Backbone Angels is a collective of angel investors founded in 2021 by ten women with diverse technical and operational backgrounds, many formerly at Shopify. The group invests its own capital in women and non-binary founders, with a focus on Black, Indigenous, and women of colour-led companies.
They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $72.4M (across 9 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
9
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
11 investments
Top Co-Investors
Garage Capital3 shared
Laconia2 shared
Archangel2 shared
Two Small Fish Ventures2 shared
Slow Ventures2 shared
BAM Ventures2 shared
Founder Collective2 shared
Ridgeline Partners2 shared
Cisco Investments2 shared
The Slack Fund1 shared
Salesforce Ventures1 shared
Iconiq Capital, LLC1 shared
Accel1 shared
Tiger Global Management, LLC1 shared
Skip Capital1 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners1 shared
Sound Ventures1 shared
Future Fund1 shared
MaRS IAF1 shared
Y Combinator1 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026