# Roxane Gay

> Roxane Gay is a seed investor in New York backing LGBT and Dating. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/RoxaneGay7
- Website: http://www.roxanegay.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roxane.gay

Roxane Gay is a seed investor in New York focused on LGBT and Dating. Roxane Gay is based out of New York, New York. Roxane previously worked at Purdue University as an Associate Professor. Roxane Gay attended Michigan Technological University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| LGBT | 1 | 100% |
| Dating | 1 | 100% |
| Social | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lex | Lex is a lo-fi, text-based social app for womxn, trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Lex—short for lexicon—is the only social app where the text comes first and the selfies, second. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 16, 2020 | http://thisislex.app |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpaca VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpaca-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Female Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/female-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tusk Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tusk-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [XFactor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xfactor-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Roxane Gay invest in?

Roxane Gay invests primarily in LGBT, Dating and Social 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.

### How do I contact Roxane Gay?

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### When did Roxane Gay last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Roxane Gay closed in Jul 2020. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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