Female Founder Fund

2% of Venture Capital went to women in 2017. We aim to change that.

We're running the xx accelerator for 6 formidable female founders in STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering and Math).  

We imagine the program to be like Y Combinator over a decade ago: very early-stage, small, intimate, and with a ruthless focus on building product and talking to users.  We hope the women accepted to xx will 'graduate' to YC next. 

We believe there are thousands of potentially strong female founders that - with just a few nudges and the right person to inspire them - can be set on a path to create amazing startups. We will do everything we can to help them discover that path over three months.

We will also concentrate on finding female founders outside of Silicon Valley, who can benefit the most from being immersed in the culture here.

We believe the best way to fund more women-led startups is to inspire more strong women that this is a option, by helping them at the very start.