Cowboy Ventures
Women-ledAileen Lee
Enterprise & consumer software. Aileen Lee coined the term “unicorn.”
Directory · Data · Investor playbook
Venture capital, from the investor's side of the table.
Almost every list tells founders who will fund them. We do the opposite — a hub for the women writing the cheques: angels, syndicate leads, LPs and the GPs running their own funds.
- 23+
- women-led funds profiled
- 21%
- of VC LPs are now women — up from 13% in 2021
- 17–18%
- of VC check-writers are women
Why this exists
The capital gap is also an information gap.
Women are the fastest-growing group of investors in venture — yet the guides, rankings and networks built for them are scattered across blog posts and closed communities. Women VC Fund pulls the investor-side of the market into one place: who the funds are, what the data says, and how to start.
Every other list tells founders who will fund them.Women VC Fund — the premise
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The Fund Directory
Women-led firms and generalist funds with a woman GP — filterable by stage, region and type.
Browse funds →02The Data
LP and GP representation, check sizes and the funding gap — the numbers, sourced and current.
See the data →03The Investor Playbook
Angel, syndicate, LP or GP — four paths, compared, with a dedicated guide for becoming an LP in a VC fund.
Start investing →From the directory
See all 28 fundsWomen-led funds to know
Forerunner Ventures
Women-ledKirsten Green
Consumer, commerce and the businesses shaping how people live.
Female Founders Fund
Women-ledAnu Duggal
Exclusively backs women-led companies across sectors.
Fearless Fund
Women-ledArian Simone & Ayana Parsons
Companies led by women of color.
Haun Ventures
Women-ledKatie Haun
Crypto & web3. Raised a record $1.5B debut fund for a woman-founded firm.
Acrew Capital
Women-ledTheresia Gouw & Lauren Kolodny
Fintech, security, data and infrastructure; a diverse cap-table mandate.
Sector spotlights
Explore sector spotlights →17 sectors matched to what women investors actually want
58% invest with a gender lens, 77% invest values-based — from femtech to climate tech to the care economy, here’s where that appetite meets real market data.
Questions
Frequently asked
What counts as a “women VC fund”?
On this site it means one of two things: a fund founded or led by women (they own and run the firm), or a generalist fund with a woman as a check-writing General Partner. Our directory tags each fund so you can tell them apart.
Is this a site for founders looking for money?
No — and that is the point. Most directories answer “who funds female founders.” We focus on the other side of the table: women who deploy capital as angels, syndicate leads, LPs and GPs.
Do I need to be wealthy to start investing in startups?
You typically need to be an accredited investor to write a direct angel cheque or become an LP in most funds, but entry points vary — angel syndicates can start around $5,000, and some emerging-manager funds set lower LP minimums on purpose. See our start-investing guide for how the paths compare.
Is "start investing" here about picking startups myself, or investing in a fund?
Both are covered, and they are different things — see our angel vs. LP comparison. Since this site is about the VC-fund side specifically, our core guide is how to become an LP.
How current is the fund directory?
It is a curated, periodically-updated list built from public information. Theses and personnel change, so always confirm a fund’s current focus and status directly before acting.
Ready to look at deals like an investor?
Start with the funds shaping the market, or the playbook that gets you to your first cheque.