💰 Approximately $152M in disclosed startup funding went to 10 companies with one or more verified female founder this week.

The largest raise was 🥇 Unrivaled (Napheesa Collier, Breanna Stewart).

One women-led fund was announced by Capital F (Margaret Coblentz, Dawn Dobras).

🏆 Athletes on the Cap Table highlights Unrivaled’s Series C and capital moves by Vernon Davis, Mohamed Sanu, Luke Voit, Draymond Green, Anthony Davis, Zach LaVine, Jared Goff, Fred VanVleet, De'Aaron Fox, Min Woo Lee, Micah Parsons, Kane Williamson, and Ryan Fox.

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A snapshot of this week's capital activity across founder raises and new funds

Founder raises by round type:

New funds by fund number:

Funding rounds raised by companies with one or more women founders

Unrivaled (Napheesa Collier, Breanna Stewart) raised over $100M in a Series C round led by Ten Pillars Sport Fund to grow their women’s 3v3 basketball league. Other participants in the round included Carmelo Anthony, Geno Auriemma, the Berman Family, Bessemer Venture Partners, Jenny Just, Ashton Kutcher, Alex Morgan and Trybe Ventures, Dan Rosensweig and Trae Young.

Transfyr Bio (Anna Marie Wagner, Renee Wegrzyn) raised $25M Seed to build sensor- and AI-based observability tools that make physical-science lab work reproducible and machine-readable, led by General Catalyst with Lux Capital, Breakout Ventures, Factory, Neo, and SV Angel also participating.

Koxa (Camellia George) raised $8.7M to build banking and treasury infrastructure that lets companies manage their finance operations without leaving their existing ERP software, backed by 18 investors per an SEC filing (not individually named).

BOOKR Kids (Dorka Horváth) raised €6.1M Series A to expand its AI-ready literacy platform pairing interactive digital books with learning activities for children, in a hybrid round led by TCEE Fund IV (advised by 3TS Capital Partners).

Utsav (Ankita De) raised ₹36 crore (~$4.1M) Series A to expand its marketplace connecting devotees with temples, priests, and spiritual scholars for booking authenticated pujas and rituals online, led by Atomic Capital with existing investors India Quotient and Equanimity Investments also increasing their stakes.

Cybera (Nicola Staub) raised $2.5M of a $3.5M add-on round to grow its anti-fraud platform that helps banks and financial institutions detect scams and recover funds for victims, backed by two investors per an SEC filing (not individually named).

Holifya (Alessandra Cestaro) raised €2M Series A (€1.6M equity plus €0.4M in debt and grants) to grow its Italian digital obesity clinic pairing AI-driven biomarker analysis with clinician-led GLP-1/GIP therapy, backed by Next Age (CDP Venture Capital's Silver Economy program) with Growth Engine, Doorway, 20Fund, Zooga VC, and a group of business angels also participating.

Peripear (Nina van Schaick) raised £1.2M Pre-Seed in an oversubscribed round to scale its hands-free wearable that applies automated thermotherapy during childbirth to reduce perineal tearing risk, led by HERmesa with participation from female-focused angel investors and a non-dilutive Innovate UK "Women in Innovation" grant.

TownHome Health (Dr. Donna Demetri Friedman) raised $860K of a $2M offering to grow its tech-enabled urgent psychiatric care platform, an at-home alternative to emergency hospitalization during mental health crises, backed by seven investors per an SEC filing (not individually named). (AlleyWatch, Aug 26)

Scooby's Club (Animeha Singh) raised $250K Pre-Seed to expand its premium neighborhood dog daycare and boarding network in Bengaluru toward a planned 100 properties across Indian cities, led by TDV Partners. (Entrackr, Aug 26)

Navisalma (Linnéa Kornehed Falck) launched a new fund targeting €450M to back European deep tech and robotics startups through an operator-led, hands-on model drawing on the founders' experience scaling Einride. (AltAssets, Aug 28)

Capital F (Margaret Coblentz, Dawn Dobras) closed its $17M debut fund to back startups serving the "female economy" — women's health, digital commerce, and AI trust-and-safety tools — with roughly 80% of its LP base being women. (TechCrunch, Aug 26)

Athlete-backed capital moves that caught our attention this week

This section is contributed by Christie Lenox.

Women’s 3v3 basketball league Unrivaled, founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart raised over $100M in a Series C round led by Ten Pillars Sport Fund. Unrivaled is now valued at $650M and the players own 30%.

PATH closed a late-stage funding round led by Agility Ventures that included athlete investors Vernon Davis, Mohamed Sanu, and Luke Voit.

BeeKeeper Coffee, a ready-to-drink cold brew coffee brand, announced an undisclosed strategic growth/angel round designed to bring high-profile strategic partners onto the brand's cap table, including athletes Draymond Green, Anthony Davis, Zach LaVine, Jared Goff, Fred VanVleet, De'Aaron Fox, and Min Woo Lee.

Good Candy added Micah Parsons as a co-founder and equity owner.  Parsons is a consumer of the product and reached out directly to the brand's founders to discuss an equity partnership. He acquired an equity stake and was named Co-Founder to assist with brand positioning, marketing, and commercial growth.

Cover—high-performance protective gear for cricket—founded by Black Caps cricket player Kane Williamson, added countryman Ryan Fox, the 2025 Open Championship-winning golfer, as an angel investor.

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