“Women’s ability to participate freely and fully in the workforce is essential to the growth, performance and resilience of the U.S. economy and the businesses which comprise it. Their participation is contingent upon access to comprehensive reproductive health services, including contraception and abortion. These services are used by nearly all women – 99 percent have used contraception and 25 percent have had…
RH Capital has just closed their oversubscribed second fund, bringing total assets under management to over $40 million to tackle reproductive and maternal health equity. In 2019, RH Capital raised a small proof of concept fund with around $5M and has now closed fund II with an additional $38.5M. The fund’s lead investors include Tara Health Foundation, Skoll Foundation, The Impact Seat…
Coyote Ventures, a women’s health focused early stage ventures fund has announced that it has received LP investment from the Bank of America. The firm is led by General Partner Jessica Karr and has made 6 investments to date. Portfolio companies include Wile (hormone health), Hera Biotech (endometriosis diagnostics), O.School (sexual wellness), Flex (cycle care), Gabbi (breast cancer diagnostics), and Maude (sexual…
True Wealth Ventures has closed its second fund fund to invest in women-led startups addressing the world’s most pressing issues in human and environmental health. The $35M Fund II close follows True Wealth Ventures’ 2018 $19.1M Fund I close. Fund I’s 80% women limited partners was unprecedented. True Wealth’s total AUM is now about $60M. Founding General Partner Sara Brand and General Partner Kerry Rupp lead True…
Magnify Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in founders leading the digital transformation of how we live, work and care for one another, is announcing a $52M fund. The firm will invest in early-stage technology companies that are revolutionizing the care economy in four growing categories, including parenting and family life, the future of work, household optimization, and aging and longevity. Julie Wroblewski, Magnify Ventures’…
La Keisha Landrum Pierre, Naseem Sayani, and Azin Radsan van Alebeek initially met in 2020 when they were part of the same cohort of Pipeline Angels, an angel investing program focused “changing the face of VC” and creating capital underrepresented founders. Shortly after they started investing together and have made 13 angel investments to date into companies that help women, in particular,…
SteelSky Ventures, the women’s health focused U.S. VC firm that recently moved its headquarters to Atlanta, has now announced the closing of its inaugural fund. With $72M total assets under management SteelSky is now the world’s largest venture capital fund focused exclusively on improving access, care, and outcomes in women’s health. The firm invests across the spectrum of women’s health indications and…
Serena Ventures, the VC firm co-founded by tennis star Serena Williams, has raised $111M to invest in early stage ventures. The fund already manages a portfolio of over 60 angel investments which it has made over the past 9 years. Successes include 13 unicorns and 6 exits. Investors in the fund include Norwest, Capital G, Kapor Foundation, Liontree and 23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki.…
