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Serena Ventures

Serena Ventures is Serena Ventures's venture-partner offering support for women founders and founders of color.

Venture PartnerPre-seedSeedConsumerMobilityCommerce
Application state
Not published
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Overview

What Serena Ventures offers

What Serena Ventures is

Serena Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017 by tennis legend Serena Williams and Alison Rapaport Stillman. The firm focuses on addressing the underfunding of women and founders of color, viewing it as a significant market inefficiency. Serena Ventures backs bold founders who are reshaping how we live, work, move, and connect across various sectors. The firm maintains a lean team structure that includes Venture Fellow positions, indicating a commitment to talent development and emerging investor cultivation.

Operational profile

Program status and context

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Operational status
Active
Program type
Venture Partner
Host organization
Serena Ventures
Last reviewed
March 16, 2026

Terms and economics

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Price
Unknown
Compensation
Unknown

Focus and fit

Who the program is for

Program thesis

Serena Ventures backs bold founders who are reshaping consumer behavior, business operations, mobility, and connectivity across sectors. The firm focuses on identifying underestimated founder talent and market opportunities, particularly among women and founders of color.

Stages
Pre-seed · Seed
Regions
Global
Audience
Founders

Format and cadence

How participation works

Engagement
Unknown

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Application state
Not published
Admissions
Unknown

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Last reviewed

March 16, 2026

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