Our $60M Fund II will back overlooked founders building for the Polycultural Future of America, based on our own proprietary research into how Americans perceive identity and their biggest needs. The findings are surprising…read the full report here:

We’re proud to announce our new $60M Fund II to invest in overlooked founders building for the Polycultural Future of America in health, work, financial security, climate & the underserved consumer. Check out @_emmahinchliffe hot off the press story here:

Friday thoughts on the Future of Work for small and medium sized businesses: Did you know that 33M SMBs represent 99% of all businesses in the US? SMBs are the backbone of business in the US and represent a huge market opportunity... read more:

We have some thoughts on how to make this happen: https://t.co/hTI5PDu62E If you are a founder building in this arena or an investor who shares a similar interest, say hi.

It also forces us to rethink retirement and enable a “third act” for seniors, one where they can keep learning, keep earning, keep socially-engaged and contributing to the nation’s economic growth.

We've been busy delving into a new take on the Future of Work for a very underserved segment of the population: Boomers. By 2030, the entire Boomer population will have hit retirement age and Americans 65+ will outnumber those under 18. This has huge implications for the economy.

Come walk with us in SF during #SFClimateWeek and share what you're building in climate tech! https://t.co/kncm2JlJ9i @healthycarioca

Love to bust a stereotype: the top 5 categories female founders are building start-ups in 2022? Biotech, software, AI, healthcare, fintech. Not a surprise to me, but great reading the data from @bbgventures showing the move away from consumer over 8y:

BBGV March newsletter dropped today ft. our thoughts on the future of work. Sign up for our newsletter on our website: https://t.co/FDPiR3cvOL

We recently took a look back at the macro impacts of COVID & how it's shaping the future of work– check out @smlyne & @healthycarioca's report, and pitch us if you're a founder building in this space. https://t.co/xKgz4qOAUt

We 100% agree. Tactical advice & value > everything

Such a valuable morning with @BBGVentures @ClaireBiernacks and @PerkinsCoieLLP talking term sheet tear down!

A record high of 2M new cancer diagnoses are expected in '24. Making us question whether consumption of ultra-processed food and obesity are contributing to the rise....👀🥗=💊 research continues!

If you’re a female founder solving a big problem, whether it's B2B, B2B2C (or B2C!) -- reach out, we’d love to meet you! 📩hello@bbgv.com

As we reported, a larger portion of BBGV Fund III’s MOIC is driven by B2B vs. B2C. Our data and @pitchbook’s shows female founders continue to solve real world problems that impact millions at scale via increasingly B2B & tech focused companies.

This is in line with our 2022 research showing top categories for FF as biotech, software, AI and healthcare - AND aligned with where co’s started by FF are exiting -- the top categories we identified for acquisitions >$100M were biotech, healthcare and software.

As noted, female founders continue to build in the arenas that are getting the highest level of VC funding, which are often B2B rather than B2C; for female-only founders the largest vertical is software, for female & male, B2B services

A few takeaways on the sectors where female founders are building and how they align with where we’re focusing:

We were excited to see that the top verticals for VC investment in female-founded cos in @PitchBook's VC Female Founder Year in Review were B2B services, software and pharma & bio -- along the lines of those we called out in our post last year:

We're excited about Personal AI's MODEL-2 and invested in their seed round because we saw the promise of personal (aka small, personal language models) in AI. We think about this as personal intelligence versus general intelligence– and that's the future of AI for individuals.