As a female-led and majority female-run VC, today and every day we celebrate women.

Even though it is not part of our investment mandate to select female founders, we believe talent can come from anywhere, and we’re emphatic about casting a wide net to meet potential founders of all types. And as of last month female-led companies make up 45% of Sputnik ATX’s portfolio.

Here’s how 5 Sputnik-backed, woman led early stage startups began and how they’re growing today.

HOW SHE STARTED, HOW IT’S GOING:

A New Home for Fitness: how Sylvia Kampshoff started her business offering personalized fitness training on demand, then pivoted during the pandemic

Channelling Growth in 2021: how Maryna Burushkina is solving the marketer’s great time suck with Growth Channel

Beauty Means Business: how April and Nikki Dominguez’s Handsome App empowered the Beauty industry to growth through community during COVID-19

IN HER OWN WORDS

My Next Chapter: Moving on from Black Women Talk Tech : how Lauren Washington started Fundr.AI after founding her first company

Learning to Humanize Tech: how Alex Porter and Tim Porter started MOD Tech Labs and how they learned to succeed in the early days during Sputnik ATX.

Here’s to the strong, bright women we’ve backed and many more to come! Learn more about our 15 female led investments at https://www.sputnikatx.com/startup-investment-portfolio