Issue #34 | Wednesday, November 12, 2026
✉️ Letter from the Editor
We’re seeing a glimmer in women’s health funding... and some record busting in women’s sports.
Let’s start with the former.
Dr. Alison Burklund’s Nanopath, a tech that enables rapid in-clinic test results for vaginitus, closed a $25M Series B this week, making it one of only four (yes, you read that correctly) women’s health rounds over $25M we’ve tracked since launch.
To add some additional context, more than 25% of the women-led raises we have tracked in WINS LIST are in healthcare, biotech and women’s health—where the median raise is hovering around $3.1M.
Go Dr. Burklund.
On the women’s sports front, Gotham FC reported a $100M raise at a $350M valuation, breaking Angel City’s standing $340M record for an NWSL franchise valuation AND slotting themselves into the overall list of the most valuable women’s sports franchises behind the WNBA’s Dallas Wings.
Here’s a conversation starter for your holiday gatherings: The most valuable women’s sports franchise right now is the Golden State Valkyries, valued at $1B as of May 2026.
As you can probably tell, we’re having a lot of fun tracking these deals week over week.
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🛜 Capital Signals of the Week
Leading stories
Roughly $304M in disclosed funding went to 11 companies with one or more verified female founder.
Two women-led venture funds announced new capital, led by Fundomo’s $118M fund and NeoSci Ventures’ $54.7M first close for its debut fund.
Five athlete-linked capital moves caught our attention, led by NWSL Gotham FC’s $100M raise at a $350M valuation.
Notable data observations* as tracked this week
The median disclosed round was $10.5M.
Top sectors by capital:
Healthcare and biotech: 42%
AI and data analytics: 33%
Climate and advanced materials: 12%
Proptech: 9%
Five rounds of $25M or more accounted for roughly 89% of total funding. Ocient’s $100M Series C alone was 33%.
*These observations are based solely on deals tracked in WINS LIST. Deals are verified using public record and filings, when available. While we endeavor to capture every deal with accuracy, we can not ascertain that WINS LIST deal data is 100% accurate, nor can we guarantee capture of every venture deal involving one or more female founder.
📈 Founder Raises
Funding rounds raised by companies with one or more women co/founders
Tier 1 — Mega Rounds ($100M+)
Ocient (Laura Troutman) raised a $100M Series C to grow its agentic AI analytics platform, co-led by Boka Capital Ltd. and OCA Ventures LLC. —Axios, Nov. 5
Tier 2 — Growth Rounds ($25M–$99M)
Alethio Therapeutics (Prof. Beth Psaila) raised $90M Series A to advance ATX-011, a first-in-class antibody that lowers platelet counts by boosting their clearance, co-led by new investors Sofinnova Partners and RA Capital. —BioXconomy, Nov 5
FluoRok (Véronique Gouverneur) raised $30M Series A to grow its manufacturing platform for fluorochemicals made without hydrofluoric acid, led by Orano Venture Fund. —Tech Funding News, Nov 5
Nanopath (Dr. Alison Burklund, Ph.D) raised $25M Series B to scale its point-of-care optical biosensing platform, which diagnoses vaginitis in about 15 minutes without a lab send-out, led by Norwest Venture Partners and SV Health Investors’ MedTech Convergence Fund. —Femtech Insider, Nov 10
“We’ve spent years developing and pressure-testing a fundamentally new approach to molecular diagnostics for patients who have been overlooked for far too long. This funding brings us closer to the next and most important step – translating that innovation into meaningful clinical impact.”
Tier 3 — Early Stage (<$25M)
Supa (Alexis Johnson) raised £21M seed to grow its acquisition roll-up of residential block-management firms, co-led by 2150 and OpenOcean. —The Cap Table, Nov 5
Allox (Júlia Domingo) raised a $10.5M Seed to grow its platform, which combines genetics, experimental biology, and AI to identify protein sites that can be targeted with small-molecule drugs, led by Asabys. —PRBB
Marble Imaging (Dr. Gopika Suresh, Ph.D) raised a €6M seed extension (~$6.5M) to help launch its first Earth-observation satellite and scale its sovereign satellite-imagery platform, led by Cherry Ventures. —Tech Funding News, Nov 9
Seva Money (Ritu Soni) raised $5M Seed to grow its white-label wallet and card platform for remittance recipients, serving money transfer operators with services live in India and Mexico, co-led by Blockwall and Revent. —Tech Funding News, Nov 9
RadianX (Vivian Qu) raised $5M Seed to grow its perovskite solar modules that keep small devices like sensors and e-readers charged indoors without a cable, co-led by SOSV and Twynam. —PR Newswire
Avanlee Care (Avanlee Christine) raised $3.5M Seed to grow its family-caregiver platform, led by BEA Venture Fund, to expand its work with Medicare Advantage plans and healthcare organizations.—Forbes, Nov 6
Juritas (Michelle Cotter) raised €1.4M pre-seed to grow its legaltech platform that tracks value lost after contracts are signed, led by Passion Capital. —Dealroom, Nov 4
💸 Fresh Capital — New Venture Funds
NeoSci Ventures (Daphne Teo) brought its debut institutional biotech venture fund to a $54.7M first close to back Asia's biotech pipeline. —e27
Fundomo (Siranush Babakhanova) closed a new $118M fund to back technical founders building ‘state-scale’ systems: the compute, energy, defense, and biological infrastructure that operates at national scale. —SEC Form D filing
🏆 Athletes on the Cap Table
Athlete-backed capital moves that caught our attention this week
This section is contributed by Christie Lenox.
Joe Burrow, Dak Prescott, Klay Thompson, Logan Webb, and Shaun White invested alongside Plus Capital Collective in the fal Series E and F raises that combined for $1.65 Billion.
NWSL Gotham FC announced a $100 million capital raise led by the Moelis family at a $350 million valuation, setting the new record for an NWSL franchise. The round includes seven new minority investors, among them Anne Welsh McNulty and former William & Mary women’s soccer player, Jennifer Tepper Mackesy. Majority owner Carolyn Tisch Blodgett’s Next 3 Ventures and existing stakeholder Jen Mackesy also added substantial contributions.
Jennifer Jones, Canadian Olympic gold medalist curler turned broadcaster, announced an eight-figure investment in The Curling Group, the company behind the Grand Slam of Curling, the Rock Channel media platform, and Rock League, led by the UNA Sports Group.
Twins Haley & Hanna Cavinder, collegiate basketball players and NIL pioneers, have transitioned their collegiate sports platform into consumer wellness brand, GoTwo, where they are majority Owners holding a 75% stake in the company.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott joined the football protective gear brand LEGION Protective as an investor, partner, and brand ambassador.
🎬 Signing Off
Every week, we track the capital flowing to and from women founders and investors and unpack the capital moves of elite athletes.
WINS LIST Cumulative Impact
Since launch, WINS LIST has tracked…
~$18.77B
Founder Raise Capital
~$15.54B
New Fund Capital
454
Founder Raises
74
New Women-Led Funds
34
Weeks
99
Athlete Deals
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