Beyond The Billion®

Launched as The Billion Dollar Fund for Women. World’s first and largest consortium of VCs +LPs investing beyond $1Bn into women-founded cos.

[Beyond The Billion® @beyondbillion]

This just in: VC activity declined fr all-time highs in 2021. Still, female founders in 2022 are proving resilient in the face of a much more challenging and volatile market, according to our @PitchBook-BTB Female Founders in the U.S. VC Ecosystem report. https://t.co/Jrv8KprY4o

[ArcticStartup @arcticstartup]

A Panel and Q&A: "Driving Returns Through Diversity", with Sarah Chen-Spellings, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of @beyondbillion; Mohadeseh Abdullahi, Investor at @MoltenVentures; and Ramzi Rafih, Founder and General Partner of @NoLabelVC. #Arctic15Helsinki2023 #Arctic15

[Beyond The Billion® @beyondbillion]

When @KendraScott said that one thing she loved about Austin was how the community supported its entrepreneurs, the proof was right there in the room! Fantastic to be in convo with committed, thoughtful investors alongside our partner @BrownAdvisory

#investinwomen

[Beyond The Billion® @beyondbillion]

Join us @KendraScott @ImanAbuzeid @JoinIncredible @BrownAdvisory in a conversation about the current market outlook, and how women are changing the face of innovation.

RSVP for a fab evening with fellow funders and founders in Austin 16th May!
#venturecapital #femalefounders

[Beyond The Billion® @beyondbillion]

Wrapping up Women's History Month this year by welcoming our new fund partner @AjimCapital!

Led by @euniceajim we are excited for how her investments will continue to capitalize on the market opportunity Sub-Saharan Africa presents.

#investments #africa #venturecapital

[Shelly Porges @shellyporges]

Brava, Anne, for this post. As partners of Pitchbook’s report, we at @beyondbillion want to add that this awful fact is despite women continuing to outperform per dollar invested with earlier exits and higher valuations. #investinwomen #drivereturnsthroughdiversity #createalpha

[Sarah Chen-Spellings @SarahChenGlobal]

2/I'm often asked: where do we see women faring well in? Is it beauty and fashion?

We see women innovating across the board, with notable scale in everything from drone technology to data/AI/ML!

Notably in SEA: E-commerce + Fintech take up the lion share.

[Beyond The Billion® @beyondbillion]

The best way to support women?
Write that check.
Invest in them.

Our global consortium of funds celebrate International Women's Day everyday— by doing the hard work.

Follow us and join our journey Beyond The Billion!

#femalefounders #diversitydrivereturns #femalefunders

[Beyond The Billion® @beyondbillion]

Coming together around #womenledinnovation is always a good idea!

Great to have fellow investors at our exclusive Billion Dollar Brunch hosted by our co-founder @shellyporges & @SankariStudios in California on the sidelines of the recent #WomeninVC Summit at Half-Moon Bay.

[Sarah Chen-Spellings @SarahChenGlobal]

132 years.

That’s the amount of time @wef predicts we will need before we close the gender gap.

We don’t have time to wait to invest in women-led innovation; because we need ALL our talents focused on the biggest challenges ahead of us including the climate crisis. H/T to my co-founder @shellyporges on keeping us focused on women driving & finding climate tech we need!

@beyondbillion #WEF23 #YGL23

[Shelly Porges @shellyporges]

Brava, @aileenlee! We at @beyondbillion salute your success with half your portfolio led by female founders/co-founders and a third who are BIPOC. Cowboy Ventures goes bigger with $260M across two new funds, including an opportunity fund https://t.co/jbT5THAR66 via @techcrunch

[Beyond The Billion® @beyondbillion]

And that's $76 million done 🙌

Woman-Owned Buoyant VC Closes $76 Million VC Fund to Spur Climate Tech, Backers of Chicago-based Buoyant include the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund and Bank of America

https://t.co/kEe68r3oDv

#economy #venturecapital #climate #femalefunders

[Beyond The Billion® @beyondbillion]

Congratulations to our Global Advisory Council Member, Cheryl Alston, Executive Director and CIO @DallasErf on being named as one of the Dallas 500 for 2023 by @DCEOmagazine, for trailblazing the path for so many others and role-modelling leadership!

#Dallas500 #DCEO #DMagazine

[Beyond The Billion® @beyondbillion]

As women continue to build their wealth, with the biggest transfer of wealth already happening to millennials and baby boomer wives- we will see women leveraging their check to change the landscape.
Check out our latest feat. of our consortium @NikkeiAsia
https://t.co/h6jE7CnfWI

[Sarah Chen-Spellings @SarahChenGlobal]

"Women never had the same privileges and access the way that a lot of men had. We believe that capital is the nexus where power lies.”
We @beyondbillion proud to support @NikkeiAsia #WomenandWealth series feat. our partner funds & founders driving returns.
https://t.co/lLQWv43Hg2

[Beyond The Billion® @beyondbillion]

Symba is an all-in-one platform, invested into by our partner fund @1517fund @dstrachman that helps organizations streamline the management of their talent dev programs. The tech startup has designed >5k talent devel experiences to-date for customers like Robinhood, Genentech!

[Beyond The Billion® @beyondbillion]

"We are met with harsh lines of questioning that assume our business will fail or even dismiss our success. In one case, we were told that our traction growing from $0 to >$1M ARR in a year was lucky. Obviously, it takes a lot more than luck!" @symba_io

#femalefounders

[Beyond The Billion® @beyondbillion]

We could not agree more Symba! Women are so often told they're "lucky" and belittled in so many ways, including being told their startups are "cute" or "good projects". And yet, women continue to outperform and deliver.

[We Don't Have Time @WeDontHaveTime]

Join us listen to Shelly Porges, Co-founder and Managing Partner at @beyondbillion speaking about how their fund contributes to climate solutions while promoting gender diversity investments.
Watch live #COP27 on @WeDontHaveTime: https://t.co/GfqABsiA5w
#WeCanDoIt #WeDontHaveTime

[Beyond The Billion® @beyondbillion]

Unicorn now valued at $1.35Bn, @mavenclinic raises $90 Million!

Now that's a headline we like — amid a market downturn, startups shakeup. Congrats Kate & our partner fund @Portfolia1 that invested in her! This round's investors incl @generalcatalyst, @sequoia.
#femalefounders

[Kimberly Gire @KimberlyGire]

The Power of Women’s Collective Giving: #democratizephilanthropy @ReykjavikGlobal @YouTube👇link #collectively #womenleaders can co-design & future-proof giving by women for women #millionsmovingbillions @GlobalWomenLdrs @avpn_asia @beyondbillion @FrancescaDonner