These founders rock! Bitwise Industries Irma L. Olguin Jr. Twentyeight Health Amy Fan Pair Eyewear Sophia Edelstein in the GBC portfolio-and now on Inc.'s '22 Female Founders 100 List. Congrats to you and all the awesome women founders on this list. bit.ly/3dM7Ygd

Kudos to GBC portfolio co. founders Kimberly Wilson HUED + KJ Miller of Mented Cosmetics for making Black Enterprise's 40 Under 40 list! Delivering more equitable, better products + services to healthcare and beauty. bit.ly/3M7arP2 👏 👏

Congrats to Mallun Yen and team at Operator Collective 🔆 on closing your $92M Fund II! We’re proud to be part of the #CollectiveVenture model—agree 💯, community isn’t just a nice to have for VC funds, it’s a core part of the equation. tcrn.ch/3gxc1ha

Congrats to Deena Shakir Lux Capital on being named to FORTUNE's 40Under40 list! Major creds for bringing women's healthcare to the forefront. We're proud to be on the cap table with you Maven Clinic. Brava! bit.ly/3A9uQxV

Great convo ahead w GBC’s Linnea Roberts + Dana Settle of Greycroft at Carta Equity Summit on 12/7. Moderated by TechCrunch’s natasha mascarenhas . Summit is virtual and free. Hope you can join! Register: bit.ly/3P2wnMF

GingerBread Capital LLC Dana Settle Greycroft natasha mascarenhas “When I started GingerBread Capital LLC in 2016, I could count on one hand the number of VC firms that were either specifically focused on [investing in women-led companies] or had women as general partners. Today, there are more than 100.” —Linnea Roberts of GingerBread Capital LLC

GingerBread Capital LLC Dana Settle Greycroft natasha mascarenhas “We have to play a long game. And when the markets are wonky, this is the time to double down.” —Linnea Roberts of GingerBread Capital LLC on the patience required for big diversity shifts in VC

GingerBread Capital LLC Dana Settle Greycroft natasha mascarenhas “The pandemic and the remote nature of work has been a challenge. People have reverted back to their old networks. When you don't go out and network, you tend to revert back to your smaller groups.” —Dana Settle of Greycroft on the setbacks for diversity in VC in recent years

“First funds are like classic hip-hop albums — they outperform.” Congrats to Monique Woodard of Cake Ventures on raising your first $17M fund!! A game changer for launching the next gen of diverse founders. 👏🏾👏🏿👏🏽 forbes.com/sites/alexkonr…

Great to be part of this important discussion with these changemakers! katherine rice

Going to SXSW? GBC's katherine rice will join an expert panel to hear founders pitch their awesome media/entertainment startups. See you there! With Kay Koplovitz Springboard Enterprises Christopher Day Elevate Ventures Monique Idlett ReignVC Monique Villa (Mona) Launch Tennessee

Hey founders: How do you connect with your investors after the check is written? Do they share their expertise, insights, networks, time? GBC’s katherine rice on why you need ‘thought partners’ on your cap table. gingerbreadcap.com/hey-founders-f…

This is great news! For Bitwise and for Chicago! Congratulations to founders Irma L. Olguin Jr. and @jakeasoberal 🎉 👏🏾👏🏽👏🏻👏🏼

Just the right message for International Women’s Day. Perfectly said Leslie Feinzaig - No more female founder takedowns!

Happening today! SXSW 2:30 pm CT. Prepare to be dazzled. Christopher Day Monique Idlett Kay Koplovitz Monique Villa (Mona) Elevate Ventures ReignVC Springboard Enterprises Launch Tennessee katherine rice

Big congrats to Paige Hendrix Buckner on your new role as CEO! We're thrilled to support All Raise and work with you to grow our ecosystem of women founders and VC investors, and get more capital into the hands of women building great companies. Brava! 👏👏👏👏

Congrats to GBC port co founder Shivani Siroya of Tala for being named to the fintech 50 list for the 7th straight year! Democratizing access to credit for people around the globe @forbes forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Awesome shout out on the Databento blog. We are proud to have this game-changing company in our portfolio of dynamic women-founded and led companies.

A letter from our founders regarding recent events:

GingerBread Founder/CEO Linnea Roberts joins star panel at #MIGLOBAL on 5/7 to talk about great wealth transfer and investing in female founders w/ Sallie Krawcheck Kwanza Jones 👑⚡️🔋 SUPERCHARGED Tonya Allen Erin Harkless Moore Catch live stream at milkeninstitute.org