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Graham & Walker
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Seattle, Washington 8,844 followers
Venture Capital firm on a mission to change the nasdaq by investing in tomorrow’s most powerful companies today.
About us
Graham & Walker is a venture firm that activates the potential of all women in business through programs, community, and direct investments. We are on a mission to reshape the Nasdaq by investing in tech companies founded and led by women. It all starts with one. One idea. One partnership. One life-changing investment. Graham & Walker is changing the face of entrepreneurship. This is Graham & Walker & you.
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http://www.grahamwalker.com
External link for Graham & Walker
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2017
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1411 4th Ave
Seattle, Washington 98101, US
Employees at Graham & Walker
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Danna Redmond
Early stage Start-up Angel Investor, Start-up Advisor, Operations Executive, Customer Experience Executive
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Lowell Ricklefs
Redefining B2B SaaS M&A and Creating Your Ideal Outcome
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Nimrod Vered
Engineering Leader, Mentor and Investor
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Pam Kostka
CEO | Advisor | Investor | Board Member
Updates
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Just under a week to go and we are almost at capacity for Graham & Walker's Women Founders & Funders Brunch at Seattle Tech Week! Don;t miss your chance to connect with fellow women founders and investors in a dynamic and empowering environment. Register today if you haven't already - we will have a waitlist open to accommodate last minute cancellations as well. July 30th 10am RSVP: https://lu.ma/7dvdcsl5 Huge thanks to our partners at Bank of America for sponsoring this event! Diana Ren Jim Morehead Jenny N. Stephanie Kunert Melissa M Potter Kristina Simpson, Galina V. Prokop, Alex Yang, Jeremy Camden https://lu.ma/7dvdcsl5
G&W Women Founders & Funders Brunch (Seattle Tech Week) · Luma
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What makes a startup stand out? Is it an idea, the team or something else? In our most recent Investor Fireside Chat, we sat down with Monique Woodard, Managing Director of Cake Ventures when she shared her unique investment thesis and insights into the evolving landscape of venture capital. Here is a snippet from the conversation where she talks about how she identifies standout startups. Watch the full conversation on our website (link in comments) #startups #venturecapital #VC #Investing
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Graham & Walker's very own Leslie Feinzaig in Fortune today on why she believes in meritocracy and invests in underrepresented founders. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/g-Y2NvDe
Founder @ Female Founders Alliance | GP @ Graham & Walker Venture Fund | Contributor @ Fortune, Fast Company & TechCrunch
I’ve been told that I’d never raise a VC fund because I’m a woman. I’ve also been told that raising my fund was easier because I’m a woman. Meanwhile, my male counterparts, who outnumber women in the space about nine times over, raise funds an order of magnitude larger in less than half the time I did. Whether you believe that any of my achievements are because of, or in spite of, those pieces of my identity that make me stand out in my space - that has less to do with me, and more to do with how you see the world. And either way you think about it—because of, or in spite of—has the same consequence: It erases me from my own accomplishments. This erasure is in large part why many who are underrepresented in the most competitive professions, but who are otherwise stereotypical type A overachievers, tend to walk around with a massive chip on their shoulders. And that chip on their shoulders is exactly why I love investing in them. My latest for Fortune. https://lnkd.in/g9Vu-fwv
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🚀 Big congratulations to Tiya Gordon and Nathan L. King, the brilliant founders of itselectric on successfully closing their Seed round! 🎉 We are incredibly proud to be investors in such a visionary and transformative company🌱 Check out the full article on Fortune to learn more about their exciting journey and groundbreaking work in electric vehicle charging: https://lnkd.in/e7DuKYNf Here’s to a bright and electrifying future! ⚡️ #investment #startups #evcharging #itselectric #innovation #sustainability
🎉 itselectric, a Brooklyn-based electric vehicle curbside charging company, today announced its $6.5M seed round. The raise was led by Failup Ventures and Uber. With participation from Halogen Ventures, Partnership for New York City, Pulse Fund, Newlab, Gratitude Railroad, Tale Venture Partners, The Equity Alliance, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) Impact Fund, and The Helm will support deployments across seven cities in the United States in 2024, including Boston, Los Angeles, Detroit, Jersey City, and San Francisco. With fresh funding, itselectric’s curbside charging infrastructure will also help support Uber’s goal of helping rideshare drivers go electric. 