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Also known as SoGal
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Investment thesis
SoGal Ventures positions itself as a women-led, next-generation venture firm focused on three arbitrage opportunities: underrepresented founders, undercapitalized geographies, and underserved problems. It invests in and co-creates companies shaping the future of how people live, work, and stay healthy, backing consumer, healthcare, and brand-driven businesses that emphasize accessibility, personalization, inclusivity, and community. Its portfolio spans consumer health, beauty, and next-generation brands.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
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What they invest in
from 36 of 46 portfolio companiesConsumer ×15AI & Machine Learning ×11Direct to Consumer ×11Wellness & Fitness ×11Healthtech ×9Digital Health ×6E-commerce ×6SaaS ×5
HQs:United States×20Canada×1
Investments · 46 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 32023 · 12022 · 22021 · 32020 · 42019 · 12017 · 317 dated
BiotechFarmington, US
Ashley Kalinauskas(Executive Officer)inMark Suckow(Executive Officer, Director)Brad Poff(Executive Officer)Terry Dew(Executive Officer)
Board seatElizabeth Galbut· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsChloe CapitalConnecticut InnovationsEmerald Development ManagersLaunchpad Venture GroupGaingelsThe Fund
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Technical, seasonless, sustainable wardrobe staples
Meg He(Founder)Nina Faulhaber(Founder)
Co-investorsCowboy VenturesElizabeth Street VenturesTrue.H&M CO:LABVenrex
Archer Roose produces canned wines made from sustainably grown grapes, with no added sugar, gluten-free and vegan options.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech
Co-investorsBoston Harbor AngelsEastward Capital PartnersEvolution VC PartnersGoat Rodeo CapitalNat TurnerUTA Ventures+1 more
August builds an AI platform for law firms that turns repeatable legal tasks into reusable workflows, co-developed on a firm's own precedent, templates, and drafting standards to produce senior-lawyer-quality work product faster.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Rutvik Rau(Founder)inJason Johnson(Founder)Joseph Parker(Founder)Thomas Bueler-Faudree(Founder)Yves Béhar(Founder)
Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Pear VC6th Man VenturesAfore CapitalDragonflyMaveron
August is a period care brand that sells menstrual products including organic tampons, pads, panty liners, and menstrual cups, available through direct subscription.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsBullishEverywhere VenturesHannah Grey VenturesVerity Venture PartnersThe Fund
Ansh Agarwal(Founder)Ansh Agarwal Sarvesh Kedia(Founder)Daniel Rodrigues Costa(Founder)Roberto Oliveira(Founder)Sarvesh Kedia(Founder)
Co-investorsEndeavor Catalyst
Cabinet provides a platform for retailers to build private-label OTC and Rx medicine programs, covering formulation, sustainable packaging, and supply chain execution, and connects manufacturers to demand.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechCircular EconomyCleantechClimate TechConsumerHealthtechWellness & FitnessWashington, US
Achal Patel(Executive Officer, Director)inRussell Gong(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsARC Angel FundFlucas VenturesFourward VenturesKnockout CapitalMetaplanetPixel Perfect Ventures+2 more
Babba Rivera(Founder)
Co-investorsBackbone AngelsBlack Jays VenturesFemale FoundersNew Theory VenturesTrust FundBeliade+1 more
Myya is an online and in-store service that helps breast cancer survivors find and purchase insurance-covered mastectomy bras and breast forms through certified fitters and a self-guided fit tool.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechWellness & FitnessGlenarden, US
Jasmine Jones(Cofounder)in
Co-investorsBread And Butter Ventures, LlcTechstars
Confetti is an online platform for booking live-hosted virtual team building activities, including seasonal celebrations, wellness sessions, onboarding, learning and development, and DEI events.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsComcast VenturesEntrée CapitalEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)IN VentureGenacast Ventures
Eterneva creates memorial diamonds grown from the cremated ashes of deceased people and pets, offering an interactive process, jewelry collections, and pre-planning options to help families honor loved ones.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerNew MaterialsWellness & FitnessAustin, US
Adelle Archer(Co-founder & CEO)inGarrett Ozar(Co-founder & Co-CEO)in
Co-investorsMark CubanFounder CollectiveKaya VenturesMaiora Rebel VenturesNext Coast VenturesPalm Tree Crew Investments+9 more
Everlywell offers at-home lab testing kits and virtual healthcare services across multiple wellness categories including daily health screening, digestive analysis, sexual health testing, and hormone monitoring.
