# Monique Woodard

> Monique Woodard is a seed investor at Cake Ventures (San Francisco) backing Health Care and Apps. See 30 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cake Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cake-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 30
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/moniquewoodard
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/moniquewoodard
- Website: http://www.monique.vc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moniquenwoodard/

Monique Woodard is an early stage investor at the intersection of technology and newly powerful consumer groups. Her investments as a venture capital and angel investor include Blavity, Court Buddy, Mented Cosmetics, Silvernest, and many others. Today, Monique invests in the future of technology being driven by major demographic trends. She investsin companies with global ambitions who are creating technology products that meet the needs of tomorrow’s internet users.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$6.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $800k–$3.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 6 | 20% |
| Apps | 3 | 10% |
| Software | 3 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 10% |
| Video | 2 | 7% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 50% |
| Canada | 2 | 7% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NextWork | NextWork is developing the world's greatest online learning experience for switching careers. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| Aster | Clinic enablement software for women's health providers, keeping them private and independent and helping to reduce poor health outcomes. | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | Jan 30, 2024 |  |
| Eli | Eli empowers women to understand their body and the transitions it goes through every day, and across life. We develop a device that uses saliva to capture hormone fluctuations at home, and an app that gives women the information they want to own their health decisions. | $3.6M | Seed | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| Eli Health | Eli Health is a health care company located in Noida. |  | Seed | Feb 17, 2023 |  |
| Culina Health | Culina Health is a personalized nutrition platform powered by registered dietitians to help you prioritize the way you want to live. We make insurance-covered nutrition care accessible and easier to understand so that you can fuel a satisfying and well balanced life. | $4.8M | Seed | Feb 15, 2023 |  |
| Culina Health | Culina Health is a personalized nutrition platform powered by registered dietitians to help you prioritize the way you want to live. We make insurance-covered nutrition care accessible and easier to understand so that you can fuel a satisfying and well balanced life. | $4.8M | Seed | Feb 15, 2023 |  |
| McMullen | McMullen provides a singular shopping experience that allows women to feel confident and beautiful. Founded in 2007 by Sherri McMullen in Oakland, McMullen is an all-inclusive concept shop for luxury fashion featuring emerging and established designers from around the world. | $500K | Seed | Nov 21, 2022 |  |
| McMullen | McMullen provides a singular shopping experience that allows women to feel confident and beautiful. Founded in 2007 by Sherri McMullen in Oakland, McMullen is an all-inclusive concept shop for luxury fashion featuring emerging and established designers from around the world. | $500K | Seed | Nov 21, 2022 |  |
| Guaranteed | Guaranteed is a care company that makes tough moments easier by blending at-home treatment with cutting-edge technology, | $6.5M | Seed | Nov 03, 2022 |  |
| Guaranteed | Guaranteed is a care company that makes tough moments easier by blending at-home treatment with cutting-edge technology, | $6.5M | Seed | Nov 03, 2022 |  |

10 of 30 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cake Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cake-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Anthemis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthemis-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Diverse Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diverse-angels) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [MGV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maschmeyer-group-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Portfolia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portfolia) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Precursor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/precursor-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Cake Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Cake Ventures is an investment firm that invests in companies that address the needs of a world undergoing massive demographic changes. Cake Ventures was founded by Monique Woodard.

1 contacts available at Cake Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monique Woodard | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monique-woodard |

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## FAQ

### What does Monique Woodard invest in?

Monique Woodard invests primarily in Health Care, Apps and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 30 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 Monique Woodard's check size?

Monique Woodard typically joins rounds of $500k–$6.5M at Seed and $800k–$3.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Monique Woodard participates in.

### When did Monique Woodard last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Monique Woodard closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 30 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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