17 VC Deals for Women-Founded Startups
Happy New Year! We’re back with our monthly funding news, covering venture capital deals for women-founded companies.
If you’re new around here, only 2% of venture capital dollars went to startups founded by all-women teams and over 80% of VC investments went to all-men founding teams in 2021. At Glass Half Funded, we care deeply about increasing diversity in the industry and want to celebrate women that secure VC funding.
This month, we tracked 17 deals totaling $216M:
DataVisor, which provides fraud detection and risk management software, raised $40M of growth funding. The round was led by Brighton Park Capital. The company was founded by Yinglian Xie and Fang Yu, and is based in Mountain View, CA.
Databento, a provider of real-time, pay-as-you-go financial market data, raised $31.8M of venture funding. The round was led by Indicator Ventures. The company was founded by Christina Qi, and is based in Boston, MA.
SPHERE, an identity access management solution, raised $31M of Series B funding. The round was led by Edison Ventures. The company was founded by Rita Gurevich, and is based in Newark, NJ.
Howl, which is designed to foster collaboration between brands and creators, raised $27M of Series A funding. The round was led by Highland Capital Partners. The company was founded by Li Haslett Chen, and is based in New York, NY.
ResortPass, which provides day passes to local luxury hotels and spas, raised $26M of Series B funding. The round was led by Declaration Partners and 14W. The company was founded by Amanda Szabo, and is based in Carlsbad, CA.
iNNBeauty Project, a clean and accessible skincare brand, raised $12M of Series B funding. The round was led by Alliance Consumer Growth. The company was founded by Alisa Metzger and Jen Shane, and is based in White Plains, NY.
Malk Organics, a premium, plant-based milk brand, raised $9M of Series B funding. The round was led by Benvolio Group and Rotor Capital. The company was founded by August Vega, and is based in Austin, TX.
Dae, a clean haircare brand, raised $8M of Series A funding. The round was led by Verity Venture Partners. The company was founded by Amber Fillerup Clark, and is based in Phoenix, AZ.
TiLT, a tech-enabled solution for handling employee leave, raised $6.8M of venture funding. The company was founded by Jennifer Henderson, and is based in Fort Collins, CO.
Turtle Health, a virtual fertility clinic, raised $5.4M of Seed funding. The company was founded by Amy Zwanziger and Heather Bell, and is based in Boston, MA.
Stony Creek Colors, which makes natural, plant-based dyes for the fashion industry, raised $4.8M of Series B2 funding. The company was founded by Sarah Bellos, and is based in Springfield, TN.
Beni, a browser extension for secondhand retail sales, raised $4M of Seed funding. The round was led by Buoyant Ventures. The company was founded by Sarah Pinner and Celine Mol, and is based in Santa Barbara, CA.
Pocketnest, a financial wellness solution for millennials and GenX, raised $2.6M of venture funding. The round was led by Reseda Group. The company was founded by Jessica Willis, and is based in Detroit, MI.
Indagare, a travel planning company, raised $2.2M of venture funding. The company was founded by Melissa Biggs Bradley, and is based in New York, NY.
Open Water, which makes sustainable bottled water, raised $2M of venture funding. The company was founded by Jess Page and Nicole Doucet, and is based in Chicago, IL.
Samay, which created a wearable device to monitor lung health, raised $1M of Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Zentynel Frontier Investments. The company was founded by Maria Artunduaga, and is based in Mountain View, CA.
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