Beyond The Billion

Beyond The Billion launched as The Billion Dollar Fund For Women®: fueling women-led innovation.

Beyond The Billion, 2018–2025. Together, we mobilized $1B+ into women-founded companies.A chapter closes, but the work c...
12/04/2025

Beyond The Billion, 2018–2025. 

Together, we mobilized $1B+ into women-founded companies.

A chapter closes, but the work continues in new forms.

Here’s to the next billion, and the generations it will empower.


At Beyond The Billion, our mission has always been global, and our impact proves it.From New York to Nairobi, London to ...
11/27/2025

At Beyond The Billion, our mission has always been global, and our impact proves it.

From New York to Nairobi, London to Latin America, 120+ partner funds across 6 continents have pledged $1.8 billion dollars to women-founded companies.

To date, they have deployed over $1.04 billion dollars to 1,302 women-led ventures, fueling innovation and growth in every region.

When we invest in women, we invest in economies and the future.


It started with a billion-dollar pledge and became a billion-dollar impact.In 2018, we launched The Billion Dollar Fund ...
11/24/2025

It started with a billion-dollar pledge and became a billion-dollar impact.

In 2018, we launched The Billion Dollar Fund for Women to close the gender venture gap.

By 2019, one billion dollars was pledged.

Today, more than $1.04 Billion has been deployed to 1,302 women-founded companies through our 120+ partner funds around the world.

When the world invests in women, ideas turn into impact.

08/05/2025

All Raise’s latest Annual Report reveals how representation is changing and where there’s still work to be done.

Since 2017, the share of women in VC Partner+ roles has doubled from 9% to 18.6%. At firms with $1B+ AUM, that number now approaches 20% — a key seat at the capital allocation table.

📈 Women and nonbinary leaders are rising in VC – hitting All Raise’s major milestones three years early.

All Raise isn’t just tracking change, they’re building the infrastructure to sustain it:
💡 102% YoY growth in membership
💡A growing community of 900+ investors managing over $1.06T in AUM, with 50%+ are at Partner level or above

We at Beyond The Billion are proud to support All Raise as they continue to push the industry forward—proving that diversity isn’t just a metric; it’s a competitive advantage. 🚀

Check the link in ’s bio to explore the full report!

Top-performing VCs are shifting the landscape — ✅ 70% of the 10 best-performing VC firms by vintage year are new or emer...
07/31/2025

Top-performing VCs are shifting the landscape —
✅ 70% of the 10 best-performing VC firms by vintage year are new or emerging managers (Funds I–IV).
⭐️ 21% are led by women or people of color — 10x the industry average.
🚀 The percentage of diverse managers tripled in the past three years (13% ➡️ 37%).

They are no longer merely outliers; they are now the outperformers.

As Jasmine Richards, CFA, Managing Director & Head of Diverse Manager Investing at Cambridge Associates puts it:

“This growth highlights not only the increasing presence of diverse managers in the industry but also the expanding opportunities for outperformance among non-traditional and underrepresented groups.”

If you think you know what performance and representation really look like—think again.

💡 Dive into Our Next Billion Momentum Report for more insights – link in bio 🔗

As one of Australia’s most iconic venture funds, Blackbird VC has backed some of the world’s most successful startups—fr...
07/17/2025

As one of Australia’s most iconic venture funds, Blackbird VC has backed some of the world’s most successful startups—from and to , , and .

But their impact goes beyond unicorn headlines.

As a Beyond The Billion fund partner, Blackbird is part of a global movement shifting capital toward women founders and inclusive innovation.

While the firm has faced public scrutiny around gender bias in Australia’s VC ecosystem—including its own role—Rick Baker addressed the issue head-on at Billion Dollar Brew (Sydney Edition 2025).

Citing success stories like Canva, Rick emphasized the need for stronger support frameworks for women entrepreneurs. He acknowledged the systemic barriers female founders face—and, crucially, committed to reexamining internal processes to ensure women not only receive funding but also advance into leadership and partnership roles within VC firms.

✨ Because inclusion isn’t just about who gets backed—it’s about who gets to invest, decide, and lead.

Blackbird’s story is one of growth, accountability, and a belief that the next generation of category-defining companies can—and must—look more like the world they serve.

💡 Explore more stories of merit-based investing in action in our latest report (link in bio 🔗)

You might underestimate the strategy—but the numbers don’t lie. 🙌With , these funds weren’t built to make headlines. Th...
07/09/2025

You might underestimate the strategy—but the numbers don’t lie. 🙌
With , these funds weren’t built to make headlines. They were built to deliver results.

Aruwa Capital Management ()
💡 70% of its portfolio is gender-aligned—and it’s paying off.
📈 Portfolio companies grew 22x in revenue
👩‍💼 Over 205,000 jobs created, generating $181M+

Demeter
💡 Driving inclusion in deep tech, climate, and infrastructure.
⚡ 33% of its Management Board are women
🌍 Half of new hires in 2023 were women—well above France’s national average

Antler ()
💡 Bias-busting starts with structure
📊 Tracks founder demographics at selection
🤝 Builds pipelines through Safe Raise & peer learning

Our partner funds are performance-first investors — and their strategies are working.

