Gaingels
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Venture Capital |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founders | David Beatty Paul Grossinger |
| Headquarters | Burlington, Vermont, U.S. |
Key people | Jennifer Jeronimo (CEO)[1] |
| AUM | US$600 million (January 2022) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [2] | |
Gaingels is an American venture capital firm headquartered in Burlington, Vermont. The firm focuses on investing in companies with diverse and underrepresented (including LGBTQIA+) leadership as well as progressive social values.[3][4]
Background
[edit]Gaingels was co-founded in 2014 by David Beatty and Paul Grossinger.[3][5][6][7][8] The name Gaingels is a mix of "gay angels" and "gaining from angels".[5][6] It started as a small angel investor group syndicate made up of LGBTQIA+ investors that would invest in companies founded by those in the LGBTQIA+ community.[3][6][7][9]
in 2018, the founders recognized the lack of diversity in the venture capital scene and how investors would discriminate against company founders who did not fit the traditional mold such as being gay, female or being from a minority group. The firm's mission was expanded to foster social change through investing and to create a more diverse and inclusive environment in the venture capital scene. The firm which originally focused on just investing in LGBTQIA+ founded and led startups expanded its scope to invest in more companies to bring more diversity to its investments. It would also help its portfolio companies improve its diversity at leadership level.[3][5][6][7][9][10]
Gaingels' investments have grown from $5 million in 2018 to $50 million in the first eight months of 2020 as a result of its structural change.[9][10] Gaingels also partnered with other investors allowing it to obtain more deals.[9][10]
In 2020, Gaingels launched its scholarship program to support LGBTQIA+ students.[3][11]
Outside the U.S., Gaingels has offices in Australia, London and Toronto.[5][6]
Investments
[edit]- Binance.US[3]
- BlockFi[3]
- Databricks[9]
- Finless Foods[12]
- Grove Collaborative[8]
- MasterClass[3]
- S'More[13]
- Thirteen Lune[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jennifer Geronimo". Women's Entrepreneurship Organization.
- ^ "Form ADV" (PDF). SEC. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Blake, Tom (June 15, 2022). "Gaingels: An LGBTQIA+ Friendly Venture Investment Syndicate". Investor Junkie. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ Miller, Ron (November 7, 2022). "These folks are working to bring more diversity to the venture LP investing pool". TechCrunch. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Dunne, James (June 16, 2019). "LGBT investing group Gaingels makes its 1st Canadian deal". CBC News. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Ramanujam, Priya (February 11, 2018). "LGBTQ-focused investing group Gaingels coming to Canada". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c Fall 2016, Joe Sugarman / Published (September 7, 2016). "Investing is personal for Paul Grossinger". The Hub. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Bogoslaw, David (June 23, 2022). "Colorful Capital aims to broaden LGBTQ+ founders' access to VC". Venture Capital Journal. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Gaingels ratchets up dealmaking to advance LGBTQ causes | PitchBook". pitchbook.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c "From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, LGBT+ investment on the rise". Reuters. September 10, 2020. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ marcomm (August 16, 2019). "Gaingels Scholarship". California Community Foundation. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ "Series B Announcement – Finless Foods". finlessfoods.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ Ha, Anthony (January 26, 2021). "'Anti-superficial' dating app S'More raises $2.1M". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ Bryant, Taylor (January 19, 2023). "Thirteen Lune Closes $8M Funding Round". Beauty Independent. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
