Borski Fund

Thirona kicks off the first month of 2025 by participating in two medical events in a row! 🙌 ⚕️ For Thirona, such events are always a great opportunity to connect with clinical practitioners and discuss how advanced AI technology can help treat lung diseases. 🚀 Company’s specialists shared the latest developments at the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Lung Conference in London, highlighting the latest updates in the field that allow for more precise and successful interventions. 🎤 Sanaz Berahmani, Ph.D. and Emmanuel Rios Velazquez, PhD presented at AstraZeneca’s Asthma Congress in Barcelona. They discussed the potential of AI in image analysis and showed how nuanced AI-enabled analysis can be applied in innovative respiratory therapies, pharmaceutical research, and clinical decision-making. Here’s to Thirona keeping up the pace throughout the year! 👏 #ai #healthcare #respiratorytherapies #clinicalvalidation Simone Daphne Lorenz Bertrand Anieke Laura Floortje Reinoud Jen

Our portfolio company, DUDE CHEM, based in Berlin, was recognized by Berliner Morgenpost GmbH as a leader in the transformation of sustainable chemical production. 🌱 Berlin is emerging as a hub for "green chemistry," so it made this recognition all the more meaningful. 🌟 As a virtual #deeptech manufacturer, DUDE CHEM enables a greener supply of pharmaceuticals to transform the current pharma-chemical industry into an environmentally benign sector. 🇩🇪 Many regions in Germany are still focused on their strong chemical manufacturing base, but Berlin is leaning into its scientific strengths and the city’s research institutions. "Berlin’s leadership in this field is more than a local initiative – it’s a glimpse into the future of global chemistry," says the DUDE CHEM team. "The transition is happening and the winners will be those who innovate first. The future of the industry will be green – because it makes economic sense. Lower waste, reduced energy consumption and safer materials all contribute to significant cost savings." Read more here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ehaTANn2 #borskifund #femalefounders #innovation #greenchemicalproduction Simone, Laura, Bertrand, Daphne, Lorenz, Anieke, Reinoud, Jen

Heading to the MD&M West in Anaheim this week? Be sure to say hello to portfolio company VIVOLTA at booth #562! 👋 Are you … · developing a new medical device and want to enhance tissue integration? · searching for alternatives to textile coverings that don’t require suturing? · innovating drug delivery systems for controlled, localized release? 💬 Discuss your project with VIVOLTA's electrospinning experts Noel Davison, Jeff Orosco, and Kenneth Ross! They can help with contract development and manufacturing challenges in orthopedics and sports medicine, cardiovascular and general surgery and advanced wound care. 🤝 Email Team VIVOLTA to schedule a meeting: BD@vivolta.com. #electrospinning #healthcare #medicaldevice #drugdelivery

Thanks for sharing our good news, Silicon Canals! Read the full article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gEpwJXv5 #investment #femalefounders #femaleleaders #impactstartups Daphne Bertrand Lorenz Reinoud Anieke Floortje Jen

📣 Read all about it! Our new monthly newsletter is out!   Catch up on the latest Borski Fund team and portfolio company highlights: 🔶 M&G Investments invests €9M in Borski Fund to back female-led ventures 🔶 Portfolio company CarbonX closes €4M round 🔶 Groeitafel Limburg set for February 19th 🔶 And don't forget to check out career opportunities with our growing portfolio companies: The Selection Lab, Thirona, inne, Parfumado, Prolira - DeltaScan® , VIVOLTA, DUDE CHEM, RTI Blockchain and Aiir Innovations. We invest in companies that reduce the gender gap. Because #success has no gender. #femalefounders #entrepreneurs #innovation #impactinvesting Simone Daphne Bertrand Lorenz Anieke Laura Floortje Reinoud

We are thrilled to announce that M&G Investments has invested €9 million in Borski Fund! 🎉 This is our largest LP investment and it's a strong endorsement of our mission to close the funding gap for women-led #startups. Established in 1931, M&G Investments is one of the oldest and most renowned global investment management firms. It serves customers in 26 countries around the world. 🌍 Here at Borski Fund, we work to empower inclusive innovation while fostering equitable access to capital. 💪 “Only 1% of venture capital funding is invested in women-led teams, while a staggering 94% goes to male-led teams, despite research consistently showing that diverse teams tend to be more innovative and achieve better performance," says our Founding Partner, Simone Brummelhuis. “M&G now joins our esteemed group of limited partners, all of whom are dedicated to supporting and advancing Borski’s mission of empowering exceptional female founders and their startups,” Simone continues. “With this investment, we are thrilled to announce that the fund has now reached its hard cap of 50 million euros.” “We are glad to announce our commitment to Borski Fund, an impactful company taking bold steps to address the critical funding gap faced by women-led businesses. Our investment in Borski Fund reaffirms our commitment to play our part in building a more inclusive society,” says Alex Seddon, Head of Private Equity and Impact at M&G Investments. Read the full press release on our website > https://lnkd.in/eawgbHiz 💬 Message us to learn more about how we are funding women, funding female-centered products and health and increasing the number of female voices in the VC world. 💪 #borskifund #femalefounders #innovation #venturecapital #impactinvesting

