# Plum Alley

> Plum Alley is a New York early-stage venture firm founded by former Goldman Sachs banker Deborah Jackson. It backs frontier-technology and medical-breakthrough companies that have at least one woman founder, and it deliberately opens the venture asset class to a broader base of investors - especially women - through funds, member syndicates and special purpose vehicles. Since 2017 it has deployed more than $100M across roughly three dozen companies in biotech, climate, robotics and AI.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Deborah Jackson (Founder, CEO & Founding General Partner), Andrea Turner Moffitt (Co-Founder (investment platform))
- **Team size:** ~9-26 (site lists ~9 core team; databases list up to 26)
- **Products:** Plum Alley Investments (member platform & syndicates), Plum Alley Ventures Fund I, Plum Alley Ventures Company (PAVC), Foresight AI Fund II
- **Notable:** Deployed $100M+ across ~36 portfolio companies since 2017, Backed Mammoth Biosciences, which reached unicorn status, Portfolio companies raised roughly $725M in follow-on capital in 2021 alone

## Products & services

- **Plum Alley Investments (member platform & syndicates)** — A membership community of accredited investors who get curated access to vetted deals and co-invest deal-by-deal through special purpose vehicles, building personalized portfolios.
- **Plum Alley Ventures Fund I** — The firm's ~$25M institutional early-stage fund, deployed across roughly 14-15 frontier-tech and healthcare companies.
- **Plum Alley Ventures Company (PAVC)** — An umbrella launched to scale the model through domain-expert fund managers running sector- and stage-specific funds.
- **Foresight AI Fund II** — An AI-focused fund extending the firm into artificial intelligence and machine-learning companies.

## Achievements

- Deployed $100M+ across ~36 portfolio companies since 2017
- Backed Mammoth Biosciences, which reached unicorn status
- Portfolio companies raised roughly $725M in follow-on capital in 2021 alone
- Deborah Jackson named to Forbes 50 Over 50 (Investing), 2021
- Portfolio aligned with 10 UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Raised ~$25M Plum Alley Ventures Fund I with CTA as an anchor LP

## Latest updates

- **2023** — Plum Alley Ventures Fund I reported fully invested across ~14-15 companies.
- **2024** — Launched Plum Alley Ventures Company (PAVC) to scale via domain-expert managers and sector-specific funds.
- **2025** — Surpassed $100M deployed across roughly 36 portfolio companies.
- **2026** — Launching Foresight AI Fund II, an AI-focused vehicle.

## Links

- Website: https://plumalley.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plumalley
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/plumalleyco
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plumalleyco/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/plumalley

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Last updated: 2026-08-15