In today’s newsletter:

• Seattle Founder Day coming up on March 26th! Join us for a full day of learning, networking and inspiration!

• Fireside Chat: our next insightful investor forum with Jenny Fielding from Everything VC on March 12th. RSVP here.

• Founder programs, resources, grants and accelerators you should know

• Our Latest Funding Report: Check out the startups that got funded this month

• We are on Slack: If you haven’t already, join our exclusive G&W Slack channel here!

• ICYMI: watch our previous fireside chat with Sydney Paige Thomas from Symphonic Capital here.

Graham & Walker is thrilled to bring their most impactful program for women founders to Seattle! Founder Day is a day of high-impact, high-substance programming designed to help early-stage founders meaningfully move their businesses forward.

Select founders will be invited to participate in office hours, where they’ll meet 1-1 with an outstanding slate of mentors – investors, legal experts, and more.

Following Founder Day, you are invited to join us for a panel and reception to meet, mingle and connect with other founders.

Limited seats only. Apply here.

Jenny Fielding is one of the most active pre-seed investors globally, having backed 300+ companies as the first check in. As the co-founder and Managing Partner of Everywhere Ventures, she has built a powerhouse community of 500+ founders and operators investing in the future of money, health, and work.

Before launching her own fund, Jenny spent 7.5 years at Techstars, where she helped shape a portfolio now valued at over $10B. She’s also a 2x founder, a trained lawyer, and an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Cornell Tech.

🔥 Don’t miss this deep dive into early-stage investing, founder communities, and what it takes to build in today’s market.

March 12th, 11a PT/ 2p ET 📍 RSVP here.

Grants

• Boundless Futures Foundation’s grants to businesses are awarded directly to female entrepreneurs who put social impact front and center in their business products or practices. Learn more and apply here by 2/15.

• Main Street Ventures’ funding programs support local entrepreneurs in the idea/prototype and revenue stages with equity free business funding. Learn more and apply here by 2/16.

• Lenovo Evolve Small AI Grant: Applications are now open. Small businesses can apply here by 2/17.

• In celebration of Black History Month, Citi Trends is acknowledging Black entrepreneurs that are making history in their community today. Calling all the best & brightest Black changemakers to apply here by 2/28.

• This article from First Round Review outlining How to Nail Founder-Led Sales is full of fantastic tactics from founders and growth experts who have gone from $0-$5M.

• Duolingo’s handbook: how this successful company was built while sustaining it’s quirky culture

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• More Cloud Credits! Founders in our community are now eligible for even more Cloud credits thanks to our partnership with AWS Activate program. Build, experiment, and scale with up to $25k in AWS Activate cloud credits. Apply here and use our unique and org id 8ipK4. Only FFA founders are eligible for these benefits.

Find our latest and greatest G&W Founder Benefits here to get your hands on the exclusive partner perks available to our founder community!

• Hinge Bio, a privately-held biotechnology company, announced the closing of a $30M Series A’ financing led by Point72. Joining Point72 are Ridgeback Capital, InVivium Capital, and Lightswitch Capital, and others.

• Hone Health, a leading telehealth clinic specializing in preventative and proactive longevity care, announced that it completed a $33M Series A funding round with participation by Tribe Capital, PIF, Republic Capital, Vibe VC, Humbition, Hanwha, Gaingels, Looking Glass Capital, FJ Labs, and Agent Capital.

• Delfina Care Inc. (Delfina), a healthcare technology company solving the maternal health crisis with an AI-powered care system, announced the successful close of its $17M Series A funding round led by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) including participation from new investors ARTIS Ventures, Mayo Clinic, and Tokio Marine Future Fund. Delfina’s existing investors also participated in the round, including Story Ventures, SemperVirens, Bread and Butter Ventures, Boutique Ventures, and Chelsea Clinton’s Metrodora Ventures.

(…Continue reading the Funding Report on the blog)

Catch up on February’s fireside chat with Sydney Paige Thomas where she shares her journey that led to starting Symphonic Capital, her passion for their thesis and why she believes one can be a successful VC fund that also creates lasting impact.

We invest in deeply human problems, especially in the areas of health, work and caretaking. If you’re an early stage woman-founded tech company in North America ready to change the world, we want to meet you.

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