GingerBread Capital
San Mateo, CA · Invests in US · Website
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🔒 $•• – $••Thesis
Close the funding gap for women-led ventures at early and growth stages. Investing in women is an economic opportunity, good for business, and the right thing to do. Build a portfolio of diverse founders and industries.
Likely not a fit for
Pure consumer plays without defensibility, commodity businesses, single-founder dependencies without strong teams
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Preferred
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
5 contacts on file
Portfolio
Incredible Health is the largest AI company powering healthcare hiring, with 1.5 million U.S. healthcare workers and over 1,500 healthcare employers. AI voice agents, Gale and Lyn, transform the experience and economics of healthcare hiring, with the average hospital reducing hiring times from 86 days to under 20 for permanent nurses.
HopSkipDrive is a technology company that provides safe, supplemental student transportation through a marketplace connecting kids, older adults, or anyone needing extra support to highly vetted caregivers on wheels. They also offer RouteWise AI™, a student transportation intelligence platform.
Spring Health offers data-driven mental health solutions, providing personalized care through a comprehensive network of providers. It aims to eliminate barriers to mental healthcare and improve outcomes.
theSkimm is a digital media company dedicated to succinctly giving women the information they need to make confident decisions, covering news, trends, policies, and politics that impact women.
Chief is a private network designed for ambitious women executives, providing them with the tools, community, and resources to enhance their leadership capabilities. The platform fosters connections among women leaders, offering exclusive access to Clubhouses, coaching, and training from top institutions like the Wharton School of Business.
Pair Eyewear offers customizable glasses and sunglasses, allowing customers to mix and match different frames and tops.
Eloquii specializes in plus-size women's fashion, offering a wide range of clothing including dresses, skirts, suits, tops, jeans, and pants, with a focus on sizes 14 and above.
Gooder Foods is a company that focuses on creating nutritious and delicious food products, particularly known for their mac and cheese offerings that are packed with protein and nutrients.
Hint offers pure flavored water without sugar, calories, or preservatives, aiming to make hydration enjoyable and accessible.
Coffee Meets Bagel is a dating app focused on helping serious daters find meaningful relationships, moving away from casual swiping to curated matches.
Zola is a wedding planning platform that offers a variety of services including wedding websites, registries, vendor searches, and planning tools.
Recent activity
- Mar 2026
Nectir
Series A · Participated
- Jan 2026
WTGL
Strategic investment · Participated
- Dec 2025
Clarity Pediatrics
Series A · Investor
- Dec 2025
Supercircle
Series A · Investor
- Sep 2025
Dragonboat (Roble Ventures co-investment, original 2021)
Series A · Co-Lead
- Jun 2025
WorkWhile
Series B · Participated
- Jun 2025
Multiple Q2 2025 investments
Seed · Lead
GingerBread Capital in the news
app.dealroom.co
Capital F closes $17M debut fund to back the 'female economy
12 days ago
TechCrunch
Capital F closes $17M debut fund with goal to back the future of the ‘female economy’
12 days ago
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 3/16/26
5 months ago
The SaaS News
Nectir Raises $12.5 Million Series A
6 months ago
MobiHealthNews
Tebra scores $250M for EHR+ platform and more digital health funding news
8 months ago
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 12/22/25
8 months ago
Business Wire
Clarity Pediatrics Announces $14.5M in Series A Funding and Expansion of Virtual Chronic Care Platform into Pediatric Obesity Care
8 months ago
California State Portal | CA.gov
First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom launches California Women’s Wealth Advisory Council
10 months ago
Femtech Insider
Nara Organics Launches Organic Infant Formula with $32M in Funding
Jul 2025
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 6/30/25
Jun 2025
Fortune
Jesse Draper's Halogen Ventures closes $30 million fund
Jun 2025
PR Newswire
AllSpice.io, hardware development platform, raises $15m Series A round to launch AI Agent and scale new enterprise functionality for electrical engineering teams
Jun 2025
fortune.com
WorkWhile, flexible labor platform, raises $23 million Series B
Jun 2025
Venture Capital Journal
Women-led Ulu Ventures raises $208m for Fund IV
Feb 2025
BW Disrupt
Investors Still Loving Dating Apps as Coffee Meets Bagel Raises $12M
Feb 2025
Pulse 2.0
Kalder: $10.5 Million Raised To Transform Customer Loyalty By Helping Brands Earn Revenue From Rewards
Nov 2024
The Business Journals
Outstanding Voices: Why Katherine Rice is investing in female founders - San Francisco Business Times
Jun 2024
Fierce Healthcare
Startup Bold nabs $17M to scale up 'movement-as-medicine' program for older adults
Sep 2023
The Business Journals
San Leandro startup Air Protein triples funding, partners with crop giant ADM
May 2023
The Business Journals
The Funded: UserTesting raises $140M in downsized IPO that missed its targets
Nov 2021
AfroTech
Gingerbread Capital's Ita Ekpoudom Aims To Help Women Business Owners Lock In Key Investors
Sep 2021
AfroTech
Serena Williams, Black Founders Matter Invest In Black Woman-Owned Healthcare Startup HUED
Aug 2021
CNBC
Serena Williams, Female Founders Fund invest in startup aimed at addressing racial health disparities
Aug 2021
Business Insider
James Murdoch, Laurene Powell Jobs Invest in Podcast Startup WaitWhat
Jun 2021
AlleyWatch
PAIR Eyewear Raises $12M for its Direct-to-Consumer Eyewear Brand for Kids and Adults
Apr 2021
AlleyWatch
These are the 15 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of Q4 2020
Jan 2021
FinSMEs
Workit Health Raises $12M in Series B Financing
Dec 2020
TechCrunch
Frank raises $5M more in its quest to get students max financial aid
Apr 2020
Technical.ly
Linnea Roberts and Ita Ekpoudom of GingerBread Capital on supporting female investors and founders
Feb 2020
Pulse 2.0
Operator Collective Sets Up New $45 Million Debut Fund
Dec 2019
Crunchbase News
Operator Collective Raises Its First Fund Of $45 Million From 100+ Operators
Dec 2019
TechCrunch
Incredible Health’s hiring platform for nurses gets $15M led by Andreessen Horowitz
Sep 2019
GeekWire
Women-focused co-working startup The Riveter raises $15M, plans to open 100 locations by 2022
Dec 2018
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