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Golden Seeds Closes On $26.5 Million For Second Venture Capital Fund

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Golden Seeds closed its second fund with $26.5 million in committed capital for investments in early stage, high growth companies across technology, life sciences and consumer goods, among other sectors.

Golden Seeds has eight portfolio companies:

  • AboutOne – online household management system
  • Cognition Therapeutics – drug discovery for Alzheimer’s disease
  • Hatsize – cloud-based training and demonstrations of complex technologies
  • LARK – sleep system that helps you wake better, and sleep better too
  • Open Road Integrated Media – digital publisher and multimedia content company
  • RuMe – manufacturer and distributor of fair trade reusable fashion items
  • Style for Hire – national network of personal stylists trained by celebrity Stacy London
  • TextureMedia – social media platform connecting the textured hair community

Golden Seeds Fund 2 invests in women entrepreneurs where one woman in the C-Suite with significant equity meets the definition. “Typically, our companies have a woman founder and CEO, but truly it is gender diversity we are investing in,” said Stephanie Hanbury-Brown, Managing Director and Golden Seeds’ Founder.

Golden Seeds is an investment firm focused on women entrepreneurs. Golden Seeds has four primary operations: An Angel Forum consisting of over 230 men and women investors (the fourth largest in the US), a growing family of Venture Capital funds, an educational Academy, and a Private Equity business.

 

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