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Calm/Storm

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Calm/Storm Ventures is an exclusive founder network & boutique venture capital firm.

  • Purpose: We invest in purpose driven founders changing our life, health and wellbeing for the better. We are a super-early stage investor and want to join your journey as early as we can.
  • Super Early Stage: We focus on digital health and wellbeing and have an outstanding track-record particularly with projects tackling taboos. We love subjects that for too long were deemed too sensitive to discuss such as (in)fertility, sexual wellness, mental health issues or chronic constipation.
  • Diversity: We believe in diversity and equal opportunities and support unrepresented minorities. 50% of our portfolio companies have diverse teams and every third CEO in our portfolio does not identify as male. 50% of our team members and 60% of our board members are female.

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