Mothers I’d Like to Fund.
Access to first investors for women founders.A serious product still needs an introduction before anyone writes a cheque. MILF Foundation is being built to give women founders that access, particularly those without an investor network or previous funding.
An independent initiative in development.
Building something worth funding is one fight. Getting in front of the people who can fund it is another.
MILF Foundation is being built to win the second one: first connections, experienced guidance and a route to early-stage supporters, for founders outside the established investor networks.
These are the initiative’s intended activities. They are not yet operating, and no introduction comes with a promise of funding.
Capital follows introductions. We intend to control a few.
Early money moves between people who already know each other. Talent without an introduction waits. We’d rather it didn’t.
A career break or a late start reads as risk on paper. We read it as someone who has already run budgets, people and the occasional crisis.
Investors are busy and founders are busier. One well-placed introduction is worth more than a season of cold emails.
Founders tell us what they’re building and what would move it. Investors tell us what they back.
Both sidesBy hand. Stage and sector first, then whether the two of you would actually get on.
SelectionOne introduction, briefed on both sides, to someone likely to want a second meeting.
IntroductionWe make the introduction and step back. Any investment is agreed directly between the two parties.
IndependenceThis is how it will work once we open. Until then, we read every letter ourselves.
We know a good investment when we see one.You’re not looking for attention. You’re looking for a term sheet.
Some women are worth pursuing. We mean professionally, of course.
We like our founders experienced.
Everything here is planned. Each part opens when we can run it at the standard it deserves.
Founders paired with advisers who have already raised the round in front of them.
Closed dinners and calls between founders and investors. Off the record. Decks stay in the bag.
For women starting a company later than the industry expects them to.
We intend to work with accelerators and founder communities that share the mission. None are confirmed yet.
Some of the sharpest founders start at forty-five, after running a department or a household. Usually both.
The name is a provocation. The standard is the product. Any woman building something serious qualifies.
Write to us directly. Every letter is read by a person.
Opens your email with a short template to fill in.
Compose Side BAngels, funds, family offices, operators and mentors.
ComposeKeep the first note short and save confidential material for later.