Where LGBTQ+ Startups Take Flight

At Chasing Rainbows…

we're more than just an early-stage venture fund. We're a launchpad for the brightest LGBTQ+ founded companies, nurturing them to grow, innovate, and lead.

Our Mission

We believe in investing in LGBTQ+ founders who are often overlooked yet outperform in the market. Chasing Rainbows is committed to empowering these entrepreneurs, tapping into their unique perspectives and innovative ideas to create a more diverse and inclusive business world.

Our Team

Led by a dynamic duo, Ben Stokes and Patrick Driscoll, our team brings a wealth of experience, passion, and dedication. With an impressive track record of successful exits, investments, and recognition in the VC community, we're well-equipped to identify and nurture the next generation of LGBTQ+ unicorns.

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Investment Strategy

We dive deep into the heart of innovation, investing in high-performing LGBTQ+ startups that reflect our world's diversity. Our agnostic approach spans across sectors, focusing on startups with proven traction and a clear scale strategy.

Why Invest With Us

Our team's international experience and successful investment history stand as a testament to our capability.
We concentrate on purpose-led LGBTQ+ early-stage startups, providing them with the necessary tools and guidance for exponential growth.
Our portfolio showcases a range of companies making significant impacts in various sectors, from sustainable technology to AI-driven services.

Our Portfolio

FULL's green technology repurposes idle spaces into sustainable areas with rooftop gardens, cutting energy consumption and emissions in buildings. FULL collaborates with businesses and governments, enhancing growth conditions and financing projects through cost savings.
TômTex, known for creating biodegradable textiles from shrimp and mushrooms that emulate materials like leather, suede, latex, and vinyl, has broadened its market reach with the encouragement of Chasing Rainbows. Moving beyond small leather goods, TômTex has secured partnerships with leading auto and fashion brands such as Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Balenciaga, Reformation, and Nike.
Former Google employees, GetGloby founders are experts in multicultural marketing. GetGloby’s GenAI translates Ads and marketing assets into 100+ languages, safely connecting businesses to audiences worldwide.
An AI powered skincare marketplace linking consumers with experts and monitors product effectiveness. Coralai recommendations specialize to evolving needs of transgender changes, pregnancy, adult acne, diabetes, cancer treatment, and menopause.Description goes here
Tome’s AI and LLMs provide rapid contract summarization. Designed for legal services, VCs and entrepreneurs, Tome ensures that the contracts you sign match the deal you negotiated.
An eSports online coaching platform has positioned itself as the premier coaching resource for collegiate eSports leagues, currently used by numerous colleges. It is the official coaching partner of the Saudi Arabia eSports Federation and the 2024 International eSports World Cup.
ForThem has developed an online community for transgender individuals, utilizing their chest binder product for AFAB (assigned female at birth) women as a cornerstone of their customer acquisition strategy to foster community.
An AI assistant created to enable children to safely search the internet, while providing parents with real-time monitoring capabilities and the option to set guardrails for their children to follow.
Online tutoring platform for professional exams which uses AI to understand skills gaps, and builds a personalised curriculum.
Experience culturally competent LGBTQ+ healthcare the way it was meant to be.
SoundMind’s solution puts you and your organization at the center of everything and positions leaders and managers to have a more accurate pulse on what matters most–your team and culture’s mental wellbeing, happiness, and productivity.
We are a public benefit corporation on a mission to provide consumers with tools to protect themselves online. Our first product, the CertifyIt app, records tamper-proof videos that prove what they show. The videos and their metadata (time, date, location, filmer) are impossible to alter and manipulate. They can be shared instantly with a link.
Reliabl.ai is a B2B SaaS company providing platforms with community centric data management solutions and custom, high-performance algorithms. Their goal is to reduce AI bias and improve algorithmic performance.