Gaingels

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionOct 24, 2026 · Biotech · Jan 1, 2026

Gaingels co-invests alongside venture leads in companies committed to diverse and inclusive teams, spanning seed through growth and pre-IPO rounds across technology, healthcare and consumer markets.

Its investor community includes LGBTQ+ people and allies, extending representation within the ownership of venture-backed companies. Portfolio companies work with its Gaingels Letter commitments and Venture Inclusion programme on building more inclusive organisations.

A board access programme provides free recruitment advice for diverse board members and observers. This gives founders a practical governance resource alongside a co-investment partner for a round led by another venture firm.

Sources
Rounds participated in
4
Confirmed lead rounds
0
3 roles undisclosed
New companies
4
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$245M
4 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series A2
Series B1
Series C+1

By primary sector

Biotech4

By country

United States4

Rounds

4 in this selection
Superluminal Medicines

Superluminal Medicines combines structural biology, protein dynamics, machine learning and experimental testing to discover small-molecule drugs for difficult G protein-coupled receptor targets. Its pipeline focuses on endocrine and cardiometabolic diseases, including rare genetic and hypothalamic obesity.

$60MSeries B
Participant
Kanvas Biosciences

Develops microbiome-based live biotherapeutics for cancer patients who do not respond to immunotherapy

$48MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Latus Bio, Inc.

Engineers scalable AAV gene therapies for CNS and rare diseases including Huntington's disease and CLN2

$97MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Alloy Therapeutics

Drug discovery platforms and integrated development services for biotechnology and pharmaceutical partners.

$40MSeries E
Role not disclosed