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    Designer Fund

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2012
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    Designer Fund invests in early-stage tech companies (Pre-Seed through Series A) that utilize design to enhance health, sustainability, and prosperity for all people. Their strategy involves acting as a design partner, providing capital, expert design advice, and support in building strong design teams to companies where design is a key differentiator.

    Their most common stage is seed (48% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.5M (across 20 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    21

    Fund Size

    $4M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    21 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    SSockSeed$2.8MNov 2023
    Bezi logoBeziSeries A$13MNov 2023
    Era logoEraSeed$3.1MNov 2023
    Beaming Health logoBeaming HealthPre-Seed$1.7MFeb 2023
    Northstar logoNorthstarSeries B$24.4MOct 2022
    Forma logoFormaSeries B$40MMar 2022
    Mage logoMageSeed$6.3MOct 2021
    Felt logoFeltSeed$4.5MAug 2021
    PPequitySeries A$19MJun 2021
    Revi logoReviSeed$2MDec 2020
    Flatfile logoFlatfileSeed$7.6MJun 2020
    Monograph logoMonographSeed$1.9MMar 2020
    Aspen logoAspenSeries A$12MJun 2019
    Hummingbird logoHummingbirdSeed$3MOct 2018
    Framer logoFramerSeries A$7.7MDec 2017
    Hustle logoHustleSeries A$8MAug 2017
    Hustle logoHustlePre-Seed$3MNov 2016
    Dice logoDiceSeries A$6MJun 2016
    DDelightedUnknown—Oct 2014
    HHello WonderSeed$2.1M—
    VVisual ElectricSeed$2.5M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Canvas Ventures3 shared
    Foundation Capital3 shared
    Index Ventures2 shared
    Matrix Partners2 shared
    Omidyar Network2 shared
    Parade Ventures2 shared
    SV Angel2 shared
    Homebrew2 shared
    Gradient Ventures2 shared
    Bain Capital Ventures1 shared
    Ubiquity Ventures1 shared
    Precursor Ventures1 shared
    NextGen Venture Partners1 shared
    Tau Ventures1 shared
    Sequoia Capital1 shared
    BoxGroup1 shared
    Norwest Venture Partners1 shared
    First Round Capital1 shared
    Scribble Ventures1 shared
    GSV Acceleration1 shared

    Last updated: 16 April 2026