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July 5, 2022 – Femtech World: True Wealth Ventures raises US$35M to back its gender-diversity strategy
Femtech World reports out on True Wealth Ventures raising US$35M to back its gender-diversity strategy.
June 28, 2022 – Silicon Hills: Austin’s True Wealth Ventures Closes on $35 Million Fund II Aimed at Investing in Women-Led Startups
Silicon Hills News Reports out on the TWV Fund II Close.
December 28, 2017 – Austin Business Journal: Sara Brand, Venture Capitalist Chosen as Business Person of the Year
It came down to a venture capitalist and a pair of renegade Realtors who shook up the status quo. [...]
January 4, 2018 – Austin Business Journal: Best Photos of 2017
With all of the dramatic changes taking place in Austin these days, from the ever-shifting skyline to the hundreds [...]
January 13, 2022 – Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Project W: Q&A With Sara Brand and Kerry Rupp of True Wealth Ventures
As one of the first venture funds founded by women to invest in women, TWV is helping to pave the way for gender equity
January 11, 2022 – foundingAustin: Fighting Systemic Inequity with True Wealth Ventures
foundingAustin’s update story on how True Wealth Ventures continues to fight systemic gender inequity in VC
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, [...]
January 5, 2018 – Austin Business Journal: Founding Partner Sara Brand Shares Exclusive Executive Advice for Success in Business and Life
Name: Sara Brand, founding general partner, True Wealth Ventures Description: As one of the few women leading a venture [...]
December 11, 2017 – The Institute: How Female Entrepreneurs Can Get Funding for Their Startups
By MONICA ROZENFELD Did you know that only 2 percent of startups funded by venture capitalists last year were founded by [...]
Recent News
April 11, 2022 – Q2 2022 Update: Learn about our 3rd investment from Fund II & our impact investing street cred!
Check out our April newsletter with an update on our 3rd Fund II investment, Fund I performance and another impact investor accolade
March 21, 2022 – CryptoNewsZ: Queen of Raw and MIT Solve Release World’s First No-Code Mobile Fabric Footprint Impact Report on Chain
TWV’s portfolio co. Queen of Raw has created an impact footprint reporting tool on Raw Chain with Solve-MIT
March 18, 2022 – Martha Stewart Living: Our Favorite American-Made Companies to Support Now and Always
Atlantic Sea Farms in Marth Stewart Living: Kelp is on the Way!
ImpactAssets: True Wealth Ventures was selected as an IA 50 2022 Fund Manager
True Wealth Ventures was selected to the ImpactAssets 50 2022, graduating from an Emerging Manager in 2021 to a full-blown Fund Manager in 2022
Winter 2021 – Real Leaders: 50 Innovative Impact Investors
TWV was profiled in Real Leaders as once of 50 Innovative Impact Investors (check out page 57) .
March 3, 2022 – Sharenett: Spotlight: True Wealth Ventures
ShareNett's March #changetheroom interviews Sara Brand, Ph.D. and Kerry Rupp about their journey, and bringing more womens’ capital to female founders.
February 9, 2022 – World Economic Forum: The Circulars Accelerator 2022 – Meet the 17 start-ups leading innovation towards a circular economy
Check out Queen of Raw’s “day in the life video” feature at 28:30 from the World Economic Forum’s live broadcast in partnership with Nike.
February 16, 2022 – Pet Food Processing: Women in the Pet Industry: Meet Anne Carlson of Jiminy’s
CEO Anne Carlson shares her journey with Jiminy's and how she keeps sustainability and transparency at the forefront.
February 1, 2022 – TWV Fund I Impact Report & Driving Energy Savings on the Road
A New Year’s update on True Wealth Ventures: Fund I Impact Report & Driving Energy Savings on the Road
January 24, 2020 – StartUp Health: UnaliWear Extends Independence With Dignity for Millions of Vulnerable People
Hear directly from the CEO of UnaliWear on the many ways her Kanega watch is unique