StrongHer Ventures

What StrongHer Ventures does

StrongHer Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs women-led and women-focused pre-seed and early-stage technology companies. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an Indian operating entity (StrongHer Ventures LLP) sponsoring and managing the SEBI-registered Category I Alternative Investment Fund STRONGHER ARISE II (Registration IN/AIF1/22-23/1180), the firm invests across three stated verticals — Consumer, Climate, and Enterprise — with thematic emphasis on future of work, health, fintech, and consumer technology. Its core products and programs are the ARISE Accelerator (positioned as a leading capital-backed early-stage accelerator organized into 8 weekly pods of master classes, expert sessions, investor roundtables, networking, and client connects), the StrongHer 100 Women annual recognition initiative (built in partnership with Tholons), and direct equity investments into portfolio companies such as Licious, Luxola, Joules to Watts, Insta Practo, Assiduus, and Wavemaker Labs.

The firm's business model follows a classic VC architecture: it raises capital from limited partners, deploys it through STRONGHER ARISE II into portfolio companies, and earns revenue primarily from fund management fees with future carried interest on successful exits; specific fee, carry, and AUM terms are not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, leveraging content marketing (thought-leadership articles on AI, climate, SaaS, neobanks, and healthtech), organic social channels (Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram), flagship programming (ARISE cohorts, StrongHer 100 Women), and direct sourcing relationships with founders across India, Singapore, and Thailand. The team is led by Managing Partner Ankita Vashistha (over 15 years of PE/VC experience, founder of Wavemaker Labs) alongside Fund Manager Avinash Vashistha, supported by investment team members and an Advisory Board.

Name

StrongHer Ventures

Legal name

StrongHer Ventures LLP

Website

https://strongher.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

StrongHer Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in women-led, pre-seed and early-stage technology companies across Consumer, Climate, and Enterprise verticals via its SEBI-registered fund STRONGHER ARISE II and its ARISE Accelerator program.

Ownership category

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Product category

Early-Stage Venture Capital

NAICS

Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds / Multi-Manager Platforms (FSANAAAJ)

Keywords

• Venture capital investing
• Early-stage tech startups
• Women-led accelerator programs
• Pre-seed funding
• Portfolio company growth

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Returns: StrongHer Ventures generates returns through equity investments in early-stage women-led tech companies. The fund managers (Ankita Vashistha and Avinash Vashistha) manage the venture capital fund STRONGHER ARISE II, registered with SEBI as a Category I AIF, sub-category Venture Capital Fund.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

StrongHer Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed and early-stage technology companies led by women across Consumer, Climate, and Enterprise verticals (B2B SaaS, DeepTech, fintech, healthtech, cybersecurity). It deploys capital through its SEBI-registered STRONGHER ARISE II venture capital fund and runs the ARISE Accelerator program, providing Capital, Connections, Coaching, and Community support to outlier women founders. The firm also co-runs the StrongHer 100 Women recognition initiative with Tholons.

Product overview

StrongHer Ventures operates as a venture capital firm with two core offerings: (1) direct investment in women-led/focused early-stage tech companies across Consumer, Climate, and Enterprise verticals, and (2) the ARISE Accelerator program, which is positioned as the largest capital-backed early-stage accelerator providing funding, master classes, investor connections, and community support. The firm also runs the StrongHer 100 Women initiative in partnership with Tholons. The portfolio includes six companies: Licious (meat/seafood delivery), Luxola (luxury cosmetics), Joules to Watts (IT talent solutions), Insta Practo (clinic management software), Assiduus (AI-powered e-commerce accelerator), and Wavemaker Labs (venture studio).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ARISE Accelerator: The largest capital-backed early-stage accelerator program providing funding, hands-on master classes, expert-led deep dives, investor round tables, networking, client connects, and community for women entrepreneurs.
• The StrongHer 100 Women

Products and services

• StrongHer Ventures Venture Capital Fund SEBI-registered Category I AIF venture capital fund (STRONGHER ARISE II) providing equity capital and strategic support to women-led early-stage technology companies across Consumer, Climate, and Enterprise verticals, offered to startup founders seeking institutional backing.
• ARISE Accelerator Capital-backed early-stage accelerator program offering funding, hands-on master classes, expert-led deep dives, investor round tables, networking, client connects, and community support for outlier women founders, applied to by early-stage startup founders worldwide.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TholonscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Tholons and StrongHer Ventures partnered to create The StrongHer 100 Women 2025, an initiative recognizing top women entrepreneurs globally. This co-branded initiative combines Tholons' supernovas platform expertise with StrongHer Ventures' focus on women-led startups.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Antler: Global early-stage VC and accelerator operating across 25+ countries. Antler's accelerator-plus-fund model and global footprint make it a relevant incumbent benchmark, though it is not women-focused.
• Techstars: Large global accelerator network offering structured 13-week programs and follow-on investment. Techstars' accelerator-plus-fund template is the category archetype StrongHer's ARISE program is built to emulate at smaller scale.

Direct peers

• Village Capital: Non-profit impact-focused accelerator and investor supporting early-stage companies, including underserved founders. Comparable to StrongHer through accelerator programming and an inclusive-founders thesis.
• Female Founders Fund: Early-stage VC fund dedicated to female-founded companies. Shares StrongHer's women-focused investment thesis and pre-seed/seed orientation; differs in being US-anchored while StrongHer operates an India-domiciled vehicle with SEA exposure.
• Halogen Ventures: Early-stage VC focused on consumer tech companies led by underestimated founders, including women. Halogen's consumer-tech orientation and seed-stage entry overlap directly with StrongHer's Consumer vertical.
• SoGal Ventures: Global venture fund investing in diverse founders with a strong female-founder focus and presence in the US, Asia, and Europe. Closely parallels StrongHer's cross-border, women-led, early-stage thesis and global footprint.
• BBG Ventures: Early-stage VC backing female founders building companies that change how we live, work, and play. Closely matches StrongHer's Consumer/Climate/Enterprise framing and pre-seed stage focus.
• Springboard Enterprises: Accelerator and venture fund supporting women-led companies across technology, life sciences, and digital health. Combines accelerator programming with investment — directly analogous to StrongHer's ARISE-plus-fund model.
• Dreamit Ventures: Venture-backed accelerator focused on early-stage startups across enterprise and consumer verticals. Comparable to StrongHer's ARISE program in accelerator-plus-fund structure, though Dreamit is not women-focused.

Emerging players

• Pipeline Angels: Network changing the face of angel investing by providing capital and mentorship to women and non-binary founders. Overlaps with StrongHer's women-focused thesis at the angel/pre-seed tier.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/stronghervc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/showcase/arise-accelerator/?viewAsMember=true
• Instagraminstagram.com/strongherventures/?__coig_restricted=1
• Facebookfacebook.com/strongherventures

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments11 records

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