Investor Type | Firm |
Type of Fund | VC |
Industries | BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Impact • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine) |
Stages | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B |
Investing | Netherlands |
Investment Range | $100,000 - $5,000,000 |
Investment Sweet Spot | $1,500,000 |
Borski Fund is a venture capital firm with a focus on promoting gender equality and diversity by investing primarily in companies that are led by women or have mixed gender teams. They believe diverse teams are more innovative and perform better, based on research evidence. Their investment approach emphasizes reducing the gender gap in the startup ecosystem, where historically, a significant disparity exists in venture capital allocation with a tiny fraction going to mixed or female-led teams. Borski Fund invests across a variety of industries including BioTech, Business Solutions, FinTech, Retail, E-Commerce, Cosmetics, Fashion, IoT, Wearables, CleanTech, A.I., Big Data, HealthTech, Fitness, Food & Beverage, Impact, Medical Devices, Hospital Services, Healthcare, Wellness, and Pharmaceutical Medicine. They provide funding for different stages from Pre-Seed to Series B, with a minimum investment of 100,000 and a maximum of 5,000,000, focusing on a sweet spot of around 1,500,000. Key to their offering is not just the capital but also the value-add through their extensive network and entrepreneurial experience they bring to their portfolio companies. By partnering with Founding partners TheNextWomen and StartGreen Capital, Borski Fund offers a broad range of opportunities and supports for entrepreneurs. This includes access to networks, expertise, and services specifically tailored to the needs of women's businesses and female founders, in line with their 'Smart money' philosophy. Queen Maxima has highlighted the importance of such initiatives for women in business. Borski Fund stresses the necessity of innovation by female entrepreneurs and they work actively to be a natural partner, utilizing their resources to build successful companies with talented women at the helm. They encourage startups and growing businesses led by women or targeting women as customers to reach out for potential capital investments.