a venture capital fund accelerating the success of female-founded consumer brands

 

Did you know that 80% of our investors are women?

We think that’s something to smile about!

Why female founders?

Investing in women makes good business sense!

Female-founded businesses are chronically underfunded and consistently over-performing. This isn’t charity or philanthropy; these are simply great investment opportunities.

Why female consumers?

Because they control the money!

85% of all consumer purchases in the U.S. are made by women. We believe that women are best suited to create the products and solutions that other women want and need.

The Curate Capital difference

Capital meets connections and community!

We’re shaking up the traditional VC model! We’ve activated a new demographic of investors who are eager to support our companies in their purchasing power and social influence. Together, our goal is to amplify your message and mission and accelerate your success.

Meet Carrie Colbert

I never planned to start a venture capital fund, but here we are!

Early in my career, all my choices were pragmatic in nature — study engineering, work in oil and gas, and get my MBA. 

But after almost twenty years in the energy industry, I had the chance of a lifetime: to step away from what I had always done and create my dream job! Very organically, I started connecting with female founders and became passionate about helping them build their businesses.

For five years, I invested my own personal capital into female-founded businesses.

In doing so, I had so much fun, had such great success, and kept getting such amazing deal flow that it only made sense to start a fund to do more of the same.

15

companies funded to date

$12M+

dollars invested to date

>10M

followers in our social influencer network

Having fun while makin’ money moves

We take seriously the shepherding of our investors’ dollars + the privilege of partnering with our female founders

What the numbers are saying

 

45%

Percent of US businesses
that are started by women

2%

Percent of venture capital that
went to female-founders

85%

Percent of purchasing decisions that
are made by women

What people are saying

 

“I am so incredibly proud and honored to have Curate Capital on my cap table, as my lead investor. Our consumer is 94% female, and partnering with an investor who not only empathizes with her, but knows what she wants, how she shops, what problems she has, is mission critical for us as we're expanding.”

— Sabeena Ladha / DEUX