Westbound Equity Partners (formerly Concrete Rose Capital) is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests financial and social capital into underrepresented founders of color and companies serving underrepresented communities. The firm pledges 50% of its profits to community foundations and focuses on building a virtuous cycle of wealth and opportunity.
They made 3 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (57% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $11.3M (across 14 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
13
Fund Size
$100M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
14 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAnother | Seed | $2.5M | Jan 2026 |
 Esusu | Series C | $50M | Dec 2025 |
| MManas | Seed | $24.6M | Sep 2025 |
 Nestment | Pre-Seed | $3.5M | Feb 2023 |
 Five To Nine | Seed | $4.3M | Jun 2022 |
 PlanetFWD | Series A | $10M | May 2022 |
 Lyra Collective | Series A | $27M | Jun 2021 |
 CareCar | Seed | $3M | Apr 2021 |
 Toucan | Seed | $4.5M | Apr 2021 |
| PlanetFWD | Seed | $2.5M | Dec 2020 |
 TravelJoy | Series A | $10M | — |
 Good Trust | Seed | $5M | — |
| WWelcome Tech | Bridge | $7.5M | — |
 Mazlo | Seed | $4.5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
NFX2 shared
Kapor Capital2 shared
BBG Ventures2 shared
January Capital2 shared
Next Play Ventures2 shared
Anthemis1 shared
Forerunner Ventures1 shared
Acrew Capital1 shared
Founder Collective1 shared
Norwest Venture Partners1 shared
Impact America Fund1 shared
The Slack Fund1 shared
Sterling Road1 shared
Cleveland Avenue1 shared
Black Opal Ventures1 shared
Alumni Ventures1 shared
Bling Capital1 shared
Azure Capital Partners1 shared
Motier Ventures1 shared
Khosla Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026