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Female Founders

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Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
New York, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
Investment stages
  • Pre-Seed
  • Seed
  • Series A
Industries
  • Consumer
  • Marketplaces
  • Digital Health
  • Femtech
  • Fintech
  • Enterprise Software
  • E-Commerce
About
Female Founders Fund is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on backing exceptional female entrepreneurs at the seed stage. Their focus spans consumer, digital health, fintech, and software across the United States and the United Kingdom. Founded by Anu Duggal, the firm supports founders from pre-seed through Series A.
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$100K
Max check size
$1M
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Investment Thesis

Female Founders Fund is a pre-seed to Series A venture capital firm deploying capital across consumer, marketplaces, digital health, femtech, fintech, and enterprise software. They invest in female-founded technology companies at the earliest institutional rounds, backing founders building category-defining businesses in large consumer and healthcare markets. The firm differentiates itself as one of the earliest dedicated female-founder funds, with a decade-plus track record and a founder network that generates proprietary deal flow.
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Manager's Experience

Founded in 2014 by Anu Duggal (Founding Partner) and Sutian Dong (Partner). Manages $75M+ across three funds. Fund III closed at $57M in 2022. Focused on pre-seed and seed technology companies with female founders. Portfolio includes Rockets of Awesome, Zola, Peloton, Billie, Maven Clinic, Winky Lux, Thistle, Girlboss, Freshly, and CoverGirl.

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Team

Anu Duggal-Founding Partner

Zabreen Khan-Principal

Julie Cerick-Head of Platform

Layla Alexander-Associate

Shirley Wang-Platform Operations Associate

Portfolio

831 Stories

Amini

Arey Grey

Artemis

Base

BentoBox

Beyond Aero

Billie

Boon + Gable

Boss Beauties

Branch

Cay Skin

Ceremonia

Co-Star

Compound Foods

Coterie

Culinary Agents

Dacora

Dystr

Ekyam

ELOQUII

Entrypoint

Fable

Fave

Fields Good

Gabbi

Gixo

Ground

Hearth Display

Joyce Health

Kama

Kikoff

Kin

Kindra

Landit

LearnLux

Lex

Local Bushel

Loverly

Ludo

Manicube

Maven

Milk Bar

Minibar

Mother Science

MyndYou

Otis Pet

Oula

Peanut

Primary

RadSwan

Reaction Commerce

Rent the Runway

Rising Team

Rockets of Awesome

Sawyer

Shine

Space Dots

Style Genome

Suma

The Swell

Tala

Taya

Tempest

The Lanby

The Six Bells

The Wonder

Thrive Global

Live Tinted

Violette_FR

Viyet

Wagmo

WATS

WayUp

Winky Lux

Women.com

Womp

Zeera

Zola

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