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Venture capital investing in underrepresented led business: LBGT, women, black, immigrants, etc.

Morgan Stanley Multicultural Innovation Lab

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women, PoC

NEWME

We invest inbusiness led by:

PoC

One Way Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Immigrants

Serena Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Women's Startup Lab

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Women's Venture Capital Fund

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Upstart Lab

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Victress Capital

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Alumni Ventures Group

We invest inbusiness led by:

LGBTQ

Aspect Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

PoC, Women

APA is a pre-seed and seed-stage VC founded by a team of former operators and investors. We lead rounds and like to be very hands on with our portfolio companies, offering help where we have expertise, but not overbearing.

Astia Angels

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Armory Square Ventures is an early-stage VC based in NYC and Upstate NY. We lead Seed (and some Series A) rounds in B2B software and tech-enabled services companies based in NY State.

BBG Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Black Angel Tech Fund

We invest inbusiness led by:

Black

Early-stage venture capital investors focused on helping our founders build the next generation of B2B market leaders.

Black Girl Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Black Women, LatinX Women

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the first VC fund founded in Brooklyn, NY, is the most accessible early stage partner for startups in NYC.

Blue Ridge Labs

We invest inbusiness led by:

Cowboy Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

We lead seed rounds in bold founders who use code to create transformational companies. Armed with over 80 years of combined experience building our own companies, we are your active partners and roll up our sleeves to work for you. Providing capital is just the first step, when we lead your seed round, you get full access to the four general partners and the Eniac Platform.

First Track

We invest inbusiness led by:

We lead seed rounds in companies revolutionizing legacy industries. Our investment approach is highly concentrated, enabling us to work closely with founders on sales acceleration, operational execution, and capital strategy.

Gen Y Capital Partners

We invest inbusiness led by:

We focus on the Everyday Economy - B2B & Consumer companies that use technology to drive a brighter collective future for everyday people.

KEC Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

PoC

Kindred Capital

We invest inbusiness led by:

Seed-stage VC fund, based in NYC. Invest in and partner with extraordinary companies led by high execution teams. Deploy in-depth customer research to assess emotional and visceral product/market fit.

LGBT Capital

We invest inbusiness led by:

LGBTQ

We invest in consumer brands that hit a psychological nerve, software companies that help other businesses make more money or spend less of it, and occasionally in frontier technologies.

Merian Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

New Voices Fund

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Obvious Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Underrepresented founders

Pipeline Angels

We invest inbusiness led by:

Non-binary, Women

Pivotal Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

PoC, Women

Rethink Impact

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women, PoC

VentureOut Fund

We invest inbusiness led by:

LGBTQ

XFactor

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Women VC

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Unusual Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Black

StartOut Growth Lab

We invest inbusiness led by:

LGBTQ

Women in Cloud

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Kapor Capital

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women, PoC

500 LGBT Syndicate

We invest inbusiness led by:

LGBTQ

Vencapital

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women, Black, LatinX

Base Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Forerunner Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Looking Glass invests in and supports mission-driven founders building companies solving today's biggest challenges across the themes of healthier living; human capital (all forms of education, tools and platforms for SMBs, and products that facilitate access, identity, or self-expression); and sustainability and the environment.

Black Founders

We invest inbusiness led by:

Black

Best first conversation. Before there is a company, there is a conversation - we want to be that first conversation

Bumble Fund

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Early-stage VC focused on Seed-Series B investments in fintech, crypto, marketplaces and gig economy, and alt-data.

Chloe Capital

We invest inbusiness led by:

Digital Undivided

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women, Black, LatinX

FinTech Collective is a sector-focused early-stage venture capital firm, based in New York City and investing globally.

Diversity VC

We invest inbusiness led by:

Underrepresented investors

WE Venture

We invest inbusiness led by:

Backstage Capital

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Founders First Capital Partners

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women, PoC, Veterans

$500k check - typically part of the first round. We can lead or co-invest alongside another lead investor.

Golden Seeds

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

NOEMIS Ventures is a venture capital fund investing in and partnering with early stage companies in Fintech, Marketplaces and AI/ML.

