Backbone Angels

Investing in women and non-binary founders. All the vent sessions with 10 of the country’s best operators.

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

Hello, is this thing on? 🎤

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

Happy International Women's Day from our team! As we celebrate our 3rd anniversary, we are proud to stand with and support the incredible women founders in our portfolio who inspire us every day. Let's continue to fund and empower women to achieve their full potential. #IWD2023

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

@ayeshamas Fair question! We’re currently heads down with our existing portfolio and founders, but stay tuned for another submission window coming in 2023. We hope to hear from you!

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

Hello, is this thing on? 🎤

[NACO Canada 🇨🇦 @NACOCanada]

Announcing the release of our annual report on angel investing in Canada. This 232 page report analyzes Canadian angel investment totaling $262.1 million and features 27 women trailblazers at the forefront #BuiltbyAngels #WomenEntrepreneurs
🇨🇦 https://t.co/bGrpOF83hf

[Konval Matin @konval]

And of course finally meeting @backboneangels founders IRL was a highlight!

Fireside chat with @rachren1 about her journey from designer to founder and the impact of @wethosco. You’ll want to watch her and the team eat the market #designconf

[BetaKit @BetaKit]

.@1Password has hired its first chief legal officer, adding former @Shopify VP and Assistant General Counsel Erin Zipes (@erinjz) to the password management firm's leadership ranks. #CDNtech https://t.co/DiqLaVoo2u

[Rachel Renock @rachren1]

catch me in NYC next week with @konval, an absolute mastermind from @Shopify / @backboneangels and a @wethosco angel investor! by the time we're done with ya you'll be convinced that designers are the next generation of startup founders https://t.co/dZaUZ1zyrK

[Solmaz Shahalizadeh @solmaz_sh]

Congrats to @Preql_ team on their raise to help businesses get real value from their own data! @gabisteele & Leah Weiss are such a focused & experienced team for tackling this!Honoured to see it first hand as an angel along with @amitkarp @BessemerVP & rest of their investors.

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

Congratulations, team @joinwavy !

[BetaKit @BetaKit]

.@joinwavy has raised $2.5 million CAD from @LaconiaCapital, @GarageCapital, @twosmallfishvc, @ArchangelFunds,
@backboneangels, and others to fuel the development of its culture management platform. #CDNtech https://t.co/8Ka1uS0yQO

[BetaKit @BetaKit]

One year after launching @backboneangels the group of current and former @Shopify leaders are proving there is a market for investing in founders who are often overlooked. https://t.co/1xsLMeXXyz

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

Sharing this platform with our portfolio companies. A happy #iwd indeed.

Though we hear through the grapevine we may be seen on televisions across the country this evening. Wish us luck! 🙏🤞🇨🇦

@aratisharma @bunnyghatrora @swati_matta 👏

[Nisha Patel @nishapatel]

On #IWD22, my story about efforts to close the funding gap for female entrepreneurs... Thanks for your thoughts @aratisharma @bunnyghatrora @swati_matta @KimdeLaat
https://t.co/boUqA5n3eD

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

“I will always have a special appreciation for BC tech. It brings me great joy to see us investing here. There’s some strong momentum coming out of the pandemic and as a part of Backbone I plan to play a part in its future success.” @lynseythornton 🇨🇦

[Techcouver @techcouver]

Backbone Angels Celebrates One Year Of Funding And Empowering Women Entrepreneurs ⁦@backboneangels⁩ ⁦@lynseythornton⁩ #IWD #IWD2022 https://t.co/KTycbdX5dI

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

“It really is incredible how many ideas (there are) and people who want to put it all on the line,” Clark said. “It took us weeks to dig out of the first wave of responses and then we got into our groove.” @atleeclark

P.S. we’re hiring!

https://t.co/LqRtctrfdc

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

“It drives me mad when people say, ‘that’s such a nice initiative.’ It's not a nice initiative, there isn’t anything nice about it. We see value there that we think other people haven't seen; if other people want to overlook that value then their loss is our gain” @lynseythornton

[Canadian Tech Journal @cdntechjournal]

��Just one year after launching, the investing collective @backboneangels, who met working at @Shopify, is already looking to increase its impact in 2022: https://t.co/qKKho3rSD9

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

Thank you @megesimpson @BetaKit! 🇨🇦🙏

[Meagan Simpson @megesimpson]

“Turns out, women are still grossly underfunded. We didn’t think it would be a big deal when we launched, but it ended up creating a lot of momentum.” - @aratisharma of @backboneangels

https://t.co/J5WkLlkH28 via @BetaKit

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

“The goal, members of the group told Insider, is to bring opportunity
to those who typically get left out due to implicit biases and lack of
opportunity.”

Thank you for sharing our story, @MadelineLStone @BusinessInsider!

[Madeline Stone @MadelineLStone]

A group of female Shopify employees are using their know-how and "deep pockets" to fund women-led startups with @backboneangels.

They invested $2.3 million in their first year.

https://t.co/6GvGYt6FJB

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

@anna_lambert_ 👋🎤

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

P.S. We’re hiring! https://t.co/vTcybV8FjX

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

On this day last year, we officially launched Backbone Angels to the world. #IWD

With a big mission to help close the funding gap for women founders, we’re proud to share that we’ve backed 42 companies and invested over $2.3M USD in just one year.

[Backbone Angels @backboneangels]

Starting today, we’ll have multiple active submission periods a year where founders can submit their business for Backbone to review and consider investment.

Apply today or share with the women and non-binary founders in your network: https://t.co/QS7D9obZ5V