👉 Discover how more of our partners are redefining value in our latest impact report (Link in bio!)

She is not just backing founders — she’s reshaping who gets to fund the future. 🚀As co-founder of Trawalla Group and the...
07/08/2025

She is not just backing founders — she’s reshaping who gets to fund the future. 🚀

As co-founder of Trawalla Group and the force behind Female Led Ventures (FLV), Carol Schwartz AO has long championed gender equality through her capital.

Today, her focus is even broader: backing female GPs and fund managers to ensure women lead not only at the startup level—but across the capital stack.

🔎 With two-thirds of private wealth set to be controlled by women in advanced economies by 2030, this shift isn’t just necessary—it’s inevitable.

Carol’s leadership helped us bring Beyond The Billion to Australia, catalyzing over US$400M in mobilized capital for women-founded companies across the region in just one year.

“If we want to change the system, we need to fund the people who fund the future—and that means putting more capital in the hands of women.” — Carol Schwartz AO

And THIS is what looks like—when bold capital meets systemic intent.

💡Explore more in our momentum report (Link in bio!)


Major Momentum in the UK: Bootstrap Europe Named Fund Manager for £250M “Women Backing Women” Initiative 🇬🇧💥We’re proud ...
07/07/2025

Major Momentum in the UK: Bootstrap Europe Named Fund Manager for £250M “Women Backing Women” Initiative 🇬🇧💥

We’re proud to share that Bootstrap Europe, a Beyond The Billion partner fund, has been selected by the UK Invest in Women Taskforce as Fund Manager for its landmark £250 million Fund of Funds — a bold step toward shifting who allocates capital, and who receives it.

💡 Bootstrap Europe first connected with the IWT at our Billion Dollar Brew (London Edition) — part of our global efforts to mobilize capital and community in support of women-led innovation.

This is exactly the kind of momentum we highlight in our latest Our Next Billion Momentum Report — our goal is not only to measure dollars, but to capture momentum and surface scalable strategies in closing the gender gap in venture.

And this is just one of many such outcomes made possible through our platform—where intentional collaboration leads to tangible capital shifts.

“Bootstrap 4F was built to capture overlooked opportunities—and we’re proud to back the next generation of female fund managers and founders across the UK.” —Stephanie Heller & Fatou Diagne, Bootstrap Europe

👉 Explore more in our global impact report 🔗 Link in bio!


They let the numbers speak! 📊At , we believe investing in women isn’t charity—it’s smart, returns-driven strategy. And o...
07/03/2025

They let the numbers speak! 📊

At , we believe investing in women isn’t charity—it’s smart, returns-driven strategy. And our partner funds prove it.

💡
From a $50M pledge to $159M deployed into women-led & diverse teams (46% of their portfolio!)
→ 1.98x MOIC — 62% higher than male-only teams
→ Backed Lucy Liu of ($5.6B fintech)

💡 Full In Partners
Operating in male-dominated enterprise software
→ $20M pledge turned into $130M deployed
→ Appointed 2 female CEOs post-buyout—intentional capital in action
→ Invested in

🌱
Building inclusion from the U.S. Midcontinent
→ 37% female-led portfolio
→ $3M into women-led ventures
→ Backed , now serving millions of K–6 students

🔎 None of these funds call themselves “gender-lens”.
They’re just outperforming—because delivers.

👉 Dive deeper into the data & stories in our latest report (link in bio!)

What is ?It’s the belief that 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 — 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔-𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒚. 📈Here’s the rea...
07/02/2025

What is ?
It’s the belief that 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 — 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔-𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒚. 📈

Here’s the reality:
In 2024, only 2.3% of global VC went to all-female founding teams. That’s $6.7Bn out of $289Bn. (Source: )

This is where steps in:
📊 Real capital deployed—not just pledged
📈 Insights on what’s actually working
🤝 LPs + GPs aligned to drive change
This isn’t a theory. It is impact in action.

Momentum Report shows what our 122 partner funds have achieved:
➡️ $1.04Bn deployed
➡️ 1,302+ women-led companies backed

While others document the gap, we show what happens when investors act.
And it matters: globally, just 138 gender-lens funds were identified in Project Sage 3.0. Our dataset brings new players to the table—proof that systems change is happening.

Curious what the data really says? Hit the link in bio to dive in.

07/01/2025

𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 $𝟏 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝! 🔥

We have reached a milestone moment for our community at Beyond The Billion —
This isn’t your typical regional report; it’s a snapshot of real capital in motion:

💰 $1.45Bn+ deployed into women-founded companies
🌐 122 funds active across 6 continents, 25 sectors, and stages
📊 Only 12% identify as gender-lens investors—yet they’ve backed 1,300+ women-led companies

This is what happens when you move beyond pledges and put .

Explore what’s working, what’s next, and how LPs can play a catalytic role in fueling the next billion 👉 dive into the report 🔗 Link in bio!

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