Pivotal Ventures
pivotal.com Direct + LP
Pivotal Ventures is an investment and philanthropic organization founded by Melinda French Gates. It invests in funds and early-stage companies focused on expanding women's power and influence.
Pivotal Ventures is an investor. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from Series A to Series B, in caregiving, women's health and financial access.
“We invest in series A to B companies developing bold solutions to issues that impact women’s economic power and overall well-being—including caregiving, women’s health, and financial access.”
— Pivotal Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Type
- Other
- Invests in
- U.S., around the world
- Sectors
- caregiving, women's health, financial access
Team, as Pivotal Ventures publishes it
- Brooke Anderson President
- Hye Baek Senior Vice President, Chief People and Culture Office
- Jenny Baxi Vice President, Equity and Belonging
- Jillian Diamant, JD Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
- Erin Harkless Moore, CFA Vice President, Managing Director, Investments
- Haven Ley Senior Vice President, Programs, Investment and Communication, Chief Strategy Officer
- Paul Silva Vice President, Impact Communications and Creative Strategy
- Courtney Wade Senior Vice President, Chief External Affairs Officer
- Renee Wittemyer, PhD Vice President, Program Strategy
- Melinda French Gates Philanthropist and Founder, Pivotal
Names and roles exactly as listed on pivotal.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 40 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Eden Road Capital, LLC 3 shared companies: basisset.com, forerunnerventures.com, leadoutcapital.com
- Halogen Ventures 2 shared companies: ellevest.com, binti.com
- Torch Capital 2 shared companies: asktia.com, littleotterhealth.com
- B Capital 1 shared company: synapticure.com
- CVS Health Ventures 1 shared company: synapticure.com
- Lifeforce Capital Management, LLC 1 shared company: synapticure.com
- RA Capital Management 1 shared company: synapticure.com
- City Light Capital Management Iii, LLC 1 shared company: monami.io
- Felicis Ventures 1 shared company: monami.io
- Westbound Equity Management, LLC 1 shared company: monami.io
and 30 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Pivotal Ventures publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.pivotal.com/name, invests_in_geographies, description
- https://www.pivotal.com/investmentsis_investor, layer, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, thesis_quote, status
- https://www.pivotal.com/abouttype, people
Record 8749 · added 2026-09-29 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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