ConsumerDigital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Julia Cheek(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAnsa CapitalBreyer CapitalCerity Partners VenturesForesite CapitalHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcLux Capital+12 more
Familiar builds an AI video-translation and dubbing model that combines voice cloning and full-face lip-sync in a single system, preserving tone, expressions, and background audio, with support for real-time streams.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US
Mingi Kwon(Founder)inAn Zhu Liu(CEO)inXu Zheng(Founder)inJibin Song(Founder)Sid Sharma(Founder)Vatsal Aggarwal(Founder)
Co-investorsY CombinatorVela PartnersZero IndexAgrolimen VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAustralian Gulf Capital+7 more
Fiveable provides AI-powered exam preparation for AP classes, offering practice questions with automated scoring and personalized study tools for high school students.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechMilwaukee, US
BoardAmanda DoAmaral(Founder)inCraig Schedler(Director)
Co-investorsBBG VenturesMatchstick VenturesOwl VenturesProgressionRezon8 CapitalSerena Ventures+5 more
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Function of Beauty creates customized haircare and beauty products tailored to individual customer specifications using proprietary algorithms and naturally-derived formulas.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceWellness & FitnessNew York City, US
Zahir Dossa(CEO)inHien Kaplan(Chief Scientist)inJoshua Maciejewski(COO)inHien Nguyen(Founder)Jolie Loeble(Chief People Officer)
Co-investorsATEL VenturesBullishEQUIAMNotable CapitalSQN Venture Partners, LLCY Combinator+7 more
Goldbridge is a spend intelligence platform for real estate property owners that identifies and recovers hidden revenue opportunities across property taxes, vendor contracts, utilities, and cash management.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaS
Alvin Salehi(CEO)inGreg Rami(Founder)in
Co-investorsEra VenturesY CombinatorBlast.ClubK50 VenturesKima VenturesPalm Drive Capital+1 more
Pareto develops products and conducts research to improve human-based training signals for machine learning models, supporting a cycle where better models enable humans to accomplish more sophisticated tasks.
AI & Machine LearningData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsMaC Venture CapitalSeabed VCStartXFearless Fund
IndieWild is a direct-to-consumer beauty brand that sells hair care, skincare, and fragrance products including shampoos, conditioners, scalp serums, lip treatments, and perfume mists.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsTrue.Araya VenturesUnilever Ventures
Junzi Kitchen operates fast-casual restaurants serving seasonal Chinese cuisine, including noodle bowls, rice bowls, and salads, with locations at Columbia University in New York and Yale University in Connecticut.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechNew York, US
Yong Zhao(Founder)in
Co-investorsLDR VenturesOutbound VenturesYing Fund
Lettuce Grow sells hydroponic home gardening systems (the Farmstand) along with pre-sprouted living seedlings and accessories, enabling consumers to grow vegetables, greens, herbs, and edible flowers indoors or outdoors.
AgTechConsumerDirect to Consumer
Zooey Deschanel(Cofounder)
Co-investorsGATHER VENTURESStructure Capital
Lite-1 uses microorganisms to biofabricate sustainable pigments and colourants as an alternative to conventional dyes for the fashion, design, and materials manufacturing industries.
BiotechCircular EconomyCleantechNew Materials
Co-investorsTall Grass Ventures
Little Spoon is a direct-to-consumer subscription service delivering organic baby and toddler food, including infant formula, purees (Babyblends), finger foods, cereal, puffs, smoothies, and kids' meals and snacks.
Advanced ManufacturingConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechNew York, US
Lisa Barnett(Founder)inBenjamin J. Lewis(Executive Officer, Director)Anna Sweeting(Director)Montse Suarez(Director)Angela Vranich(Founder)Ben Lewis(Founder)
Co-investorsAurumKairos HQSiddhi CapitalValor Equity PartnersWinklevoss CapitalInterplay Ventures Early Stage Management Llc+1 more
Lovevery designs play products for babies and young children based on child development research and neuroscience.
ConsumerEdTechWellness & FitnessBoise, US
Rod(Co-founder)Jessica Rolph(Founder)inRoderick Morris(Founder)in
Co-investorsCollaborative FundEastward Capital PartnersFounder CollectiveGV (Google Ventures)MaveronReach Capital+3 more
Lovevery sells developmental toy kits for infants and toddlers designed to support learning through play, available in age-specific Mini Kit options for gifting or trial purchases.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceEdTechHealthtech
Jessica(Co-founder)Rod(Co-founder)
Co-investorsEastward Capital PartnersCollaborative FundGV (Google Ventures)MaveronReach Capital
Mappa is a behavioral intelligence platform that extracts over 100,000 vocal markers from short voice samples using a fusion model trained on voice and assessment data, mapping them to validated behavioral traits.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Sarah Lucena(Founder)inDaniel Moretti(Founder)inPablo Bérgolo(Founder)in
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesHustle FundSerac VenturesGeekdom
Aurora develops self-driving technology for autonomous vehicles.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationPittsburgh, US
Chris Urmson(Founder)inDrew Bagnell(Founder)inSterling Anderson(Founder)inRandy R. Reibel(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inStephen Crouch(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)inTrenton Berg(Senior Hardware Engineer (listed as a founder on Crunchbase))in
Co-investorsGeodesic CapitalGreylock PartnersGV (Google Ventures)Index VenturesK9 VenturesKhosla Ventures+19 more
MoldCo is a healthcare technology platform that connects patients with mold-trained providers to diagnose and treat mold illness through virtual care, specialized protocols, and home testing available across the United States.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Ariana Thacker(Founder)
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundCantos VenturesCollaborative FundHarpoon VenturesMoth FundStarship Ventures+1 more
Myya provides insurance-covered post-mastectomy essentials such as mastectomy bras and breast forms, offering coverage verification, direct insurance billing, and fittings with certified mastectomy fitters online or at select boutique locations.
