert information, an inspiring community, and thoughtfully curated products to guide her through the journey of motherhood. The company is based in the United States and it is founded in 2015 by Jill Koziol and ElizabethTenety. | $5.4M | Series A | Apr 09, 2020 |  |
| Hill House Home | Hill House Home is a digital-first lifestyle brand that adds beauty and joy to daily rituals. It offers impeccable quality and timeless, delicate styles through quality products designed to enhance and celebrate life with a design-centric approach. The company's aesthetic perspective and customer-driven approach bring a new, approachableperspective to these time-honored categories.Hill House Home was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York. |  | Seed | Nov 18, 2019 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fitz Gate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fitzrandolph-gateway) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AET](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aet-ba30) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bezos Expeditions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bezos-expeditions) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brilliant Friends](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brilliant-friends) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Amplifyher Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Amplifyher Ventures is an evergreen venture capital fund based in New York City that invests in early-stage businesses built by outstanding women.

2 contacts available at Amplifyher Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Meghan Cross | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meghan-cross |
| Tricia Black | Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tricia-black |

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## FAQ

### What does Meghan Cross invest in?

Meghan Cross invests primarily in E-Commerce, Beauty and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 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 Meghan Cross last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Meghan Cross closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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