Driving Equity
in Venture
How Women Invest
is a Venture Capital Firm
With Investment Across 3 Funds
We leverage a professional network
to identify high-potential female founders
and give them the resources and opportunities they need to succeed.
Women Backing Women
We are actively empowering women-led companies with immediate access to capital as well as mentorship and a robust network of industry experts, essential for catapulting their businesses to success now.
Disrupting Venture Capital
We are creating a more equitable playing field by:
Investing exclusively in women-led companies.
Creating an onramp for other women investors
Leveraging top industry leaders
to help women-led companies scale
Reinventing Female-led venture
Dispelling the Myths About Women Founders & Investors:
Our data-driven approach showcases the exceptional innovation and higher returns of female-led ventures, challenging the outdated view that women are less effective or efficient as entrepreneurs or investors.
Simultaneously, we're overturning the misconception of inefficiency in women-driven funds. Our operational excellence, highlighted by prompt and respectful communication with founders, sets a new industry standard. This not only enhances the founder's experience but also ensures meticulous due diligence.
By embodying these principles, we create a nurturing and safe space for entrepreneurs, where their ideas are valued and their growth is supported, reinforcing our commitment to fostering a more equitable and successful investment environment.
Making Waves
In The News
Our History
and Milestones
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Our Managing Partner
Julie Castro Abrams
Julie Castro Abrams is a gender and racial justice activist who has spent the majority of her career working to build great women-owned companies and economic access for women. She works with top executive women to change structures that are unequal. Her leadership impact includes changing laws on women on corporate boards, doing movement building to ensure women put board service on their path, and placing women on boards.
An experienced CEO and sought-after speaker on entrepreneurship and how women lead, she is widely recognized because of her unique ability to connect people and facilitate rich conversations that make change happen. Thousands of new businesses attribute their launch and growth to her support which has resulted in millions toward the economic growth in communities. She is a leader in the country's movement to build and fund start-ups. As the General Partner for three venture funds focussed exclusively on funding women she is working to change the fact that women only receive 2.4% of venture funding.
Julie has won many awards including the Jobs Genius Award, Morgan Stanley Innovation Award, Cisco Innovation in Technology, "Women Who Could Be President" League of Women Voters, Stevie Award for Best Non-Profit Executive, Human Rights Award from the Commission on the Status of Women, the Women of Color Action Network, Leadership California and the Marin Women's Hall of Fame.
Our Limited Partners
Women control 50% of wealth and, with only 5% of accredited women investing as venture capitalists, we have a huge opportunity to reshuffle the deck. By engaging in VC, women are regaining power, affluence, and influence.
Join us on a journey of influence, discovery and wealth. This is your opportunity to invest in you, your portfolio, and your future. Are you ready to power up your influence while stepping up for women-owned businesses?