Amboy Street Ventures
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
New York, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- France
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Austria
- Switzerland
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Norway
- Finland
- Iceland
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Poland
- Czechia
- Slovakia
- Hungary
- Slovenia
- Croatia
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Greece
- Italy
- Spain
- Portugal
- Malta
- Cyprus
Investment stages
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- Sexual Health
- Women's Health
- Femtech
- Consumer Health
- Telehealth
- Diagnostics
- Consumer Products
- Digital Health
About
Amboy Street Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on backing startups that lift stigma and close innovation gaps in sexual and women's health. Their focus spans femtech, consumer health brands, telehealth, and diagnostics across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Founded by Carli Sapir with a $20M debut fund, the firm supports founders at seed and Series A with roughly $500K checks.
Amboy Street Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on backing startups that lift stigma and close innovation gaps in sexual and women's health. Their focus spans femtech, consumer health brands, telehealth, and diagnostics across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Founded by Carli Sapir with a $20M debut fund, the firm supports founders at seed and Series A with roughly $500K checks.
Investment Thesis
Amboy Street Ventures is a seed to Series A venture capital firm deploying capital across sexual health technology, women's health technology, femtech, and consumer health. They invest across six defined verticals: maternal health and fertility, hormonal health and menstruation, menopause and aging, abortion and contraception, LGBTQIA+ health and gender-affirming care, and sexual health and pleasure. The firm differentiates itself as the first VC fund dedicated to the sexual health and women's health category, backed by a dedicated Value Enhancement Team operating within the Healthy Pleasure Group ecosystem.
Manager's Experience
Founded in 2020 by Carli Sapir (Founding Partner, based in Amsterdam) and Devrim Selim (Founding Partner). World's first VC firm dedicated to sexual health and women's health tech across US and Europe. Fund I closed at $10M in 2023. Portfolio includes Bloomer Tech, Peppy, Ossio, EvoEndo, and Vessel Health.
Team
Carli Sapir-Founding Partner
Dominnique Karetsos-General Partner
Mafe Perez Godoy-General Partner
Portfolio
Evvy
Contraline
Alloy
Bea Fertility
Hey Jane
Testmate Health
Granata Bio
Aunt Flow
Dame
Playground
Origin
Gennev
Gesynta
Millie
Juniper Genomics
Allswell
Defiant Health