Motley Fool Ventures

Who we are

Motley Fool Ventures is an early-stage fund investing in entrepreneurs leveraging technology as a strategic asset to drive scale, efficiency, and access in large industries. Based in Alexandria, Va., Motley Fool Ventures brings The Motley Fool’s investing principles and member community to venture capital. Launched in 2018, Motley Fool Ventures is a $150 million venture fund that invests in early-stage companies leveraging technology to create a clear competitive advantage in their industry. Its dedicated team, investor community, and robust network aim to provide value to entrepreneurs beyond just capital.

Current UAM

100M-499M

Sectors

AI/ML, B2B, Blockchain, Business Intelligence, Cleantech, Enterprise Tech, Fintech

Stages

Series A, Series B

Regions

Europe, Lusophone (Portuguese) and Anglophone Africa, North America

Countries

Germany, Ireland, Nigeria, UK, US

Founding / General Partners

Why are we taking the Beyond The Billion Pledge?

We invest in women-led companies for stronger financial performance today, and more equitable opportunities for everyone in the future.

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Featured Investment

In some ways, Motley Fool Ventures combines the best of corporate venture capital and traditional venture capital firms. In other ways, it stands out from both. Like a traditional venture capital fund, Motley Fool Ventures has Limited Partners who commit capital, and a General Partner who manages the money on behalf of the limited partners. The clarity of the capital commitment, the agile and dedicated team, and the ability to invest independently are elements we share with traditional VCs. However, like a corporate VC, we have the backing of a successful operating company behind us, with access to resources that most VCs can only dream of having.

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TBDF Ventures LLC (TBDFV), the organizer of Beyond The Billion (BTB), is a company serving the global consortium of investors pledged to invest beyond $1bn collectively into women-founded technology companies and funds and firms that invest in them. BTB builds on the success of The Billion Dollar Fund for Women, the initial campaign co-founded by our founders. BTB is not a venture fund, an investment bank, a broker-dealer, investment clearinghouse, or an investment adviser, but rather a forum in which investors may be educated on aspects of investment and business, as well as introduced to companies for possible investment, in particular, those led by women. Each investor and allocator pledged to BTB’s mission is responsible for his or her own investment decisions, and neither TBDFV nor BTB recommends companies or financial products for investment. Participating funds may be highlighted to various institutional and other investors and managers, with the aim of catalyzing capital towards women-founded companies; but are not guaranteed allocations from any specific fund. The Founders of TBDFV and BTB may hold interests directly or indirectly in featured funds and associated companies. Information is obtained from participant funds, believed to be reliable, but is in no way guaranteed by TBDFV or BTB. No guarantee of any kind is implied or possible where projections of future conditions are attempted.