ABOUT ROGUE WOMEN’S FUND

ROGUE WOMEN

An early seed stage fund investing in the best women-led tech startups across the US.

Women-led

We invest in women-led companies, who forge new paths and make possible, the impossible.

Disruption

We’re inspired by entrepreneurs that reject the status quo, and who are driven by market traction. We value ingenuity, insight and intelligence.

Focus & Discipline

Going from startup to a successful exit takes dedication, engagement, and clear expectations. We accelerate success with resources, values and vision.

Stats

90%
of all VC’s are men.
97%
of all VC dollars go to male founders.
86%
of all start-ups funded by VC’s have only men on their team.
Financial Impact

Women led companies have 63% higher returns and achieve 56% better operating results.

Women led start-ups are 500% more likely to be a billion dollar companycompared to businesses that are male led.

Community Impact

Women hire more diverse teams, more equally distributing resources across our communities.

Women invest up to 90% of their income back into their families and communities.

*Updated as of January 2020

Our Team

Caroline Lewis

Caroline identifies all new investment opportunities for Rogue and leverages her previous experience to assist portfolio companies with growth. In addition, she is the Managing Partner of Rogue Women, a Rogue fund investing in early seed stage women-led companies.

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Caroline is the Managing Partner of Rogue Women’s Fund and Kauffman Fellow. Caroline joined Rogue Venture Partners in 2018, leading a new strategy to focus on women-led tech companies. Prior to Rogue, Caroline was Senior Director in Strategy and Operations for Global Design, Product, and Merchandising at Nike where she managed a portfolio of strategic programs focused on consumer experience, digitization, and big data. Prior to being recruited to work for Nike, Caroline was a management consultant for Propeller and Hitachi Consulting, working with Fortune 100 companies on enterprise technology implementations and organizational restructuring. Her love for start-ups comes from her early career experience as a founder for an e-commerce business and as a leader at a consumer health product company.

Caroline graduated as a Division 1 Field Hockey player with an MS in Psychology from Davidson College, in Davidson, North Carolina. She then received an MBA with a focus on entrepreneurship from Portland State University.

Education & Experience

  • Master of Business Administration, Portland State University 
  • MS – Psychology, Davidson College

Kerri Leathers

Kerri Leathers is a Venture Partner with Rogue Women’s Fund. Kerri brings her years of operator experience to help the portfolio and source and assess new opportunities.

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Kerri has over 15 years of extensive experience in Finance, Accounting, and Strategic Operations in startup-midcap companies west of the Mississippi. Prior to Rogue, Kerri was the VP of Finance for a venture-capital Fintech company where she was responsible for investor relations, strategic planning, and all financial operations. Prior to Fintech, Kerri worked with Amnis Biotechnologies, Saber Corp, Sabrix Technologies, Konami, MGM Resorts International, and Sam Villa. Kerri holds Bachelors degrees in Biochemistry and Accounting from Louisiana State University.
Kerri’s participation in our VC-in-Residence program is to enable her to launch her inaugural fund in 2022 focused on undercapitalized technology founders with an emphasis on Fintech, Future of Work, Accounting and Back-Office Technology, and Decentralization. Kerri is a self-proclaimed Technophile but her first love is playing the floor is lava with her daughter.

Adam Stoll

Adam is a Partner at Rogue Venture Partners where he joined in 2015.

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Prior to Rogue, Adam was CFO of Smart Choice MRI, a growth focused privately held healthcare services company based in Milwaukee, WI.  In that position, Adam oversaw all financial operations and focused on overarching financial strategy and planning.  Prior to his role at Smart Choice, Adam was a Global Program Manager for Exit Games, a German based, venture capital backed technology company.

Adam graduated with a BA in International Comparative Policy Studies and Political Science from Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He then received an MBA with honors from the Graduate School of Management at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Adam is a fluent Spanish and Catalan speaker and loves to garden and be in the mountains whenever possible.

Education & Experience

  • Master of Business Administration, Marquette University – 2012
  • BA – International Comparative Policy Studies, Reed College – 2005
Tom Sperry

Tom Sperry

Mr. Tom Sperry is a co-founder and the Managing Director of Rogue Venture Partners.

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Prior to Rogue, he was the CEO of Exit Games Inc. Exit Games is a venture backed technology company with a focus on the video game industry. Prior to Exit Games he was the CEO of the venture backed company Blade3D headquartered in Shanghai, China. Prior to his role at Blade3D, held senior management positions with HNC Software and Looking Glass Studios. Tom began his career at Microsoft Corporation, where he was a founding member of the Games Division.

Education & Experience

  • M.B.A. – The Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
  • International Executive M.B.A. Program located in Hong Kong – 2002-2004
  • Harvard Business School Private Equity/Venture Capital – 2016
  • Harvard Business School OPM – 2018

Innovation, Women-Led, Rogue-grown

Rogue Portfolio

For more information, visit www.roguevp.com

Krowdsourced

Enabling commercial architects, designers, owners and contractors to efficiently find materials and solutions for their projects through our streamlined product and manufacturer’s sales rep resources. For more information, visit www.tothesource.com

AllVoices

A platform offering employees an encrypted and anonymous way to report issues directly to company leaders allowing businesses to manage issues transparently and effectively, creating safer more inclusive companies. For more information, visit www.allvoices.co

RushTix

An subscription based ticketing and streaming platform for live and in-person events. For more information, visit www.rushtix.com

stix

At Stix, we provide women the products, education and support they need throughout their health journey — starting with pregnancy and ovulation tests.

PacStar

For more information, visit www.pacstar.com

Caregiven

For more information, visit www.caregiven.co

Edify

For more information, visit www.getedify.co

Ellevest

Ellevest’s mission is to get more money in the hands of women. For us, this isn’t just the-marketing-initiative-of-the-month; it’s all we do. For more information, visit https://www.ellevest.com/

Clutch Wallet

Clutch Wallet is building innovative web 3 tools that seek to empower women and bring them into the future of finance. Our web and mobile applications allow you to hold, invest in, and trade digital assets on the Ethereum Blockchain. For more information, visit https://clutchwallet.xyz/

Pointz

At Pointz, our mission is to provide lower-stress routing to bike and scooter riders by leveraging local knowledge, so people can enjoy their rides. For more information, visit https://www.bikepointz.com/

Co:Create

Co:Create enables NFT projects to maximize these digital assets together to supercharge utility, give voice to their community, and build novel partnerships. For more information, visit https://www.usecocreate.io/

Community

In partnership with Venture Fuel, Rogue Women hosts invite only events around the country: bringing together corporate executives, startup founders, and investors that are writing their own rules. To create an elite networking opportunity, a place for peer-to-peer exploration, a showcase for what is possible and a forum for meaningful relationships that can accelerate growth for all involved.

We feature female founders that are going into sectors that haven’t been defined yet, that dream “crazy” and are making the impossible, possible.

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