Washington is an active angel investor (since roughly 2021) who backs early-stage, mostly female- or diversity-led consumer and health startups, often adding an advisory role.
- When
- Invested in autumn 2024, announced 2 October 2024. Amount and round undisclosed.
- Why
- She had been an active user first, hosting live 'tea party' video sessions on the platform, and framed the investment around marginalised communities rarely being prioritised online.
- Status
- Private and early-stage. The founder has publicly described her as hands-on rather than a passive name on the cap table.
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