Please enjoy True Wealth Ventures’ news features, research blogs and articles about the Fund’s portfolio companies and founders.
November 1, 2024 – Silicon Hills News: Austin VC Scene Shows Resilience Despite Market Shifts, Industry Leaders Say
November 1, 2024 / LauraLorek@gmail.com Austin’s venture capital landscape shows signs of recovery, with area startups raising $978 million across [...]
March 13, 2024 – Austin’s Women Entrepreneurs Task Force Wants to Make Austin the Best Place in the Galaxy to Launch and Grow a Business
Austin’s Women Entrepreneurs Task Force Wants to Make Austin the Best Place in the Galaxy to Launch and [...]
March 5, 2025 – Silicon Hills News: Batty Awards
True Wealth Ventures Named "Bat Trailblazers" by Silicon Hills News Sara Brand and Kerry Rupp, General Partners of True Wealth Ventures, have been honored as "The Bat Trailblazers" in Silicon Hills News' inaugural Batty Awards. This recognition celebrates the firm's pioneering commitment to investing in women-led businesses, a mission they have championed since being featured in the 2019 Silicon Hills News Calendar (pictured above). Also, congratulations to True Wealth Ventures’ portfolio company Unaliwear CEO, Jean Anne Booth, for being awarded "Batwoman Entrepreneur of the Year" for an exceptional female founder. The award ceremony took place on March 5th, 2025 at The Parlor Room in Austin. This recognition joins True Wealth Ventures with other outstanding leaders and organizations in Austin's innovation ecosystem being celebrated for their contributions
June 11, 2024 – Venture Forward: Celebrating Pride in Venture Capital: LGBTQ+ Investors to Watch
Celebrating Pride in Venture Capital: LGBTQ+ Investors to Watch In celebration of Pride Month, Venture Forward is shining [...]
November 1, 2024 – Silicon Hills News: Austin VC Scene Shows Resilience Despite Market Shifts, Industry Leaders Say
November 1, 2024 / LauraLorek@gmail.com Austin’s venture capital landscape shows signs of recovery, with area startups raising $978 million across [...]
March 13, 2024 – Austin’s Women Entrepreneurs Task Force Wants to Make Austin the Best Place in the Galaxy to Launch and Grow a Business
Austin’s Women Entrepreneurs Task Force Wants to Make Austin the Best Place in the Galaxy to Launch and [...]
June 28, 2024 – Wall Street Journal: The Future of Everything: A Seaweed Crop Finds a Spot in Maine Waters | Atlantic Sea Farms
Queen of Raw is one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in retail for 2024 for its platform marketplace for factories, retailers, and brands addressing dead stock materials.
March 19, 2024 – Fast Company: The World’s Most Innovative Companies | Queen of Raw
Queen of Raw is one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in retail for 2024 for its platform marketplace for factories, retailers, and brands addressing dead stock materials.
April 2, 2024 –The Value Add: True Wealth Ventures’ Abbie Strabala on VC
Abbie Strabala sits down with the Value Add podcast to explore how True Wealth Ventures revolutionizes support for women-led startups.
January 15, 2024 – This Investor started one of the largest Microbreweries in the U.S. || Ft. Sara Brand
"I realized that I was the only female Vice President with any technology or operating background in a [...]
Recent News
January 17, 2024 – Austin Woman Magazine: The Change Makers
These six remarkable women exemplify what it truly means to be a change maker. By Janaye Barabin. Photos [...]
November 8, 2023 – Despite Funding Slump, Austin Vcs Still Have Billions to Invest in Startups
After a major drought in venture capital funding for Austin startups, a panel including several of the city’s [...]
September 4, 2023 – Vogue Business: The circular fashion challenge: Can AI help to close the loop?
Specialist companies are racing to find technology-fuelled solutions so that ultimately all textiles can be recycled with confidence.
August 29, 2023 – TechCrunch: Refiberd sews up $3.4M seed round to use its AI to tackle textile waste
The fashion industry is sitting on a heaping pile of a problem. Over 14 million tons of clothing [...]
August 28, 2023 – The Wall Street Journal: Heating Waters Force Change in Industries That Depend on the Ocean
In Maine, lobsters are heading north and some lobstermen are moving into kelp farming. On the West Coast, [...]
August 21, 2023 – NY Times: The Best Medical Alert Systems
After consulting with experts and testing 14 devices, the NY Times recommends the UnaliWear Kanega Watch as a wearable, on-the-go [...]
May 2, 2023 – Austin Woman: General Partners: The Champions of Female-Founded Businesses
Get a glimpse into how a physicist, yogi and celebrity legal expert are making waves in Austin’s venture [...]
April 18, 2023 – Texas CEO Magazine: More Than 2 Percent
True Wealth Ventures Founding General Partner Sara Brand wants to change the numbers for women in venture capital investing.
June 8, 2023 – H&M Foundation: Refiberd wins Global Change Award 2023
By H&M Foundation H&M Foundation doubles GCA grant and winners to speed up textile industry transformation. Recyclable and [...]
February 1, 2023 – Q1 2023 Update: Making an Impact in 2022: A Year-End Review and Update from TWV
Check out our January newsletter with a new investment announcement, our first exit and VC learning opportunities.