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Last week Henry Blest and I attended i³ investing 🏳️‍🌈 at Google London. We were selected among 10 startups to pitch our company Polari Labs. We brought the prototype- so the investors could see the material and the properties of the product. Thanks i³ investing 🏳️‍🌈!

«75% of LGBTQ+ founders are not always comfortable to share their identity with investors». This is the current stats but I know things are changing. Pitching Polari Group yesterday at Proud Ventures Summit.

Thanks for featuring Polari Labs Femtech Insider Kudos to our fantastic visionary CTO Henry Blest

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"You are a brilliant and ambitious person. Do not choose a small quest, like a new social network or messaging app. Do not work for FAANG!" dontbuildsaas.com

When I came out as gay my dad gave me a book on AIDS. The sharing of coming out stories is a unifier between LGBTQIA+ people. I share mine to highlight the clear and undeniable need for LGBTQIA+ sexual education in schools. polarigroup.co.uk/articles/wheni…

London-based Polari Group has raised a pre-seed round ahead of a planned product release in September 2025 sifted.eu/articles/polar…

💵🤖 Polari Group (Polari Labs) secures over $500K in pre-seed funding round supported by Ventures Together (Ventures Together), Chasing Rainbows (Chasing Rainbows), Little Green Bamboo Capital (Little Green Bamboo Capital) techfundingnews.com/polari-group-s… #tech #funding #news #innovation #startup

thrilled to announce that Polari Labs has successfully closed +$500K round 🎉💵💰 Our backers: Chasing Rainbows , Ventures Together, Ada Ventures angel program (Christian (he/him/habibi) 🌈 i³ investing 🏳️‍🌈 ), Little Green Bamboo Capital and many angel investors Henry Blest and I are excited for next steps!🍑

thanks Tech Funding News for covering Polari Labs raise

thank you Femtech Insider for featuring Polari Labs Henry Blest femtechinsider.com/polari-group-p…

Incredible time at iiF by i³ investing! 🎉 Met amazing queer & migrant founders, joined panels, and networked with the best. 🌈✨ Thanks to Christian (he/him/habibi) 🌈 i³ investing 🏳️‍🌈 Google UK 🙌 #iiF2024 #QueerFounders #MigrantFounders #IntersectionalIncredibles

We asked Ben Stokes from Chasing Rainbows "Why is it important to invest in underrepresented founders?" Sorry for the background noise 🤭 #lgbtq+foounders #QueerEntrepreneurs #LGBTQBusiness #PrideInBusiness

Thrilled to be featured once again on Maddyness! 🚀 A big thank you to the team for recognising our work 🖤🌈 Read the full article: maddyness.com/uk/2024/08/14/… #Innovation #LGBTQ+ Maddyness UK Anna Vybornova Henry Blest

'You cannot ignore marginalised communities' – meet the sex tech startup tackling anorectal health. 💡 ➡️ uktech.news/medtech/polari… 🔗 Polari Labs #sextech #healthtech #startup #biotech #investment #funding #research #health #UKtech

We asked Christian (he/him/habibi) 🌈 from i³ investing 🏳️‍🌈 "Why do you think it’s important to support and represent founders that found themselves on the intersection of different communities?”⁠ ⁠ Sorry for the background noise 🤭⁠ ⁠ #lgbtq+foounders ⁠ #QueerEntrepreneurs⁠

Looking forward to speaking about 🍑 health and wellness 💰 the investments for transformative impact and the rise of rainbow🌈 #queertech at these 2 spicy panels 🌶 🔥 👇 Polari Labs

Closing Rewire 2024 at Amare’s Concertzaal, the room bubbled with eager anticipation before Oneohtrix Point Never’s set. Look back with this wide-ranging photo series by our festival photographers.⁠ 📸 @alexheuvink Parcifal Pete Van Rixoort Rogier Boogaard

Excited to represent Polari Labs at these 2 juicy panels at Sifted summit next week with Anisah Osman Britton MBE, [email protected] Form Ventures and MysteryVibe. Who else is around?