New Voices Fund
VC Fund
Amityville, United States
New Voices Fund is a thesis-driven venture capital firm, comprised of career investors and former founders and operators, aiming to amplify the voices and needs of the New General Market.
- Total investments:
- 10
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries New Voices Fund invests in
BeautyRetailSoftwareCosmeticsE-Commerce
Stages New Voices Fund invests in
Series ASeedVenture - Series Unknown
Countries New Voices Fund invests in
United States
Round sizes
Series A $4.6M–$27M
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $4.6M–$27M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Beauty 4 (40%)
- Retail 2 (20%)
- Software 2 (20%)
- Cosmetics 2 (20%)
- E-Commerce 2 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 6 (60%)
- Seed 3 (30%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (10%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chisom A'Marie
Vice President
|
Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Darryl Thompson
Chief Investment Officer
|
Chief Investment Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Richelieu Dennis
CEO
|
CEO | Total investments: 5 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slutty Vegan is a plant-based burger restaurant. It is a counter-serve spot and its burgers are piled high with sauce and toppings. Slutty Vegan was established in 2018 by Pinky Cole in Atlanta, Georgia. | $25M / Series A / May 09, 2022 | ||
| As an athleisure brand and sportswear retailer, Actively Black uplifts and invests in the Black community. The company aims at enhancing the mental health and physical fitness of the black community. The company engages in recruiting black employees in the areas of design, branding, marketing, photography/videography, e-commerce, and more toprovide its various products and services. | $7.2M / Series A / Nov 01, 2021 | ||
| THE CAR INSURANCE INDUSTRY IS BROKENThey charge you more based on things that have nothing to do with how you drive. They point to gender, job title, marital status and even your credit score—which is systematically biased against vulnerable communities and has nothing to do with how you drive. They don’t want to change the system. We do.LOOPis different. We’re building fair, equitable, and affordable insurance based on how and where you drive. We put people first, treating our members with respect and dignity—making sure they can chat with an understanding person, not a frustrating bot. And as a B-Corp we’re committed to giving back and being a force for good in the world so we can uplift the communities impacted by systemic injustice. To us, that’s what it means to Drive Good. | $21M / Series A / Sep 30, 2021 | ||
| Young King Hair Care is a Georgia-based natural hair care brand that redefine young male grooming by encouraging boys with textured hair to celebrate and love their crown. Our initial offering includes 3 products intentionally created with boys in mind: a leave-in conditioner, an essential oils blend and a curling cream. | Seed / Apr 01, 2021 | ||
| NaturAll Club's mission is to create products with integrity, while fostering and uplifting our community. We seek to accomplish this goal by using natural, safe, and nontoxic ingredients to make products that nourish the hair and body, while setting the highest standard of performance on the market. They also nurture a collective ofkinky/curly haired women across the world by offering helpful, informative posts on natural haircare, hosting community meet-ups for encouragement and growth, and fostering online communities where our members can learn from and support one another. | $1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 21, 2019 | ||
| Bitwise Industries moves Fresno’s technology ecosystem forward by focusing on the key areas of education, execution, and place. Education is delivered via Geekwise Academy, an accelerated training program providing real-world technology skills to all ages. Bitwise Industries provides execution by way of its full-service, custom software developmentfirm, Shift3 Technologies. Bitwise Industries also offers paid apprenticeships to students to help them learn tech skills, connect them to meaningful tech opportunities, and build vibrant buildings in underserved cities to house their work. | $27M / Series A / Jun 19, 2019 | ||
| Sweeten delivers a superior renovation experience, by personally matching vetted general contractors to each project, while offering guidance and financial protection—at no cost to the homeowner. The company simultaneously delivers general contracting firms an efficient growth engine, by streamlining marketing, lead acquisition, and bidding, and byvetting all renovation projects for budget and readiness.Sweeten’s sophisticated digital platform empowers homeowners and contractors alike with transparency, data, and an expansive online library of renovation knowledge. Sweeten’s general contractors excel at transformative renovations of all types, with budgets from $15,000 to over $3 million. Sweeten launched in 2011, with headquarters in New York, NY. The company has expanded into ten major American cities.bit.ly/Sweeten-Today-Show | $12.7M / Series A / Dec 20, 2018 | ||
| Squad is a social tech platform to help people grow and strengthen their connections across all of their different communities. Squad’s mission and foundation has always been rooted in cultivating strong community. Starting out as a passion project, Squad was created to host unique intimate event experiences among young professionals. Afterlaunching in NYC, the community grew astronomically, garnering a high demand and an infectious buzz from cities around the world. With plans to expand globally, our analytics showed the average Squad member was under three pillars: the young Millennial or Gen-Z, the college-educated professional, and the seekers of a safe space to share experiences beyond social media. In 2019, in order to fuel expansion, Squad decided to build a big business concept based on these three pillars. They complemented the community experience with an innovative mobile app, expanding its reach beyond New York City. Today, we are proud to have an awesome community of entrepreneurs, doctors, lawyers, financiers, musicians, techies, creatives and other individuals who are such incredibly dope human beings. | $3.1M / Seed / Sep 15, 2018 | ||
| Sold in over 1000 locations globally, including ULTA, Nordstrom, Morphe Stores, Target Stores, Selfridges, BootsUK, and more, Beauty Bakerie is a rapidly growing cosmetics firm with a strong social media presence. The VC backed firm has amassed more than 1M followers across all social channels with more than $8M in venture capital raised to date.Beauty Bakerie was San Diego’s fastest-growing private company from 2015 - 2017. The company has a team of 25 employees and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. It has been recognized by top-tier publications to include Allure, Cosmopolitan, Forbes, Good Morning America, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, Teen Vogue as a 2016 Beauty Game Changer, Essence, Elle, Oprah, Nylon, and Buzzfeed, and a myriad of others.A Founder lead brand, Cashmere is charged with creating and leading on the vision as well as leading on the short and long-term strategies. Another hat she wears is that of the Head of Branding and Product Development. A visionary, Cashmere is the creative genius behind all of the brand's products created to date. She has lead in all aspects of what the world has come to know and love of the brand's aesthetic and overall presentation. | $4.6M / Series A / Jul 09, 2018 | ||
| Healthy Roots is a toy company that creates dolls and storybooks aimed to teach natural hair care to young girls of color.It aims to empower girls through education, diversity, and positive representation by utilizing a doll, book, and app to teach natural hair care to young girls. The dolls come in different skin tones, facial features, and hairtextures to represent the diversity of the African diaspora. Its first Black doll, Zoe, was launched in 2019, which combines educational play experience with curly hair care. The doll's hair can be styled in a variety of ways with the guidance of the Big Book of Hair. The Big Book of Hair is an illustrated manual for natural hair care. Healthy Roots Dolls' app allows users to track their hair health and get curated content for their specific hair needs to be based on the data they input. Yelitsa Jean-Charles founded the Detroit, Michigan-based company in 2015. | Seed / Jan 01, 2018 |
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FAQ
What does New Voices Fund invest in?
New Voices Fund invests primarily in Beauty, Retail and Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 10 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 New Voices Fund's check size?
New Voices Fund typically joins rounds of $4.6M–$27M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds New Voices Fund participates in.
How do I contact New Voices Fund?
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Who are the partners at New Voices Fund?
The team at New Voices Fund includes Chisom A'Marie (Vice President), Darryl Thompson (Chief Investment Officer) and Richelieu Dennis (CEO). 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 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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