Weekly Female Founder Funding Update
Amun, $4 million, Seed, Ophelia Synder, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer
Switzerland-based Amun is a company that wants to make buying crypto as easy as stock. Investors can invest in crypto easily, safely, and in a regulated way on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Round led by BoostVC. (Website)
Fairy Godboss, $10 million Series A, Romy Newman, Georgene Huang, Co-Founders
New York-based, female-focused professional networking platform focused on gender equality. Round funded by Signal Peak Ventures, GSV AcceleraTE. (Website)
Girls Who Code, $3 million, Grant, Reshma Saujani, Founder and CEO
New York-based edtech non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology. Through its Summer Immersion Programs and Clubs, Girls Who Code seeks to provide computer science programming for girls in rural areas. Grant round led by Walmart. (Website)
OOVA, $1 million, Seed, Amy Divaraniya, Co-Founder and CEO
New York-based fertility diagnostic company spun out from Mount Sinai Hospital. Special Situations Life Sciences Innovation Fund led the round. (Website)
Serial Box, $4.5 million, Seed, Molly Barton, CEO and Co-Founder
NYC-based provider of serialized entertainment for readers and listeners. Investors include Forerunner Ventures, Boat Rocker Media and Uzabase. (Website)