🌎 2023 was the hottest year on record with transportation being the third largest contributor of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. But transportation is also a sector where the choice to drive electric will create a collective difference. Our mission is to make charging easy, convenient, and affordable not only for drivers, but for cities, providing the pathway for everyone to go electric. “itselectric has designed an innovative public charging solution that addresses the infrastructural barriers that cities face in the deployment of electric vehicle curbside charging,” said Topias Soininen, general partner at Failup Ventures. “Their thoughtfully designed chargers are a highly scalable solution that will rapidly bring curbside charging to the millions of city drivers who park on the street and contribute to the nationwide adoption of electric vehicles.” "We are thrilled to invest in itselectric as part of our push for an all-electric future,” said Camiel Irving, GM of Uber US & Canada. "Electric rideshare drivers cut emissions up to four times more than regular motorists, but many lack off-street parking and home charging options. itselectric is innovating to address this and expand overnight curbside charging, helping more drivers confidently go electric, ease range anxiety, and boost earnings potential." “itselectric is revolutionizing urban infrastructure,” said Jesse Draper founding partner, Halogen Ventures. “Their mission to bring highly accessible curbside charging combined with economic benefits to urban communities, offers an innovative solution for a problem we need to urgently solve. We’re incredibly excited about itselectric as they expand across cities to make sustainable transportation a reality across the nation” Read the full story in Fortune https://lnkd.in/e7DuKYNf
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🌟 The G&W Female Founders + Funders Brunch at #SeattleTechWeek is back by popular demand for the 2nd year in a row! 🌟 Join us on July 30th for a fabulous morning filled with delicious food, inspiring conversations, and unbeatable networking opportunities. This is your chance to connect with fellow women founders and investors in a dynamic and empowering environment. RSVP: https://lu.ma/7dvdcsl5 Huge thanks to our partners at Bank of America Diana Ren Don’t miss out on this unforgettable event. Mark your calendars and get ready to make some funding rounds happen! #FemaleFounders #WomenInTech #SeattleTechWeek #Networking #Empowerment #Innovation #Funding
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Founder @ Female Founders Alliance | GP @ Graham & Walker Venture Fund | Contributor @ Fortune, Fast Company & TechCrunch
A huge get for Syndio! Nimrod Vered is not only an outstanding tech leader, he's also one of the kindest, most supportive men I've been fortunate enough to meet. We are proud to have him as an LP at Graham & Walker. Congratulations Nimrod, and congratulations Syndio! I love to see this partnership and look forward to all you will accomplish together!
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Next in our series of investor fireside chats, we are excited to host Monique Woodard, Managing Director of Cake Ventures, a visionary investor, and advocate for inclusive innovation. Monique focuses on investing in companies with global ambitions that create technology products for the needs of tomorrow’s internet users. 📅 Date: July 10th 🕒 Time: 11 am PT/ 2 pm ET 📍 Sign up here: https://lu.ma/gvpota80 Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights from a trailblazing leader in venture capital and inclusive innovation. Secure your spot today! #FiresideChat #VentureCapital #InclusiveInnovation #TechIndustry #CakeVentures #MoniqueWoodard #Innovation #Diversity #FutureOfTech
Fireside Chat with Monique Woodard, Managing Director Cake Ventures · Zoom · Luma
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Join us NEXT WEEK for a fireside chat with Kate Gardiner, founder of Grey Horse Communications agency to discuss the reality of the disproportionate media backlash female founders often face for the same slip-ups that their male counterparts seem to get away with. Kate, with her wealth of experience navigating global crises and standing up for women during the #MeToo movement, will discuss female founder takedowns with Leslie Feinzaig, founder of Graham & Walker the Female Founders Alliance, next Wednesday, June 5th, at 11 am PT/2pm ET. RSVP here: https://lu.ma/heef8phr Find the link to read Leslie's FastCo article, "All I want for International Women’s Day: No more female founder takedowns," that inspired this conversation in the comments below.
Fireside Chat with Kate Gardiner, Founder of Grey Horse · Zoom · Luma
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We are SO PROUD of the Batch 5 founders who have powered through the Catalyst program over the past three weeks. We've been blown away by their eagerness to learn, grow, and take their companies to the next level, together. A special shoutout to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Lily Yuen Xu for capping off our program with an incredibly powerful session on fundraising bias. It was a wake-up call and a motivator—a perfect, thought-provoking, and actionable workshop to wrap an amazing program. To our wonderful mentors, speakers, and coaches, THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts. Your generosity, time, and expertise have been invaluable in shaping the futures of these dynamo founders. To our community: Keep your eyes peeled for these trailblazers as they embark on their fundraising journeys. Let’s rally behind them, support female founders, and work together to INVEST ✊ IN ✊ FEMALE ✊ FOUNDERS! To our partners: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Antares Capital LP, Cooley LLP, SVB- thank you for ensuring we can provide high-quality programming like this free for all founders. Your support allows us to do what we do best. Thank you. Let’s keep this momentum going! 🚀✨ CC: Leslie Feinzaig, Divya Kakkad, Jenna Winocur
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