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title: "NYC All-Female-Founded Startups Raised $955M — and Outperformed SF in 2025"
description: "NYC all-female-founded companies raised $955M across 143 deals in the 12 months ending June 2025 — more than SF in both dollars and deal count, per the NY State Comptroller."
date: 2026-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
tags: ["vc-explainers", "nyc-startups", "diversity", "market-analysis"]
source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/nyc-all-female-founders-955m-155-deals-outperform-sf
---

# NYC All-Female-Founded Startups Raised $955M — and Outperformed SF in 2025

> NYC all-female-founded companies raised $955M across 143 deals in the 12 months ending June 2025 — more than SF in both dollars and deal count, per the NY State Comptroller.

In the **12 months ending June 2025**, all-female-founded NYC startups raised **$955M across 143 deals** — per the **NY State Comptroller's report** — outperforming San Francisco in both total capital and deal count.

### The key data point

- **$955M** — total raised by all-female-founded NYC companies (12 months ending June 2025).
- **143 deals** — total deal count.
- **#1** — NYC ranked above SF for all-female-founder capital and deal count.

This is a significant shift given SF's overall VC dominance.

### Why NYC works for women founders

1. **Sector mix**: NYC's strength in consumer, health, fintech, HR tech, and wellness — sectors where women founders are disproportionately represented — translates into deal flow parity.
2. **Operator networks**: NYC is the U.S. hub for women executives in media, finance, fashion, and healthcare; these networks produce founders.
3. **Specialist firms**: BBG Ventures, Female Founders Fund, Chloe Capital, Alpaca VC all headquartered or active in NYC.
4. **Community density**: Dreamers & Doers, Chief (itself a NYC unicorn-adjacent company), and similar groups concentrate networks.

### Notable NYC firms focused on female founders

- **BBG Ventures** — Susan Lyne; consumer internet and marketplace.
- **Female Founders Fund** — Anu Duggal; multi-stage.
- **Chloe Capital** — early-stage female and diverse founders.
- **Alpaca VC** — diverse-focused.
- **HarbourVest** — LP-side diversity commitments.

### Notable NYC female-founded companies

- **Chief** — Lindsay Kaplan and Carolyn Childers; professional network for women leaders.
- **Rent the Runway** — Jennifer Hyman; IPO'd in 2021.
- **The Wing** (learning experience).
- **Glossier** — Emily Weiss; NYC HQ.
- **Alma** — Harry Ritter (co-founder) with NYC network; diverse cap table.

### What this says about NYC VC

- **Diverse capital allocators attract diverse founder pipelines**.
- **NYC's sector breadth favors underrepresented founders more than AI-dominant SF**.
- **Operator networks compound** — female CEOs mentoring next-gen founders create structural advantage.

### Practical takeaway

- **Founders**: NYC is a credible primary market for women-led startup fundraising.
- **Investors**: Diversity alpha is real — missing out on this pool leaves returns on the table.
- **LPs**: NYC's demonstrated diversity outcomes are a relevant factor in fund-level due diligence.

### Sources

1. NY State Comptroller VC report: https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-13-2026.pdf
2. BBG Ventures: https://bbgventures.com/
3. Female Founders Fund: https://femalefoundersfund.com/

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