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Golden Seeds
Golden Seeds
Amount
varies
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
~13 per year
Effort
1 hr
Can you get this?
✓For women-led startups
✓Must be U.S.-based company
✓Early-stage companies considered
✓All industry sectors considered
Your real odds
They have funded 275+ companies with $200 million invested over 20+ years, which works out to roughly 13 companies per year across a network of 1,150+ investors.
Golden Seeds is one of the largest angel networks focused on women-led startups, with 9 chapters and a broad industry scope, so competition is real but the funnel is active and the evaluators are many.
What it takes
Attend Office Hours to gauge fit1 hr
Submit application via entrepreneur portal1 to 3 hrs
Engage with review and due diligenceweeks to mon
Worth knowing
Golden Seeds offers Office Hours where you can meet members and ask questions before formally applying, and using that step to test your pitch is something most applicants skip.
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