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WomenVenture CapitalOpen
Hearst Lab
Hearst Lab
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
90+ investments total
Effort
1 hour
Can you get this?
✓For women-led companies with majority founder equity
✓Seed and Series A stage companies only
✓Must be tech-enabled, primarily B2B or B2B2C
✓Must have demonstrated market validation
✓Must align strategically with Hearst's core expertise
Your real odds
They have made 90+ investments to date, with recent announcements showing active, ongoing dealflow.
This is a real VC fund, so competition is meaningful and strategic fit with Hearst's ecosystem is a genuine filter beyond being women-led.
What it takes
Confirm eligibility as a female founder1 hour
Apply via their online portal2 to 4 hrs
Engage with team if contacted
Worth knowing
HearstLab explicitly values connection to Hearst's 375+ business ecosystem, so framing your product around a problem relevant to their sectors, healthcare data, finance, media, or transportation, will strengthen your application beyond the gender-diversity angle.
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