Halogen Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Harlem Capital Partners

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women, PoC

Early stage- $500k average first check

Humble Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women, PoC

Social Starts is a venture capital partnership with a uniquely data-driven approach. We focus on companies that leverage social and mobile technologies with a particular emphasis on the emerging science and technology of health and happiness. Social Starts has been named a top fund under $100M since 2013 and is consistently rated as one of the most active early-stage funds worldwide.

SoGal Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Imperia Global

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

TACK Ventures is focused on investing in game-changers across sports, media, lifestyle and entertainment. Investments include Overtime, ShotTracker, Greenfly, Iris Nova (Dirty Lemon), Roam Media, Grasshopper Bank, and others.

Portfolia

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Bunker Labs

We invest inbusiness led by:

Military Veterans

$30M+ fund investing from inception through series A in great early stage companies.

LDR Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women, PoC

We invest across the country. Checks begin at 1 million. We lead and co-lead rounds. Our core categories: Tech-enabled sustainable solutions, The Care Economy (health, pet, elder, personal) and The Future of Work.

Cross Culture Venture Capital

We invest inbusiness led by:

PoC

Early stage fund based in NYC. 110+ investments since 2013.

Mendoza Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

LatinX, Women

Work-Bench is an enterprise-focused venture fund based in New York City. We validate Fortune 500 IT pain points through our extensive corporate network and invest in the most promising companies addressing these challenges.

Precursor Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

PoC, Women

Quake Capital Partners

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Republic

We invest inbusiness led by:

Underrepresented founders

Springboard Enterprises

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Seneca VC

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women, PoC, LGBTQ

Act One Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women, PoC

All Raise

We invest inbusiness led by:

LGBTQ, Women

Amplifyher Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

U$60m Seed fund with offices in SF, NY & MIA. Leading pre-Seed & Seed rounds across the US. We invest U$500k-U$2m in companies raising U$500k-U$4m.

Camelback Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women, PoC

Colorintech

We invest inbusiness led by:

PoC

DiverseCity Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

PoC

Dreamers

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Dreamit Ventures

We invest inbusiness led by:

PoC

We have been investing cash and valuable media ( production and broadcasting) since 2009.

EchoVC Partners

We invest inbusiness led by:

Founder Collective was founded in 2009 and are committed to building the most founder aligned seed fund. We invest in pre-series A startups, both participate in and lead rounds, and look for founders tackling compelling use cases.

G20

We invest inbusiness led by:

Family office with 40+ direct angel investments in only priced rounds. NO notes/SAFEs Opportunistic but NO fintech, bio/health, education or insurance

Grid110

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

We work with technical founding teams in the trenches on day 0:00.

HBCUVC

We invest inbusiness led by:

Black, LatinX

Like to lead post seed pre A rounds of $2-$4 million in b to b SaaS companies and help companies scale sales efforts.

SoGal Foundation

We invest inbusiness led by:

Underrepresented founders, Underrepresented investors

iFundWomen

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

We lead rounds in companies in the northeast/midwest that are focused on how to create, organize, and build on top of data.

Intel Capital Diversity Fund

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women, PoC, LGBTQ, People with disabilities, Veterans

Tectonic Ventures partners with authentic entrepreneurs solving meaningful problems across the Enterprise landscape through technology-enabled solutions that have lasting value in the networks, data, and platforms they create. We are building a new type of venture firm necessary for the increasing time that founders need to be ready for their Series A round. We become trusted advisors and collaborators, nurturing teams as they scale and develop world-class execution. We invest and partner with entrepreneurs from inception to seed stage. We provide experience, an expansive network, and, as entrepreneurs ourselves, the right mindset to help founders realize their vision. Remarkable founders have a vision that will shift the future. Learn more: www.tectonicventures.com

Lightship Capital

We invest inbusiness led by:

Underrepresented founders

Upstage Ventures invests in and advises early-stage consumer internet and interactive marketing companies.

MergeLane

We invest inbusiness led by:

Women

Zigg is a sector-focused fund in the real estate, construction and retail sectors and is somewhat stage agnostic, investing across all seed rounds and select series As and Bs. We are based in NYC but invest globally. We prefer to lead rounds, but are often flexible. Investments over the last decade include seed/series A investments in: Procore, Warby Parker, Matterport, Kasa, Juniper Square, Openspace.ai, Snapdocs and VTS.
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