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Entrepreneurs

For the past decade in the United States, women have led the way in business creation. Since 1992, the number of women-owned businesses increased by 16% and revenues from those businesses increased by 33%. In comparison, the number of all U.S. firms grew at a rate of 6%, with a 24% increase in revenues. (Women Owned Business, 1997 Economic Census, US Depart of Commerce, 2001)

Golden Seeds focuses on women-owned, women-led companies because we believe those census numbers indicate just the beginning of the untapped economic capability of female entrepreneurs. Our companies have a woman CEO who owns equity in the company, or, if she is not the CEO, then she is a Founder and CXO (i.e., a COO, CAO, CTO etc). We are not sector specific as our investors are interested in building diversified portfolios across various industries.

Our Investor Forum is an investor group that provides early stage and growth capital across all sectors to women entrepreneurs.

Our portfolio companies become part of the Golden Seeds community and have different levels of assistance available to them, depending upon their needs.

Companies with tremendous potential that are not yet ready for investment, or those that have other sources of capital are welcome as part of the community. We are also able to direct companies to other resources, if we are not able to help.