Sofia Fund Investments

ExplORer Surgical Closes $2.5M Funding Round for Technological Advancements and Hiring

Amidst challenges in healthcare and the global pandemic, intraoperative workflow startup drives six times year-over-year revenue

CHICAGO, April 9, 2021ExplORer Surgical, the only comprehensive intraoperative case support and workflow platform, today announces the closing of $2.5M in new investment, led by Aphelion Capital, with participation from all existing major investors as well as new investors, including Sofia Fund, a Minneapolis-based fund focusing on women-led technology companies.…

Women-founded Startup TiLT Gets Investment Boost from Sofia Fund

Funding will help the startup scale to meet increasing need for employee leave management in dynamic employment environment

Minneapolis, November 10, 2020 Sofia Fund, a leading angel investment group that invests exclusively in women-led companies, has made its most recent investment in Colorado-based employee leave management company TiLT (Talent in Leave Technology).…

Reflections from Both Founder and Funder

Sofia Fund’s Cathy Connett and Sofia Fund’s portfolio company StormSensor’s Erin Rothman offer tips on finding each other.

“Potential investors want to know that you can take this on, that you will push it across the finish line, that you have the vision and the skills necessary to make the company thrive by building the right team and product.

Sofia Fund Invests in Landit

Minneapolis, MN, February 28, 2019 — Sofia Fund, a leading angel investment group focused on high-growth, women-led companies, today announced its most recent investment in Landit, a technology platform that increases the success and engagement of women and diverse groups in the workplace.…

Sofia Fund Invests in Kenzen

Minneapolis, MN, September 5, 2018 — Sofia Fund, a leading angel investment group focused on high-growth, women-led early stage companies, today announced its most recent investment in Kenzen, a San Francisco-based health analytics platform focused on predicting and preventing avoidable health conditions.…

Sofia Fund Invests in Joylux, Inc

Minneapolis, MN, May 3, 2018 — Sofia Fund, a leading angel investment firm focused on high-growth, women-led early stage companies, today announced it has invested in Joylux, Inc., the Seattle-based women’s intimate health and wellness company.

The Sofia Fund investment was part of Joylux’s recent Series A financing round, which closes Aug.…

Sofia Fund Makes Third Investment in Cognition Therapeutics

Sofia Fund recently announced its third investment in Cognition Therapeutics, Inc. (CogRx), a Pittsburgh-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and manufactures innovative therapeutics for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurocognitive disorders.

The Sofia Fund investment was part of Cognition Therapeutic’s most recent financing round, through which the company hopes to raise up to $5 million.…