Leslie Goldman Tepper

Founding Partner

2024 - Current

General Partner & Co-Founder

2019 - 2024

The Artemis Fund was founded in 2019 by Leslie Goldman, Diana Murakhovskaya, and Stephanie Campbell with the specific mandate to invest in scalable, tech-enabled, female-founded companies that democratize access to wealth. We are one of the very few US seed-stage VC companies (less than 1%) that exclusively invests in female-founded and led companies. The Artemis Fund I portfolio includes 15 companies in fintech, e-commerce/blockchain, and care-tech. We launched The Artemis Fund II in January 2022 to continue to lead investments and provide value-add to our companies at the seed stage. Evidence shows that investing in women is good business: diverse teams deliver higher value and returns. Yet traditional venture firms are leaving money on the table by deploying only 2-3% of overall dollars to female founders and only about 12 - 15% to co-ed teams. Our extensive deal flow indicates that it is not a pipeline problem, and the innovative, forward-thinking founders stemming from our network provide us with an opportunity to build a uniquely strong portfolio. Current Artemis companies include: UNest, CNote, DressX, HopSkipDrive, Goodmylk, GoodFynd, Upgrade Boutique, Reel, Paloma, Work & Mother, Fundid, Host Co, Naborforce, Supermassiv, one more TBA, Good Patch (SPV), and Tempest (SPV). More to come!

Board Member

2022

Deep Isolation provides a safe and permanent (patented) technology for the disposal of nuclear waste. Deep Isolation is the first and only organization to develop a complete solution that enables countries and governments to dispose of nuclear waste more quickly and for less than half the cost of traditional methods.

Advisory Board Member

2019 - 2022

Investment Committee Member

2019

Blue Ivy is part of the Alumni Venture Group of Funds and invests in a wide array of companies at the Seed and Growth stage.

Advisory Board Member

2021

Founded in 1999, YES is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to building the new generation of entrepreneurs in the Yale community and at a national level.

Strategic Advisor

2019

The Rebel Fund is a YCombinator focused venture capital fund, with Jared Heyman (YC Alum) as GP and YC Alum as Venture Partners.

Advisory Board Member

2019

SmartGurlz is a STEM education and entertainment company that creates products for kids and schools, aged 5 to 12. The company focuses on addressing the diversity gap in STEM with an aim to increase engagement levels for girls and minorities. The award-winning range includes its flagship product ‘SmartGurlz’: a series of robots, figures and apps for the consumer market and a promising new schools range called Smart Buddies aimed at grades K-K5.

Board Observer

2022 - 2024

Board Member

2021 - 2024

Board Member

2021 - 2024

Board Observer

2020 - 2024

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