Community Newsletter #42
A window into the world of women in startups
In today's newsletter:
Upcoming Events: Fireside chat with Sydney Paige Thomas, Symphonic Capital in February and Jenny Fielding, Everything VC in March
Funding Report: See which startups recently raised capital
Portfolio Spotlight: Eve Lise Mamane, Co-Founder and CRO, Agave Health
Jobs Board: Work for a G&W portfolio company
Fireside chat with Sydney Paige Thomas from Symphonic Capital
Join us next month for an inspiring chat with Sydney Paige Thomas, founder of Symphonic Capital, a VC firm closing health and wealth access gaps for underserved communities.
With 20 years of expertise, Sydney has helped build $100M+ companies and scaled one of Silicon Valley’s first Pre-Seed funds, overseeing 400+ investments and $200M+ in assets. Don’t miss her insights on building impactful ventures.
👉 RSVP here.
Funding Report
Culina Health, a clinical nutrition care digital platform, announced raising $7.9M in a Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to USD 20 million. The round was spearheaded by Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst, with additional participantatiomn from Rethink Impact, Collab Capital, Collide Capital, Vamos Ventures, Tensility Venture Partners, Cake Ventures, and Graham & Walker.
Twelve Labs, a video understanding company, announced that three of the world's leading infrastructure providers, Databricks, SK Telecom, and Snowflake Ventures, as well as HubSpot Ventures and In-Q-Tel (IQT) have each made a significant investment totalling $30M in strategic investment in the company.
Bedrock Energy, a geothermal heating and cooling startup, announced a $12M Series A led by Titanium Ventures. Energy Impact Partners and Sustainable Future Ventures joined alongside existing investors Wireframe Ventures, Overture Ventures, Toba Capital, Elemental Impact, First Star Ventures, and Cantos.
Overland AI, a company developing advanced autonomy for uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs), announced a $32M Series A funding round to accelerate the adoption of its ground capabilities for defense and national security. This funding round was led by 8VC, with participation from Point72 Ventures, Overmatch Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Ascend, Osage University Partners, and Caprock.
Raspberry AI, a New York-based generative AI platform for fashion creatives, has raised $24M in Series A funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Greycroft, Correlation Ventures, MVP Ventures, and angel investors including Gokul Rajaram and Ken Pilot.
(…Continue reading the Funding Report on the blog)
Portfolio Spotlight for the month: Eve Lise Mamane, Agave Health
Read the whole article on the G&W Blog here.
G&W Portfolio Companies Hiring
ItsElectric, a revolutionary company that provides curbside charging for electric vehicles is looking for a Project Designer (Hybrid). Learn more and apply here.
Twelve, a Financial Management for Churches is hiring their Founding Engineer [Full Stack]. Learn more about the role and how to apply here.