Gaingels

Gaingels is a venture capital investment firm founded in 2014 and based in Burlington, Vermont. It specializes in investing in companies led by LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders across various stages of growth, as well as in established firms aiming to create more inclusive teams. With a global portfolio of over 130 companies and $70 million in investment capital deployed, Gaingels actively supports its portfolio by helping to identify and recruit diverse talent for leadership roles. The firm fosters a vibrant community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who are united in their mission to drive positive social change through business and successful investments.

Marc Baum

Investor

Jesse Curran

Principal

Ashley Flucas

Venture Partner

Max Frenkel

General Partner

Todd Havill

Research Operations and Principal, Investment

Surya Jayaweera

Angel Investor

Jennifer Jeronimo

CEO and General Partner

Jake Prigoff

General Partner

Peter Steinberg

General Partner

Alexandra Tanner

Investor

Lorenzo Thione

General Partner

Past deals in Social Network

Invisible Universe

Series A in 2022
Invisible Universe is an internet-first animation studio that develops original character IP on social media and web3 platforms. Its mission is to create the next household name animated franchises faster and more economical than traditional models. We believe the next generation of animated franchises will be born on the internet.

Invisible Universe

Seed Round in 2022
Invisible Universe is an internet-first animation studio that develops original character IP on social media and web3 platforms. Its mission is to create the next household name animated franchises faster and more economical than traditional models. We believe the next generation of animated franchises will be born on the internet.

Fama

Series B in 2022
Fama is an AI-based solution that identifies and offers an opportunity to address problematic behavior among potential hires and current employees by analyzing publicly available online information. This type of content can ultimately lead to brand risk and toxic culture, and is often missed in the hiring and management process.

Happl

Seed Round in 2021
The community-building and wellbeing platform for the modern workforce

Fable

Series A in 2021
Fable Group, Inc. owns and operates a platform, which delivers a social experience with stories in the service of mental wellness. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

NewtonX

Series B in 2021
NewtonX, Inc. is an online marketplace that operates as a B2B market research company, founded in 2016 and based in New York. It connects professional services firms and financial institutions with senior professionals, particularly in the fields of corporate, management consulting, and investment. The company uses advanced technologies, including the NewtonX Graph and a machine learning-based Matching Algorithm, to facilitate real-time access to expert knowledge. This platform enables users to conduct large-scale quantitative surveys, qualitative interviews, and long-term consultations, while also offering customized research plans. By leveraging its sophisticated algorithm, NewtonX provides clients with instant access to verified business expertise, enhancing their ability to gather insights and make informed decisions.

Jet Media Network

Seed Round in 2021
Jet Media Network operates a media platform focused on creating customized digital destinations for high-profile athletes and celebrities. The company emphasizes data-driven strategies to develop next-generation media networks that empower communities. By providing tailored mobile experiences, Jet Media Network facilitates direct connections between athletes, celebrities, and their fans, fostering engagement and interaction.

Groundfloor

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Operator of design-led clubhouses intended to offer practical spaces for leisure activities. The company gives access to facilities and spaces with the power of design and community to bring people together in events, enabling members to aid and elevate work, social life as well as leisure.

Chptr

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a memorialization platform designed to create lasting legacies for the ones they love and for their stories to inspire generations to come. The company features the ability to let users hand-pick personality traits and interests, and send questionnaires to family and friends so they can contribute their memories, enabling individuals to tell stories about their special ones and memorialize every part of their world.

Scopio

Venture Round in 2021
Scopio, LLC is an image search engine and licensing platform that focuses on trending images and videos from social media. Established in 2015 and headquartered in New York, the company utilizes artificial intelligence to facilitate the discovery and licensing of user-generated content. Its platform allows businesses, brands, non-governmental organizations, and live events to access a vast library of authentic and diverse photos, enabling them to customize messages and build their visual content libraries. Additionally, Scopio streamlines the copyright process for these images and videos, making it easier for users to search, license, publish, and analyze visual content sourced from social media.