Thank you for sharing our good news, Impact-Investor.com! We're happy to finally share we've closed an investment round of more than €9 million from M&G Investments. 🙌 ⭐️ “We are really glad to have M&G Investments on board as they have proved they want to up their game in both climate tech and DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) investment and are also interested in making big ticket investments in follow-ons, which is great for us and our investees as they scale in the future," said Borski Fund CEO Simone Brummelhuis. "To them we have been able to extend our investment period for another year.” 💪 Borski Fund invests in high-potential female-led tech startups and companies that empower women. Our portfolio reflects this commitment, with recent investments in companies such as DUDE CHEM, CarbonX, Thirona, The Selection Lab and VivArt-X. Read the full article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTk7xqct #investment #femalefounders #impactstartups #impactinvesting Laura Daphne Bertrand Lorenz Anieke Jen

Every day, women experience health inequities and this has created a dire health gap, affecting women around the globe. 🏥🌍 A new report by McKinsey & Company, just released at #WEF Davos, looks at this health gap. "The women’s health gap correlates with women living in poor health for 25% more of their lives than men do. Closing the women’s health gap could yield 75 million disability-adjusted life years annually—the equivalent of adding seven healthy days per year per woman—and unlock $1 trillion in annual global GDP by 2040," says the report. Addressing the women's health gap will not only improve individual lives and well-being, but it will also create significant economic benefits globally. "The new report by McKinsey confirms our message: invest in women!" says Simone Brummelhuis in her post about the report's release. "Investors, businesses, governments, philanthropies and universities have a key role to play in investing in women’s health. At Borski Fund, we play our part in the ecosystem and have invested in VivArt-X, inne, Soft Revolt, VIVOLTA and more. Now the Dutch government will put women's health also on the national agenda, which we highly support," she continues. 💬 Message us to learn more about how we are funding women, funding female-centered products and increasing the number of female voices in the VC world. 💪 Read the report here > https://lnkd.in/dchy-FEr #womenshealth #womeninVC #borskifund #femalefounders #innovation #venturecapital #impactinvesting #startup

"The underfunding of female founders in Europe is not just a gender issue; it’s an economic and social missed opportunity," says a recent Tech.eu article highlighting the funding gap for #FemaleFounders in Europe. 👇 Female-founded companies in Europe receive only a fraction of the total VC funding. In 2023, they only got 2.8% of all the venture capital funding. 💸 With women leading 20-30% of new startups across Europe, according to the article, this is a HUGE funding gap and hampers innovation on this continent. Hold up! Amidst these depressing stats, there are some positive trends that we should highlight. ✨ 🗺️ Sweden is leading the crowd and 15% of its local VC funding goes to female-led companies. 💶 2024 saw some significant investment rounds for female-founded companies. 👩🦰 Female angel investors now represent 24% of all angel investors in Europe. 💰 More and more funds (🙋♀️ Borski Fund!) are focused on fighting this gender gap and aim to address these imbalances by fostering more female investors and backing women-led startups. But there's so much more that needs to happen. Diverse teams have been shown to outperform homogeneous ones and by funding female-led companies, we usher in more innovation, fresh ideas and different priorities within companies. We believe that a trend of more female funding can positively impact everyone. 💪📈 Here at Borski Fund, we are proud to support female founders and female-oriented products. We also work hard to increase the number of female voices in the investing world. The article lists a number of steps to be taken to address the funding gap, including expanding funding options beyond traditional VC, policy interventions, visibility and representation. What else do YOU think we can all do to address the gender funding gap? For the full article, click here > https://lnkd.in/e2QxQRS4 (Photo credit ~ tech.eu) #borskifund #femalefounders #innovation #venturecapital #impactinvesting #startup

Last Friday, Her Capital Connection took place at the KPMG offices in Amstelveen. It was organized by FEM-START, The Angel Initiative, Female Ventures and Rockstart. What an amazing atmosphere! ✨ Borski Fund’s Daphne Postma hosted a well-visited workshop for more than 60 #founders and #investors on managing cap tables. The focus point of the gathering was the pitch contest, where founders competed to receive funding from The Angel Initiative.  Congrats to the five finalists who went home with funding to grow their companies! 🌟 PAVA – Femke Delissen: Innovative WiFi sensor technology for patient monitoring, ensuring safer and more efficient care. 🌟 tex.tracer – Jolanda Kooi: SaaS-solution for sustainable supply chains in the fashion industry. 🌟 PackBack – Tine Bakia: smart recycling system for more sustainable to-go food and beverage packages. 🌟 LAYCO – Dieuwertje Drexhage. Reusable medical device for baby delivery, supporting mothers and babies worldwide. 🌟 Madglove Amsterdam – Mădălina Rîurean: Personalised toolkit to support recovery from hand disability. Thanks to all who attended this exciting event! #femalefounders #impactstartups #captables #funding #diversity