The Artemis Fund

Overview

Founded in 2019, The Artemis Fund is a Texas-based independent venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments across the United States, Private Equity International headquartered in Houston.

Mission & Focus

The fund invests in female-founded, tech-enabled companies that help people build wealth and allow people to care for their families and communities in a more sustainable way. Signal Their core verticals are fintech, e-commerce, and care-tech.

Team

The firm was co-founded by General Partners Stephanie Campbell and Diana Murakhovskaya, and Venture Partner Leslie Goldman Tepper.

Fund Size & Portfolio

The firm has invested in more than 20 female-led startups, with over 60% having Black, Latinx, or immigrant leadership. InnovationMap They officially closed their second fund at $36M. LinkedIn In total, The Artemis Fund has made around 49 investments, in companies like Avela Health and Salvo Health.

Investment Strategy

They lead seed rounds for women founders in underserved geographies and non-traditional profiles, with an average check size of around $1.5M. VC Sheet The fund was built outside Silicon Valley, and the founders raised their first $15M fund largely from scratch through nearly 1,000 one-on-one educational meetings, teaching women investors — especially those more familiar with philanthropy — how to use venture capital for wealth creation.

Philosophy

"Artemis invests in the big personal, every day, economic problems that Silicon Valley doesn't understand or know how to solve," InnovationMap according to the firm's leadership.