San Francisco CA. Seed-stage VC firm founded by Monique Woodard. Thesis: technology shaped by major demographic changes — aging/longevity, increased spending power of women, majority-minority shift. Portfolio: Blavity, Silvernest, Guaranteed, Pamper, Rares. Previously: Venture Partner 500 Startups (US + sub-Saharan Africa), Venture Scout Lightspeed. SF Mayor's Innovation Fellow. Founded Black Founders (10K+ members). BA Political Science University of Miami. Kauffman Fellow Class 26.

Goodwater Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Burlingame, California, focused exclusively on consumer technology investing. Founded in 2014, the firm empowers entrepreneurs globally and has backed companies with a combined market value exceeding $157 billion.

Designer Fund is a venture capital firm founded by designers that invests between $100K and $1M in early-stage tech companies that use design to improve health, sustainability, or prosperity. Its portfolio includes companies such as Stripe, Gusto, and Omada Health.

Legendary Sand Hill Road VC. Google, Amazon, Genentech, Figma, Anthropic, Rippling, Harvey. Current leadership: Mamoon Hamid, Ilya Fushman. Reinvented under new generation since 2018.

Jason Calacanis's startup ecosystem: accelerator, venture fund, and 10,000+ member angel syndicate. Backed Uber, Robinhood, Calm, Superhuman. 1,000+ companies funded.

Multi-stage global VC. Snap, Affirm, AppDynamics, Mulesoft, OpenGov. $19B AUM. Offices: SF, LA, London, Bangalore, Beijing, Singapore.

Spike Ventures — Alumni Ventures fund for the Stanford University community. Co-invests alongside top VCs in Stanford University-affiliated companies. Part of Alumni Ventures platform ($1.5B AUM, Manchester NH).

Global startup accelerator network. 2,000+ investments. CEO David Cohen (co-founder, returned May 2024). Operates in 27 cities across 9 countries. $500K for ~6% equity.

World's most influential startup accelerator. $500K for ~7% equity. Alumni: Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase, Dropbox, DoorDash, Reddit, OpenAI. CEO Garry Tan. SF/Mountain View CA.