Female Founders Fund
Female Founders Fund
New York, New York, United States
New York, New York
Stage
Early Stage, Seed
Type
Venture Capital
Description
Founded in 2014, Female Founders Fund is a venture capital firm based in New York, New York. The firm prefers to invest in women-owned companies operating in climate technology, healthcare, beauty & personal care, vertical software solutions, generative artificial intelligence, and emerging technology sectors. In 2014, we created Female Founders Fund with one simple belief: women will build the companies of tomorrow. Since then, we’ve become the leading source of institutional capital for female founders raising seed capital with over $3B in enterprise value.
Mission
Investing in the exponential power of exceptional female talent.
Beauty Investments #
5
Primary Sector
Consumer/Beauty & Personal Care/Health
Beauty Exits #
1
Last Beauty Invest
Apr, 2023- Ceremonia -$10M
BEAUTY PORTFOLIO
| How to Apply? | Submit your pitch: https://fcubed.typeform.com/pitches |
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Over the last seven years, we’ve invested in category-defining female-founded companies . As female investors & operators, we are tracking cultural shifts and identifying opportunities with greater relevance, and with empathy for the founders’ unique journey and perspective. We believe our founders’ success will impact and shape the future of the technology landscape creating a more equitable and diverse future. We’re not just investing in top performers — we’re investing in talented leaders building tomorrow’s companies. That’s an ROI we can all get behind. |
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BEAUTY FUNDER FIT SCORE
Resources
Education
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1:1
8.05/10
*This score calculates the likelihood of any beauty brand getting funded by the investor. The score gives weights to number of beauty investments, recency of beauty investment, number of beauty exits, inclusivity inclination, resources offered, etc.
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LEAD DETAILS
Lead Contact
Anu Duggal
Title
Founder
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JUMP CONCLUSION
Female Founders Fund focuses on early-stage, women-led technology startups, particularly in e-commerce, media, platforms, and web-enabled services. Their investments are concentrated in the U.S., especially New York and California, with a strong emphasis on health care, wellness, consumer goods, financial services, and AI-driven software. The fund typically collaborates with other investors rather than leading rounds. Future attractive investments would be innovative, early-stage startups led by women, in health care, personal wellness, or consumer goods, based in New York or California, showing significant growth potential.
Best Beauty Funder Fit and if you are in USA, then FFF should be in your top 10 list of target VCs to form a relationship with.