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Mother Ventures Fund I

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $10M
Focus: Consumer & Commerce, Digital Health, FemTech and Wellness & Lifestyle
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Mother Ventures Fund I

Mother Ventures Fund I is a $10M debut fund founded by former Tubular Labs co-founder Allison Stern, built around the thesis that mothers are the most underpriced consumer segment in venture, controlling roughly 85% of US household spending and $2.4T in annual purchasing power. Anchor LP is Tony James (former Blackstone president). Already 13 portfolio companies with $50M+ in follow-on capital from Greylock, Accel, AlleyCorp, and Reach Capital.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

Consumer & Commerce

Digital Health

FemTech

Wellness & Lifestyle

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Pre-seed AI founder solving real family problems for mothers

mom-economy

consumer

AI-for-families

femtech

family-health

Bullish Signals

Tony James (ex-Blackstone) anchor LPblog

13 portfolio cos, $50M+ follow-on attractedblog

90%+ portfolio founders are parentsblog

Fortune op-ed: mothers AI opportunitylinkedin

Thesis sharpened: AI invisibly solves family complexitylinkedin

Zero drop-off event attendance, high-touch community buildinglinkedin

30+ powerhouse moms, multi-generational network activationlinkedin

Multi-generational founder connections: daughters now entrepreneurssocial

Cross-sector LP engagement: banking, media, healthcare leadssocial

Full-self authenticity culture attracts top-tier LPs & founderssocial

30-person sunset dinner, zero cancellations, high energysocial

Multi-generational attendees: mothers + grown daughters + motherssocial

Cross-industry LP mix: banking, media, fertility, Fox Newssocial

Permission to be full self drives authentic deal-makingsocial

Contrarian Signals

$10M fund, very small checksblog

Niche mom-economy thesis limits universeblog

Founder Do's

Target 85M moms, $2.4T spending power

Use AI to solve family complexity invisibly

Build retention-first consumer product

Leverage parent-operator LP network

Focus healthcare, childcare, home management angles

Tap into mom-founder & funder community for co-founder/advisor leads

Attend MV dinners for deep founder/investor connections

Pitch outcomes mothers actually care about daily

Founder Don'ts

Pitch AI tool instead of outcome

Ignore mom purchasing power & loyalty

Expect checks above $500K

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$10M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Allison Stern

Allison SternFounder & General Partner

Backers

Known LPs

AnthropicCorporate / Strategic

InstagramCorporate / Strategic

Little SleepiesCorporate / Strategic

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