Underwire 9/10/19 Underwire 9/10/19

Updated Female Founder Spreadsheet

The YTD public spreadsheet is new and improved with data pulled from Crunchbase, Fortune Term Sheet and readers like you. Do play along and keep us posted on announcements.

Underwire 8/19/19 Underwire 8/19/19

Summer Female Founder Funding Update

I’ll be updating this page over the coming week to reflect all investments for the past 7 weeks. Meanwhile, Series A raises for Figure8 and Herbivore Botanicals. Series B for Hipcamp. Seed round for Genneve.

Underwire 6/30/19 Underwire 6/30/19

Weekly Female Founder Funding Update

Seven fundings, one exit and a new fund. Series A raises for Remedy, DotLab, Chief and Anomalie. Series B for Genome Medical. Seed rounds for Homeroom and Miss Grass. SheWorx gets acquired. And Vice Ventures raises a fund for sinful companies.

Underwire 6/23/19 Underwire 6/23/19

Weekly Female Founder Funding Update

Five seed rounds and one Series A this week for Athena Security, Kango, Mixlab, Needslist, Novi, and Part & Parcel. Plus The RealReal files for IPO.

Underwire 6/17/19 Underwire 6/17/19

Weekly Female Founder Funding Update

A first-time foray into femtech for Forerunner, and a big exit for a female-led tech company with a service fueling Fortnite’s dominance. Alliteration!

Underwire 6/9/19 Underwire 6/9/19

Weekly Female Founder Funding Updates

Two women make inroads into traditionally male based industries—global money transfers and marketing SaaS.

Underwire 5/19/19 Underwire 5/19/19

Weekly Female Founder Funding Update: More Unicorns

Away and Nextdoor join the unicornsphere, hauling in a combined $223 million. Plus two more raises in health and wellness and women’s lifestyle brands.

Underwire 4/22/19 Underwire 4/22/19

Weekly Female Founder Funding Update

The investments flow into two health and wellness companies, a childcare platform and a beloved Seattle brick-and-mortar children’s clothing reseller going online.

Underwire 4/15/19 Underwire 4/15/19

Weekly Female Founder Funding Update

Three tech startups helmed by women, all focused on infrastructure. BentoBox and Shopback support e-commerce, and HiMama simplifies life for day-care providers.

Underwire 4/7/19 Underwire 4/7/19

Weekly Female Founder Funding Update

Four of the six companies raising venture capital this past week were femtech. Two of those, Blume and Cora, are subscription tampon-and-pad deliver services. Are the dudes finally seeing that there’s money in menstruation?