Sofia Fund
@SofiaFund
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Investing in Exceptional, Women-Led Growth Businesses since 1998. We go beyond parity - we're no ordinary angels.
Minneapolis, MN
Joined December 2017
25 years of successfully investing in and supporting women entrepreneurs! https://t.co/y03aUwVt5R
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Sofia Fund is a venture firm that invests in and grows exceptional women-led companies – those with strong leaders and highly compelling business models that are scalable and meet a market need – to...
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Need back to school quality kids clothes??... Check out the @kidizen marketplace. #womenentrepreneurs
https://t.co/1nleHoitrW
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Kidizen is a peer-to-peer marketplace for pre-loved kid stuff. And Kidizen helps parents keep up with their kids' constantly changing needs – from the next size to the next style to the next season...
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Heat-related illnesses and global temperatures are on the rise. The question is, “What are we doing about it?” Learn more about the cost of heat stress and the prevention strategies you can implement in the workplace. #climatech #wearables #heatstress
https://t.co/1E78N7Mif3
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How significant are the differences in cost between preventing and treating heat-related illnesses?
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Congratulations to @joylindsaymn , @SofiaFund founding partner, for being named @UMN Entrepreneur of the Year.. recognizing her for being a trail blazing woman investor in early stage companies. https://t.co/MzXpOouZyL
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Cathy Connett https://t.co/eHnsa9e3HK via @tcbmag We are excited to share @TCBmag By All Means Podcast featuring the Fund & its co-founder Cathy Connett. We have been investing in women led startups since 1998 & continue to invest in & support this underrepresented community.
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She left a corporate career to start one of the first angel investment funds with a focus on women, who were being left out of deals.
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Tilt, a leader in helping companies improve their employee's experiences with a tech powered, human centric leave management platform, honored by Angel Capital Association with Luis Villobos Award for innovation. Congrats! #entrepreneurs #angelinvestors
https://t.co/SNafuDiLU2
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Atlantic City, NJ (May 19, 2022) – Recognizing the most ingenious and innovative ideas recently financed by members of the Angel Capital Association, the prestigious Luis Villalobos Award was...
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#FemaleFounders... Minnesota leads! Over last 3 years, 22% percent of funding rounds went to female founded companies, which pulled in 21% of total investment. These Are The Leading And Lagging States For Female-Founded Startups https://t.co/A0X7z7luyH via @crunchbasenews
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Female-founded companies account for less than one-fourth of venture funding recipients in every U.S. state with a startup scene.
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Great opportunity to ask questions and learn more about how investors think!
VC Office Hours Series starts 4/13! Forge North's investor community aims to provide an open door to the #MN startup community w/monthly office hours where members of the startup ecosystem can sign up & chat with a local venture investor. Register here >
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Congratulations @kenzeninc ! Enhancing the #security on this key #healthandsafety platform for employees in heat environments.
We're proud to have been awarded our SOC 2 security accreditation taking our platform security to the next level. Kenzen is committed to #security and #privacy, especially as we're working with industries such as the government and the military. https://t.co/spk9UEE3NO
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Awesome PPE device for Heat Health and Safety....Big flex, @kenzeninc is 4th place in #Webbys People’s Voice. RT + VOTE:
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"To account for individual factors to improve safety and performance during work in the heat, wearable physiological status monitoring has been proposed in the occupational setting." And that's where @kenzeninc comes in! #construction #IoT #Sustainability From @connectedworld:
.@kenzeninc has equipped construction workers with sensors to assess core body temperature, sweat rate, and exertion https://t.co/SjO06fdkis
#construction #IoT #sustainability #futureofwork #infrastructure #COVID19
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Leading the way in 1998 to not only fund women led businesses but also to get women investors involved in this asset class #femalefounders #womenentrepreneurs #AngelInvestor
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Twin Cities Business magazine has named Sofia Fund CEO, Cathy Connett to its 2021 list of Notable Leaders in Private Equity, Investment Banking and Venture Capital List in their Dec/Jan issue.
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Proud to support portfolio company @stormsensorinc in continuing their growth helping municipalities & others manage flooding & climatechange impacts. StormSensor raises $10M for rain management tech amid severe flooding across the world https://t.co/HKGA2wnj1W via @GeekWire
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Heavy November rains repeatedly flooded areas of Washington and British Columbia. Floods in Bellingham, Wash. led to road closures on Nov. 28. (Photo
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Congratulations to @joylindsaymn for receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award for her work with tehnology companies and her support of the entreprneurial community! #femalefounders #investors #VentureCapital
https://t.co/LCa0L20iXs
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MINNNEAPOLIS (Nov. 17, 2021) – Sofia Fund, the angel investment firm focused exclusively on women-led companies, announces that its partner, long-term investor Joy Lindsay, has received the Lifetime...
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Congrats as @CogRx completes an IPO and @ExplORerSurg joins GHX as they continue their growth. These diverse teams with women founders are making a difference in the world! #FemaleFounders #entrepreneurs
https://t.co/5bpvSU7FDV
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Excited to see our portfolio companies move forward in their business journey. Amazing #womenentrepreneurs .... Susan Catalano (Cognition Therapeutics, Inc.) and Jennifer Fried (Explorer Surgical)...
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Another successful exit for Sofia portfolio co. as Explorer Surgical is acquired by GHX. Opportunity for Explorer's continued growth as part of GHX's focus on high quality systems for patient care through advanced technology. #womenentrepreneurs
https://t.co/PhwQxZaX7a
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Women-led biopharmaceutical company @CogRx goes public on Oct 8 (CGTX). Congratulations to this innovative team addressing age-related degenerative diseases like #Alzheimer. Proud to be a long time investor in your work! #FemaleFounders
https://t.co/RsiTPnU54p
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In 2020, Bim Bam Boo's annual revenue grew over 900% to over $2.5 million as it expanded its retail presence to 850 stores nationwide.
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In 2020, Bim Bam Boo's annual revenue grew over 900% to over $2.5 million as it expanded its retail presence to 850 stores nationwide.
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Shout out to @MEDC for helping us grow. Every. Step. Of. The. Way. #michiganbusiness
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Alchemie creates innovative and intuitive digital learning technologies for students, and makes those tools accessible and affordable for students everywhere.
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Excited that @oculogica 's Eyebox, a FDA approved eye-tracking concussion detector, is now avaialbale at the Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology. https://t.co/wH39aqKHjM
#femalefounder #concussion #MedTech #Neurology
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Sofia Fund portfolio company Oculogica signs on one of the largest neurology clinics in the U.S. to use its device. Read the full article here.
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