Naseem Sayani
General Partner at Emmeline Ventures
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Operating Advisor, Fund III
2024 - Current
How Women Invest Fund III is a $100M fund vehicle investing in teams at Series A/B to support scaling great businesses and closing the chasm that exists for female-funded teams at this stage. Women have led incredible healthcare, climate and future of work innovation in recent years and have founded some of the most significant companies in the new wave of generativeAI and Fund III adds capital to this growth.
How Women Invest is a venture capital firm that focuses on identifying women-led companies.
Director, Innovator's Circle
2025
WHAM Innovator’s Circle is a consortium of trailblazing leaders from women’s health-focused funds committed to accelerating investment and innovation for the health of women. The venture capital members of the circle represent an investment focus across pre-seed through series A/B, sector expertise from biotech, diagnostics, and devices through to telehealth and AI, and focus across every part of a woman’s lived experience—and the diseases and conditions that exclusively, differently, and disproportionately impact them. The Innovator’s Circle will be a powerful platform to spotlight emerging trends and early-stage innovation, shape investment strategies, and strengthen cross-sector connections with large capital partners.
Advisory Team
2024
TOWER CAPITAL GROUP LLC, is an economic development entity responsible for defining, developing and funding the category of Generational Health. Generational Health are those effects passed on genetically, epigenetically and environmentally, shaping humanity's evolutionary curve. These effects are scientifically and systemically measurable. They represent a multi-trillion dollar opportunity for both the public and private sector growth. Operating across industries, regions and partners, TOWER and its affiliates deploy expertise and capital to uncover economic value, investment and innovation within Generational Health and bring it to stakeholders across the globe. https://towercapital.org/
Board Member
2024
Stella supports the female entrepreneurial journey at every stage by providing rigorous action-based business training programs, high-touch mentorship, curated consulting services, and access to capital.
Leadership Council
2023
Rise Up works to advance gender equity and justice in education, health, and economic opportunity by partnering with visionary local leaders around the world. We build power with women, girls, and their allies by providing training, funding, and connection to a global network to help them achieve meaningful, lasting change. Rise Up works with leaders in Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States to create a future where all people can thrive.
Co-Founder
2022
Co-founded and launched Fund I. Secured 50%+ of LP commitments and led sourcing and diligence for Fund I's first eleven investments. As of October 2024, Fund I's first eleven investments include: Healthy Pleasure Group + mintHub, LunaJoy, Alloy Women's Health, Lovu Health, Ema - The AI for Women , She Matters, Womaness, WealthMore, The Beans, Clutch Wallet, and Deux Foods.
General Partner - Pilot Fund (NLA Ventures)
2020
Investment fund focused on female-led start-ups in FemTech, FinTech, and Sustainability. As of Jan 2024: 14 investments funded, 3 closed Series A rounds in 2023, and 4 are fielding acquisition conversations. Investments include: AOA Dx, Flowly, Infiuss Health, OYA Femtech Apparel, Relavo, Ruth Health, Bumo, illumyn, Mirza, Another Tomorrow, Malloc, MDisrupt, Rebel Girls, and Wabbi.
Founding General Partner - Fund I (Emmeline Ventures)
2022 - 2024
Emmeline Ventures is an early stage fund investing in businesses that are helping women manage their health, build their wealth, and live in a cleaner, safer world.
Emmeline Ventures is an early-stage fund that invests in tech-enabled and female-founded start-ups.
Angel Investor
2018
Active angel investor across consumer tech, health tech & women's health, B2B SaaS, fintech, and CPG. Investments include: -- August - sustainable period care that actually works (www.itsaugust.co) -- Aunt Flow - high-quality and sustainable period products for your school or business; for every 10 tampons or pads sold, Aunt Flow donates 1 to a menstruator in need (www.goauntflow.com) -- Frame Fertility - evidence-based fertility planning and empowerment (www.framefertility.com) -- Gabbi - the first digital health solution that accurately & inclusively predicts a woman’s risk for breast cancer and equips her to take action with community support (www.gabbi.com) -- Hey Freya - combining evidence-backed innovation with traditional naturopathic medicine to curate wellness solutions that synergize with your body (www.heyfreya.co) -- Hey Jane - safe, affordable abortion pills shipped to your home (www.heyjane.co) -- NVAK Collective - next-generation record label reimagining music rights & IP management in web3 (www.nvakcollective.com) -- Radian One - the world's first crewed, single-stage to orbit vehicle with runway-like takeoff and landing (www.radianaerospace.com) -- Trellis Health - building the operating system for women’s lifetime health by bridging critical gaps in care with data-driven insights, predictive insights powered by AI, and embedded expert support (www.jointrellishealth.com) Exits include: -- EarlyBird - democratized access to wealth generation for the youngest investors (www.getearlybird.io) (Acquired by Acorns, May 2025)
Board Observer
2023 - 2024
Ruth health a telehealth clinic making quality maternal health care accessible to every body with a new model of maternal healthcare.
Board Observer
2024 - 2024
We believe everyone’s wealth deserves the benefit and respect of financial advice. It’s that simple. Philly based. Find out more about WealthMore at www.WealthMore.net
WealthMore is the first tech-enabled, human-powered private banking service without the premium price tag.
Raised $1,000,000.00 from Emmeline Ventures, The BFM Fund, First Row Partners and The Talent x Opportunity.
Founding Member, Los Angeles Chapter
2020 - 2024
Chief is a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there.
Chief is a private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders.
Raised $140,000,000.00 from BoxGroup, General Catalyst, Notable Capital, Primary Venture Partners, Inspired Capital Partners, Flybridge and CapitalG.