Investors / United States / Gaingels
Gaingels
Venture capital · Burlington, VT, United States · North America
Gaingels is a venture investment community that co-invests alongside select venture capital leads in companies building diverse and inclusive teams. It also runs programs such as its Venture Inclusion Program and a board member/observer recruitment advisory for portfolio companies.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsdiversitylgbtqco-investmentaihealthcarefintech
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Or find every investor that fitsGaingels lists 78 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 64 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 43% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (25%), Healthcare & Biotech (17%) and Fintech (13%). 81% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Mana Ventures, Alumni Ventures and Evolution VC Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Gaingels, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 43% |
| Series A | 21% |
| Series B | 25% |
| Growth | 12% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 2 | 0 |
| '23 | 1 | 0 |
| '24 | 2 | 0 |
| '25 | 25 | 0 |
| '26 | 34 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 93th | 78 companies |
| Recent activity | 99th | 36 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 67th | 43% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 37th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 97th | 12 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 17% | 15% |
| Fintech | 13% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 3% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Mana Ventures | 18 |
| Alumni Ventures | 13 |
| Evolution VC Partners | 12 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 7 |
| 8VC | 5 |
| Calm Ventures | 5 |
| Capitoria | 5 |
| Crosscourt Ventures | 5 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7697%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company23%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Gaingels head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Gaingels| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Series B | |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Series B | |
| 2 Sept 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Gaingels
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Gaingels' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
78 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aalo Atomics builds mass-manufactured nuclear power plants designed to power data centers and other applications | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Aug 2025Series B | Funding round | |
| Alloy Therapeutics provides antibody discovery services and technology to help bring medicines to patients faster. | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Ampaire develops and flies hybrid-electric aircraft | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| Ando develops and provides AI-powered workforce optimization software for demand forecasting and intelligent scheduling | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Feb 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Arda Therapeutics is taking aim at chronic diseases by eliminating the pathogenic cells that drive them. | Healthcare & Biotech | Oct 2024Series A | Funding round | |
| Ashby provides all-in-one recruiting software with AI for ambitious teams | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2025Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Banyan helps unlock and activate item-level receipt data to power commercial and consumer applications | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Oct 2022Series A | Funding round | |
| Biostate AI connects samples, data, and decisions to redefine precision health. | Healthcare & Biotech | May 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Blockstream develops and provides Bitcoin and digital asset infrastructure products and services | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Bolt offers various mobility services, including ride-hailing, car-sharing, food and grocery delivery, and micromobility solutions. | Mobility & LogisticsFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| BoomPop provides event management and planning services to companies | Enterprise SoftwareLegal & Compliance | Nov 2025Series B | Funding round | |
| Brex provides financial software and services, including corporate cards, expense management, and accounting, to businesses in over 120 countries. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
ConsumerE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | |||
| ByHeart produces infant formula | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Cambium accelerates reindustrialization by developing and manufacturing advanced materials, including composites and thermal materials, for various industries such as defense, aerospace, and energy. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| Carbon Health provides primary and urgent care services, including virtual care and testing, to patients of all ages. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Carta provides an end-to-end suite for managing private capital, including equity management, fund administration, and legal operations. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Cartography Biosciences is developing molecules that are lethal to cancer and safe for patients by analyzing massive datasets from individual human cells. | Healthcare & Biotech | Oct 2025Series B | Funding round | |
| Sept 2026Seed | Funding round | |||
| Clara provides spend management services to companies, including corporate cards, vendor payments, and expense management tools. | FintechSpace & Defense | Nov 2026Series C+ | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- gaingels.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 23 May 2022
- Companies checked
- 78
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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