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GIVC Valentine’s Edition: What We’re Loving Right Now 💌

GIVC Valentine’s Edition: What We’re Loving Right Now 💌

Girls Into VC
February 10, 2026

Hey GIVC 💗,

Happy Valentine’s Week! This edition is all about what (and who) we’re loving in venture right now — from founders and funds to chapters, opportunities, and ideas that have our hearts this February.

Let’s dive in 💘

💕 Things We’re Loving

Female Founder Feature
Chapter Highlight
VC Highlight
Deals and Industries
Opportunities

👩‍💻 Female Founder Feature

Whitney Wolfe Herd — Founder & CEO, Bumble

Whitney Wolfe Herd built Bumble by centering women, trust, and intentional design — proving that values-driven companies can scale globally.

Podcast:

Bumble: Whitney Wolfe on How I Built This with Guy Raz

Why we love her journey:

Strong point of view → durable brand
Culture as a competitive advantage
Building for long-term impact, not short-term hype

She’s a reminder that empathy and ambition go hand in hand.

💌 Chapter Highlight We’re Loving: Girls Into VC at Berkeley

We love seeing our chapters thrive — and Girls Into VC at Berkeley kicked off the semester strong! 💛

At their first meeting, Berkeley GIVC welcomed new fellows and hosted Capri Wheaton from Palm Drive Capital, who shared actionable insights on venture sourcing and founder outreach.

✨ Key takeaways we loved:

Great VC outreach is short, authentic, and human — ditch the cheesy subject lines
Always add value and include a clear ask
Your biggest sourcing advantage is often your existing network

Huge thank you to Capri for generously sharing her experience, and shoutout to the Berkeley team for fostering thoughtful discussion and real skill-building.

📍 Follow them: @girlsintovc.berkeley

💘 VC Highlight: Funds We’re Loving

Palm Drive Capital - New York

Palm Drive Capital backs early-stage founders with a focus on fundamentals, clarity, and long-term thinking.

We love their emphasis on:

Founder-first relationships
Early conviction before consensus

How Women Invest - San Francisco

How Women Invest Funds l, ll & lll are singularly devoted to investing in companies founded or co-founded by women to address the underrepresentation and underfunding of women, while simultaneously democratizing the investor side providing access to first time investors to invest in venture - enhancing diversity while increasing profitability - in the investment landscape.

Lata Setty- Investor at HWI

Lata is a lover of journeys: from federal patent trial litigator to serial digital transformation innovator/entrepreneur to a VC driven to accelerate women founders’ journeys, while democratizing the investor side of the equation offering access to invest in venture for the first time. Following the acquisition of her second startup in '20, Lata has trekked over 65 countries as "The Nomadic VC" leveraging her expertise to hunt for nanocorns and rocket-fuel women founded companies bridging science, tech/AI, business & law, providing strategic, intellectual and financial capital.

J2 Ventures - Boston

J2 Ventures is an early-stage dual-use technology VC, investing in sectors critical to national security and private sector advancements, including advanced computing, cybersecurity, telecom and infrastructure, and healthcare. The fund is backed by some of the largest and most sophisticated limited partners in the world including JP Morgan, MetLife and the New Mexico State Investment Council.