Female founders & funding

Resources for female founders

Historically, less than 2% of venture capital funding has gone to female founders. To help close the funding gap, we have curated a collection of useful resources to help female entrepreneurs break barriers. 
500 Women
Powered by 500 Startups, 500 Women is on a mission to double down on strong women-led companies.
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Ada Ventures
A UK-based venture capital fund that invests in overlooked founders and overlooked markets in the tech industry.
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Anthemis Venture Studio
Focuses on best-in-class, high-growth, digitally-native financial services companies based around the world.
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Astia
An angel group that invests in female-owned companies operating in cleantech, SaaS, life sciences, and IoT sectors.
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Backstage VC
A venture capital fund that invests in new companies led by underrepresented founders.

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Built By Girls (BBG) Ventures
An early-stage fund focused on consumer tech startups with at least one female founder.
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Black Girl Ventures
Dedicated to creating access to capital for Black and Brown women entrepreneurs.
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Cartier Women’s Initiative
An annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to drive change by empowering female impact entrepreneurs.
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Chingona Ventures
A VC firm that invests in founders from backgrounds or industries that aren't well understood by the traditional investor.
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Chloe Capital
A seed-stage venture capital firm focused on female-led companies.
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Digital Undivided
Offers programs focused on Black and Latinx female-founded tech companies.
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European Women in VC
A community that brings together over 350 female investors from all over Europe.
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Female Founders Fund
Invests in female-led startups in e-commerce, platforms, and web-enabled services.
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Forerunner Ventures
An early-stage VC firm dedicated to investing in ambitious entrepreneurs to define and dominate a new generation of business.
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Gingerbread Capital
Provides early through later-stage growth capital investments in female founders and women-led businesses.
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Golden Seeds
An angel investor network and fund investing in female entrepreneurs.
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Hypatia Capital
A private equity firm focused on female founders.
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Intel Capital Diversity Fund
Invests in female and minority-led startups.
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Next Wave Impact
An innovative learning-by-doing early-stage venture fund.
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Tory Burch Foundation Capital Program
Provides loans for small businesses founded by women.
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Valor Ventures
An Atlanta-based venture capital fund focused on funding female founders.
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Digital Undivided’s BIG Pre-Accelerator Program
Designed for Black and Latinx female founders who have already begun to build their startup.
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Halo Incubator
Devoted exclusively to female founders to provide special guidance and resources.
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Halo Incubator
Devoted exclusively to women founders to provide special guidance and resources.
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Her Corner
An accelerator for female entrepreneurs.
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MergeLane
Discovers, accelerates, and invests in high-potential startups and VC funds.
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Springboard Enterprises
An accelerator for female-led growth companies.
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The Refinery
An accelerator that transforms female-led startups into scalable businesses.
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Financial Fundamentals by The Forum
Get a free education in day-to-day money management so you can balance budgets, price work, and invest in your future with confidence – for life.
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The Two Percent
The Two Percent by Female Founders Fund is dedicated to highlighting stories of powerful female leaders.
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Women Taking the Lead
A weekly podcast containing interviews with women who have achieved success and men who help women develop their leadership.
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The Female Factor
The Female Factor’s mentoring program connects the next generation of female leaders to global decision-makers passionate about sharing their valuable know-how and network.
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Immersion: Women Founders
A 12-week, skill-building mentorship program for high potential female-led startups selected from startup communities across Europe.
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The Forum
The program has paired an average of 100+ female entrepreneurs per year with mentors all across Canada.
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