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Female Founders Fund

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Female Founders Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Consumer, Healthcare. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 12 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
12 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$140M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Consumer, Healthcare
HQ
New York, NY

Last verified: 2026-05-03

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

AUM

$140M

Portfolio

12+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on investing in female-led startups across consumer, tech, and wellness sectors.

How Female Founders Fund invests

Female Founders Fund is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Consumer, Healthcare.

Female Founders Fund typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $140M in assets under management.

Female Founders Fund has backed 12 companies in our records, including Rent The Runway, ELOQUII, Lola Priego.

Partners & Team

AD

Anu Duggal

Founding Partner

Consumer
Female Leadership
Early-stage investments
EM

Emily Middleton

Operating Partner

ZK

Zabreen Khan

Principal

LA

Layla Alexander

Associate

Industry Focus

Invests In

Consumer
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (12)

Other

RE

Rent The Runway

Consumer
EL

ELOQUII

Consumer
LO

Lola Priego

KR

Krystle Mobayeni

EL

Eloa Guillotin

GE

Georgina Gooley

CL

Claire Mazure

ER

Erica Cerulo

KA

Kate Kallot

AL

Allison Conrad

How to pitch Female Founders Fund
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Consumer, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Anu Duggal, Founding Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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