The directory

Women-led VC firms & funds with a woman GP

28 venture funds, in two groups: firms founded or led by women, and generalist funds with a woman writing cheques as a General Partner. Curated and periodically updated — verify each fund's current thesis directly.

Cowboy Ventures

Women-led

Aileen Lee

Enterprise & consumer software. Aileen Lee coined the term “unicorn.”

HQ
San Francisco, US
Stage
Seed

Forerunner Ventures

Women-led

Kirsten Green

Consumer, commerce and the businesses shaping how people live.

HQ
San Francisco, US
Stage
Seed – Series A

Female Founders Fund

Women-led

Anu Duggal

Exclusively backs women-led companies across sectors.

HQ
New York, US
Stage
Seed

Fearless Fund

Women-led

Arian Simone & Ayana Parsons

Companies led by women of color.

HQ
Atlanta, US
Stage
Pre-seed – Series A

Haun Ventures

Women-led

Katie Haun

Crypto & web3. Raised a record $1.5B debut fund for a woman-founded firm.

HQ
San Francisco, US
Stage
Seed – Growth

Acrew Capital

Women-led

Theresia Gouw & Lauren Kolodny

Fintech, security, data and infrastructure; a diverse cap-table mandate.

HQ
San Francisco, US
Stage
Seed – Growth

Conviction

Women-led

Sarah Guo

AI-native “Software 3.0” companies.

HQ
San Francisco, US
Stage
Seed – Series A

Fika Ventures

Women-led

Eva Ho

Data-driven and enterprise / fintech software.

HQ
Los Angeles, US
Stage
Seed

SoGal Ventures

Women-led

Pocket Sun & Elizabeth Galbut

Diverse founding teams across consumer and health.

HQ
New York & San Francisco, US
Stage
Pre-seed – Seed

Backstage Capital

Women-led

Arlan Hamilton

Founders who are women, people of colour, and/or LGBTQ+.

HQ
Los Angeles, US
Stage
Seed

BBG Ventures

Women-led

Susan Lyne & Nisha Dua

Tech companies with at least one woman founder.

HQ
New York, US
Stage
Seed

Rethink Impact

Women-led

Jenny Abramson

Women leaders solving social and environmental problems at scale.

HQ
Washington, DC, US
Stage
Series A – Growth

Halogen Ventures

Women-led

Jesse Draper

Female-led consumer technology.

HQ
Los Angeles, US
Stage
Pre-seed – Seed

Serena Ventures

Women-led

Serena Williams

Founders with diverse points of view, early-stage.

HQ
San Francisco, US
Stage
Seed

Gingerbread Capital

Women-led

Linnea Roberts

Companies founded or led by women.

HQ
San Francisco Bay Area, US
Stage
Seed – Series B

Hannah Grey VC

Women-led

Jessica Peltz-Zatulove & Kate Beardsley

Category-defining founders in commerce, fintech and the future of work.

HQ
New York, US
Stage
Seed

Chloe Capital

Women-led

Kathryn Cartini & Erica O’Brien

Women-led startups in tech.

HQ
New York, US
Stage
Seed

Ada Ventures

Women-led

Check Warner & Matt Penneycard

Overlooked founders and markets across the UK and Europe.

HQ
London, UK
Stage
Seed

Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund

Women-led

Bettine Schmitz & Gesa Miczaika

European teams with at least one woman founder.

HQ
Berlin, Germany
Stage
Seed

Voulez Capital

Women-led

Anya Navidski

Women-founded companies; a women-only investor base.

HQ
London, UK
Stage
Pre-seed – Seed

Amplifica Capital

Women-led

Anna Raptis

First LatAm fund built to both raise from and invest in women; ag & food-tech, healthtech, fintech, mobility and climate tech.

HQ
Mexico City, Mexico
Stage
Seed

Portfolia FemTech Fund

Women-led

Trish Costello, Founder & CEO

The first VC fund to invest exclusively in women’s health; 90% of its own LPs are women.

HQ
Silicon Valley, US
Stage
Seed – Series A

Flying Fox Ventures

Women-led

Rachael Neumann & Kylie Frazer

Early-stage Australian & New Zealand founders; runs a dedicated female-founder investing program.

HQ
Melbourne, Australia
Stage
Pre-seed – Seed

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

Woman GP

Connie Chan, General Partner

Generalist mega-fund; consumer investing led by GP Connie Chan.

HQ
Menlo Park, US
Stage
Seed – Growth

Accel

Woman GP

Sonali De Rycker, Partner

Generalist; European investing led by partner Sonali De Rycker.

HQ
London, UK
Stage
Early – Growth

Bessemer Venture Partners

Woman GP

Talia Goldberg, Partner

Generalist; consumer & cloud, with partner Talia Goldberg.

HQ
San Francisco, US
Stage
Seed – Growth

IVP

Woman GP

Cack Wilhelm, General Partner

Later-stage growth; enterprise software with GP Cack Wilhelm.

HQ
San Francisco, US
Stage
Growth

Attom Capital

Woman GP

Antonia Rojas Eing, Co-Founder & Managing Partner

The first direct-secondaries fund in Latin America, providing liquidity to VC-backed LatAm startups.

HQ
Mexico City, Mexico
Stage
Growth (secondaries)
Get in the room

Angel networks & investor communities

Funds are only half the picture. These networks, syndicates and academies help women deploy their own capital — or learn how to.

37 Angels

Network of women investors funding early-stage startups, plus a bootcamp that trains new angels.

New York, USVisit ↗

Golden Seeds

One of the largest angel networks investing in women-led companies, with regional chapters and funds.

United StatesVisit ↗

Pipeline Angels

Angel investing bootcamp creating capital for women and non-binary founders.

United StatesVisit ↗

Broadway Angels

Invitation-only group of women who are top investors and executives in tech.

San Francisco, USVisit ↗

Angel Academe

UK angel network backing women-founded tech startups; welcomes new and experienced angels.

London, UKVisit ↗

European Women in VC

Community of 350+ senior women investors across Europe, with data and LP networks.

EuropeVisit ↗

How Women Invest

Venture fund and community mobilising women as limited partners and angels.

San Francisco, USVisit ↗

InvestHER Academy

Education platform teaching women the mechanics of angel investing.

OnlineVisit ↗

Astia

Global community and fund investing in high-growth companies that include women leaders.

United StatesVisit ↗

All Raise

Nonprofit accelerating the success of women and non-binary funders and founders.

United StatesVisit ↗

Rising Tide Africa

All-female angel investing platform channeling members’ capital into early-stage African startups.

Lagos, NigeriaVisit ↗

Women's Angel Investor Network (WAIN)

Angel group screening and funding women-led companies across the Middle East since 2014.

Dubai, UAEVisit ↗

Womena

Angel network empowering women across the Gulf to make their own early-stage investments.

Dubai, UAEVisit ↗

Women Investor Network (WIN)

Cohort-based program helping aspiring women in India start angel investing.

Mujeres Invirtiendo

Non-profit community of 300+ women working across private equity and venture capital in Mexico.

MexicoVisit ↗

Inclusion is editorial and informational — not an endorsement, and not investment advice. Know a fund we should add? The directory is a living document.