Digital HealthE-commerceFemTech
Co-investorsRevolutionFearless Fund
Pareto builds products and research focused on advancing human-based training signal for AI models, positioning human data as the driver of model improvement in a reinforcing cycle between people and models.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureWilmington, US
Xuechun Yao(Executive Officer, Director)Phoebe Yao(Founder)in
Co-investorsFoothill VenturesMaC Venture CapitalSoma Capital
Parsley Health delivers evidence-based, whole-body functional medicine care through board-certified clinicians trained in functional medicine.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessNew York, US
Robin Berzin(Founder)inDr. Robin Berzin(Founder)
Co-investors7wire VenturesAdvance Venture PartnersAlpha EdisonAmplo VenturesBastien Family OfficeCorewell Health Ventures+17 more
An AI-powered design platform that enables users to create custom stickers, merchandise, posters, and other products by describing their ideas, which the AI then generates with professional typography and layouts.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomySan Francisco, US
Suhail Doshi(Founder)inJavier Buitrago(Technical Recruiter)Justin Lau(COO)
Co-investorsCaffeinated CapitalHumans Of The InternetShrug CapitalY Combinator8VCAmboy Street Ventures+12 more
Proscia provides a digital pathology software platform that converts glass microscope slides into high-resolution digital images for viewing, management, and analysis by pathologists and research teams.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesPhiladelphia, US
David West, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)David West(Founder)inDavid West, Sr.(Executive Officer, Director)Coleman Stavish(Founder)Nathan Buchbinder(Founder)
BoardAlex Niehenke(Director)in
Co-investorsAlpha Intelligence CapitalEmerald Development ManagersFlybridge Capital PartnersFusionGreen Park & Golf VenturesHitachi Ventures+9 more
Rosy is a women's health technology platform that provides women with resources, community support, and research-backed solutions for sexual health concerns.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Lyndsey Harper(Founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsJoyance PartnersMindshift CapitalSocial StartsTrue Wealth VenturesCultivation Capital
TYB is a consumer platform where fans join brand communities to post about products, participate in challenges, and earn coins, collectibles, and rewards.
ConsumerCreator EconomySocialTucson, US
Tyler Haney(Executive Officer, Director)Ty Haney(Founder)inZachary Davies(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRachel Star(Director)Alexander Montgomery(Director)Sean Judge(Director)
Co-investorsFermionUnusual VenturesColor Capital
Unbound designs and sells body-safe vibrators, lubricants, and sexual wellness accessories directly to consumers, alongside building a community around sexual pleasure.
Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFemTechWellness & FitnessNew York City, US
Polly Rodriguez(CEO & Co-Founder)inSarah Jayne Kinney(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsJoyance PartnersOutbound VenturesSocial StartsWayfinder VenturesY Combinator
Justin Pollard(Founder)Polly Rodriguez(Founder)Rajaram Srinivasan(Founder)inSarah Jayne Kinney(Founder)Vignesh Subbiah(Founder)in
Co-investorsCiti VenturesFireside Ventures Advisory LlpFuture Perfect VenturesPantera CapitalPioneerY Combinator
Welbi provides software solutions that enable senior living communities to deliver personalized care to older adults.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHealthtechSaaS
Elizabeth Audette-Bourdeau(Founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsGraphite VenturesThird Act VenturesMaRS Investment Accelerator Fund
Winky Lux is a beauty brand that makes color cosmetics and skincare products, including lip balms and pH-changing color-changing makeup.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Co-investorsBBG VenturesFemale FoundersLunaCap VenturesGranite AsiaNotable Capital
ZZ Driggs offers design, procurement, and logistics services for hospitality, real estate, and residential projects, and sells furniture.
E-commercePropTechBrooklyn, US
Whitney Falk(Director)inBrittany Gage(Director)Matthew Brimer(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsAlante CapitalAlumni VenturesBlue Collective
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Future of Latinx BeautyDomaynLeanorbPlaygroundappSWAAY MediaTap Mango
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Everly Health · forgeglobal.com · Sep 7, 2026
Familiar · ycombinator.com · Aug 14, 2026
Parsley Health · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
Lovevery · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
Proscia · insightpartners.com · Feb 19, 2026
Goldbridge · ycombinator.com · Nov 18, 2025
Moldco · finance.yahoo.com · Sep 18, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has SoGal Ventures made?
- SoGal Ventures has 46 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does SoGal Ventures invest at?
- SoGal Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is SoGal Ventures's typical check size?
- SoGal Ventures typically writes checks of $50K – $500K.
- What sectors does SoGal Ventures focus on?
- SoGal Ventures focuses on Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Digital Health, FemTech, Future of Work, Healthtech, Wellness & Fitness.
- Where is SoGal Ventures located?
- SoGal Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does SoGal Ventures lead rounds?
- SoGal Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does SoGal Ventures co-invest with?
- SoGal Ventures most often shares deals with ATEL Ventures, Breyer Capital, Lux Capital, among 39 tracked co-investors.
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