Magnify Ventures

Venture capital firm
Santa Monica, California, USAmagnify.vc

Venture firm investing in technologies transforming family life and the care economy.

Strategy

Stages
Pre-SeedSeed
Sectors
Prenatal & Maternal CareFamily Mental HealthAI for the HomeFamily FintechValue-Based CareLongevity SciencesAssistive RoboticsAt-Home Healthcare
Geographies
Santa Monica, California, USA
Check size
$250K–$2M

Recent changes

  1. Sep 6, 2026Stages updated: Pre-Seed, Seed magnify.vc
  2. Sep 6, 2026Sectors updated: Prenatal & Maternal Care, Family Mental Health, AI for the Home, Family Fintech, Value-Based Care, Lon… magnify.vc
  3. Sep 6, 2026Check size updated: $250K–$2M magnify.vc
  4. Jul 29, 2026New fund: Magnify Ventures Fund II ($46.808M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  5. Jul 2, 2026Melinda Gates' Pivotal Ventures Backs Magnify Ventures' $46.6M Fund II Pulse story
Earlier changes (1)
  1. Jul 2, 2026Melinda Gates' Pivotal Ventures Backs Magnify Ventures' $46.6M Fund II for the Care Economy Pulse story

Funds

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FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Magnify Ventures Fund II2026$46.808MFlagship
As of Jul 29, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D
  1. Melinda Gates' Pivotal Ventures Backs Magnify Ventures' $46.6M Fund IIMagnify Ventures, the care-economy-focused firm founded by Joanna Drake and Julie Wroblewski, closed a $46.6 million Fund II with Melinda French Gates' Pivotal Ventures as an anchor LP, following Pivotal's similar anchor role in the firm's $52 million Fund I.β†’
  2. Melinda Gates' Pivotal Ventures Backs Magnify Ventures' $46.6M Fund II for the Care EconomyPivotal Ventures, Melinda French Gates' investment firm, anchored Magnify Ventures' second fund, which closed at $46.6 million on July 2 to back AI tools for households, health and home systems, and fintech infrastructure for families. Magnify, founded by Joanna Drake and Julie Wroblewski in 2021, previously raised a $52 million Fund I in 2022 also anchored by Pivotal Ventures, and counts childcare platform Kinside and children's expense app Till Financial among its portfolio.β†’
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