MealMe

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a food delivery platform designed to find the various food options available through social media. The company's platform uses artificial intelligence to show various restaurants with recommendations based on preference, and at the same time, the delivery time of the different providers can be compared along with booking and reservation features, enabling users to save money and follow other foodies and restaurants.

Whatifi

Convertible Note in 2021
Whatifi provides a new way to watch movies on your phone with friends. Whatifi unlocks the ability to discuss, debate and decide what happens next in the movies you watch with friends and family, offering dozens of plotlines, character arcs, and endings.

Yaza

Pre Seed Round in 2021
We are a mission-driven PBC creating tools for the truthful and secure exchange of information through video. We developed a technology we call Certified Reality(tm) which authenticates the time and place of each video and prevents tampering. Our solution is as simple as it is foolproof: tethered content. Our first application is yaza, a map-based video storytelling app that realtors use to record immersive home and neighborhood tours. The authenticity of these narrated tours builds trust with remote buyers and helps realtors sell more homes. It is a realtor-centric market network that combines the viral nature of social messaging with a marketplace that becomes defensible at scale due to network effects. Trends in e-commerce point to the rise of social selling and market networks, where trusted friends or influencers guide purchases rather than star ratings by strangers. The real estate market invented social selling, with Realtors being the original influencers. Yet, ironically, most proptech business models count on cutting realtors out. Yaza is different. We put realtors front and center, a unique approach that is winning praise from customers and industry press alike. ( www.yaza.io/press ) Beyond the experience of our team, our secret sauce is the aforementioned Certified Reality. It has enabled new use cases around remote property management and allows us to reach international buyers and properties, currently untapped by existing proptech leaders. Try yaza free on the App Store here: http://bit.ly/yazaApp

MealMe

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a food delivery platform designed to find the various food options available through social media. The company's platform uses artificial intelligence to show various restaurants with recommendations based on preference, and at the same time, the delivery time of the different providers can be compared along with booking and reservation features, enabling users to save money and follow other foodies and restaurants.

Sēkr

Seed Round in 2021
Sēkr develops an app called The Vanlife App, which helps every road traveler find their way to free camping, resources, and outdoor community. The Vanlife App guides travelers to their next best adventure with the its social features that allow them to find and connect with other travelers nearby and detailed user reviews.

Pico

Venture Round in 2021
Pico is a company that designs and develops audience relationship management software solutions tailored for online businesses. Established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, it provides pre-made templates equipped with high-converting Facebook and Google sign-in buttons. Pico's platform caters to various sectors, including newsletters, e-commerce, subscriptions, memberships, and donations. Its services are particularly beneficial for small and midsize businesses that aim to foster close-knit communities around content and identity, such as local newsrooms, trade publications, and non-profit organizations.

Shadow

Seed Round in 2020
Operator of a community network application intended to simplify the search for lost dogs. The company's platform allows users to post a picture of their lost pets across the community in order to prepare a personalized, step-by-step action plan, enabling individuals to alert the community and facilitate the pet search process efficiently.

HitRecord

Series A in 2019
HitRecord is an online community platform founded in 2004 by actor and director Joseph Gordon-Levitt, based in Glendale, California. The platform facilitates collaboration among over 100,000 artists across various disciplines, including writers, filmmakers, and musicians. It encourages users to produce and share creative works, with more than 250 new members and over 2,500 new pieces of art added daily. By fostering a collaborative environment, HitRecord operates as a unique production company, allowing individuals to contribute to and engage with a diverse range of artistic projects.

Unacast

Series B in 2018
Unacast AS operates an online platform for connecting beacons and other proximity sensors to online marketing platforms. It offers uRETARGET, which enables to retarget customers online to bring them back to the store; uMONETIZE that monetizes data from beacons and other proximity sensors; and uNETWORK that shares anonymous subsets of data to unetwork and get subsets in return. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Oslo, Norway. Unacast AS operates as a subsidiary of Unacast, Inc.
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