Serena Ventures
Backing bold founders reshaping how we live, work, move, and connect.
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Overview
Serena Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017 by tennis legend Serena Williams and Alison Rapaport Stillman. The firm focuses on addressing the underfunding of women and founders of color, viewing it as a significant market inefficiency. Serena Ventures backs bold founders who are reshaping how we live, work, move, and connect across various sectors. The firm maintains a lean team structure that includes Venture Fellow positions, indicating a commitment to talent development and emerging investor cultivation.
Investment focus
Serena Ventures backs bold founders who are reshaping consumer behavior, business operations, mobility, and connectivity across sectors. The firm focuses on identifying underestimated founder talent and market opportunities, particularly among women and founders of color.
Program details
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About Serena Ventures
Serena Ventures
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Investing in underrepresented founders.
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What the sources say about Serena Ventures
Serena publicly thanked three named summer interns; this is an example, not an eligibility rule or completion statistic.
Source: A huge thank you to our incredible interns this summerSerena's post lists several employers and says some prior interns stayed at Serena; it does not promise placement.
Source: Serena is hiring VC Analyst interns for July 2025The comment link resolved to a Notion page titled Serena Visiting Analysts; its contents could not be retrieved here.
Source: LinkedIn external-link interstitial for Serena Visiting AnalystsThe 2025 post directed applicants to a comment for more information.
Source: Serena is hiring VC Analyst interns for July 2025Serena said its July 2025 interns would contribute to at least one full investment process.
Source: Serena is hiring VC Analyst interns for July 2025Serena advertised VC Analyst Intern roles starting July 2025 in a historical recruitment post.
Source: Serena is hiring VC Analyst interns for July 2025
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