GAINGELS

Gaingels was started in 2014 by co-founders and Managing Partners David Beatty and Paul Grossinger as a small but active angel group made of LGBTQ+ investors, investing in LGBTQ+ founders. After a few years, and as the attention to the lack of diversity in venture continued to gain momentum, David and Paul recognized the opportunity to pursue the original mission with deeper and longer lasting impact by focusing on a broader mandate to co-invest alongside other venture investors and firms who recognized the value that the Gaingels network and focus could add. We also moved from being focused exclusively on LGBTQ founders to a broader focus on diverse leadership across the venture chain, from founders, to c-suite, to board members, to individual LPs and check writers, but always including explicitly LGBTQ and gender non-conforming leadership which often was being forgotten in other efforts in DEI in venture. With a broader mandate also came a broader scope in funding stage and sectors,..

Also known as: Gaingels Holdings LP, Gaingels Inc.

Primary location: New York United States