Portrait No. 001
Amelia Lin
Co-founder and President
VC Backed Moms
VC Backed Moms is the world's largest community of venture backed founders at all stages of motherhood, with over 500 members who have raised $5B+ in venture funding. We started VC Backed Moms in 2021 while running our company Honeycomb (acquired by Ello). My cofounder was pregnant, we were trying to figure out how to write our own maternity policy, and we were struggling to find other women who had run venture backed companies while having kids.
In her words
“VC Backed Moms is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting the world's largest community of venture backed founders at all stages of motherhood, with over 500 members and $5B+ venture funding raised.”
Chapter I
The toughest challenges you've faced as a founder.
100% of VC Backed Moms members have raised institutional funding, on average $10M. VC Backed Moms members have: - Angel invested in each other's companies - Brokered partnerships over playground dates - Closed rounds while in L&D
Chapter II
Your vision.
Our vision is to open doors for the next generation of founders. We seek to achieve real, lasting change in the startup ecosystem, so that anyone can dream of building the next big company of tomorrow.
Chapter III
The impact you want to leave behind — for your industry, your community, and the women who come next.
If we play our cards right, the face of Silicon Valley looks different in 5 years. And a generation of young girls and women get to have the chance to experience the opportunity we've all been so lucky to have -- the chance to build the next big, world-changing company.