# The W Fund: portfolio, investments and team > The W Fund is a vc firm based in United States. 9 investments on record, latest Apr 2023. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/w-fund (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # The W Fund Last cheque observed Apr 2023. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email VC firm Quiet Pre-seed Seed Series A Underestimated Founders Woman-lead Female Founder Follow The W Fund and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fw-fund) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 9 on record Since the last cheque **1297** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$4.3M** Cheque size, as they say **$400K – $1.0M** Rounds led **0 of 9** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 89%** Pitch The W Fund ## The W Fund highlights - 01 9 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 89% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $1.5M ## What they do > We have a singular focus on fueling the startup ecosystem, aggregating capital, and deploying funds to incredible startups solving the biggest problems and driving the future of tech. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $400K – $1.0M as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** Underestimated Founders Woman-lead Female Founder - **Based in:** New York, United States - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **9 appearances** - **2023** 1 round - **Apr** **[Vivid Machines Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivid-machines-inc)** Seed · CA · Tall Grass Ventures **$4.3M** With 9 others - **2017** 2 rounds - **Jul** **[Cyrus Biotechnology](https://millionrounds.com/company/cyrus-biotechnology)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$8.0M** With 2 others - **Apr** **[Wibotic](https://millionrounds.com/company/wibotic)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.5M** With 4 others - **2015** 4 rounds - **Sept** **[AnswerDash](https://millionrounds.com/company/answerdash)** Seed · US **$2.9M** With 4 others - **Aug** **[VICIS](https://millionrounds.com/company/vicis)** Seed · US **$1.5M** Sole investor - **May** **[CSATS](https://millionrounds.com/company/csats)** Venture · US **$2.5M** With 3 others - **May** **[Cyrus Biotechnology](https://millionrounds.com/company/cyrus-biotechnology)** Seed · US **$850K** With 1 other - **2013** 2 rounds - **Dec** **[Qazzow](https://millionrounds.com/company/qazzow)** Series A · US **$2.4M** With 4 others - **Apr** **[BEAT BioTherapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/beat-biotherapeutics)** Seed · US · businesswire.com **$2.5M** With 1 other An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team We hold **4** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **5** of 6 we have independently watched raise [Bluefever](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-fever)[Ellevest](https://millionrounds.com/company/ellevest)[Haloo](https://millionrounds.com/company/haloo)[Shiru](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiru)[Simplifyber](https://millionrounds.com/company/simplifyber) Getlifesaver Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$4.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.5M** Led 0 of 9 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $400K – $1.0M - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** Apr 2023 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *6* - Series A said *2* - Venture *1* - Pre-seed said *-* - Series B said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2013 2023 Often in the room with - [Washington Research Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/washington-research-foundation) 3 - [Summit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/summit-capital) 2 - [Voyager Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/voyager-capital) 2 **Pitching The W Fund?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as The W Fund. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Washington Research Foundation** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/washington-research-foundation)[**Summit Capital** Family office **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/summit-capital)[**Voyager Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/voyager-capital) ## Recently backed The latest companies The W Fund put money into. [**Cyrus Biotechnology** $8.0M · Jul 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/cyrus-biotechnology)[**Wibotic** $2.5M · Apr 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/wibotic) ## Quick answers about The W Fund ### What does The W Fund invest in? The W Fund invests most often at Seed and Series A (89% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Underestimated Founders, Woman-lead and Female Founder. ### How active is The W Fund? 9 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2023. ### What has The W Fund invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Vivid Machines Inc. (Seed, Apr 2023), Cyrus Biotechnology (Series A, Jul 2017) and Wibotic (Seed, Apr 2017). ### How big are The W Fund's cheques? The median round it joins is $4.3M. It says it writes cheques of $400K to $1.0M. ### Does The W Fund lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 9 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does The W Fund invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (89%) and Canada (11%). ### Is The W Fund investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2023. ### Who does The W Fund invest alongside? Most often Washington Research Foundation (3 rounds together), Summit Capital (2 rounds together) and Voyager Capital (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=w-fund) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=w-fund)