General Info
Himalaya Rao-Potlapally is the Managing Director at Black Founders Matter, a VC firm focusing on Black founder-led companies. The fund invests in sectors like gaming, healthtech, and consumer products. Previous investments include A Kids Book About. Himalaya’s investment check size ranges from $50K to $150K with a sweet spot of $100K. The fund’s current size is $10M. She values fair and equitable investment empowering people of color. The partnership style is inclusive, seeking to connect portfolio companies with industry leads and acting as a connector fund for larger portfolios seeking diversity.
Location: Portland, Oregon
Country: India
Industries: Footwear and Apparel, Healthcare, Games and Entertainment
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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
Website: https://www.blackfoundersmatter.org/
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Status: very-active
AI Reasoning: Crunchbase News article dated March 8, 2022 references Black Founders Matter’s early investment in A Kids Book About. However more recent sources (Yahoo Finance July 21, 2025 and People of Color in Tech July 23, 2025) indicate ongoing activity and fundraising/news in 2025, but no specific investment dates after March 2022 were found. Given Yahoo Finance article in July 2025 suggests the fund is active and mentioned recent activity, but lacking a precise post-March-2022 investment date, the most recent confirmed investment date associated with Himalaya Rao-Potlapally is the firm’s first investment (A Kids Book About) around 2020-2022. Since I could not find a concrete investment within 6 months prior to the reference date, the correct conservative classification based on available evidence is very-active.
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Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.
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