Kate McAndrew | Source | Co-Founder and General Partner at Baukunst
Kate McAndrew
Kate McAndrew is a venture capitalist with a passion for investing in women-led startups. She is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Baukunst, a $100M VC fund investing in startups at the frontiers of technology and design. Since 2012, Kate has invested in over 70 companies at the concept stage, helping founding teams build their brands, and their businesses, from scratch. She graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a degree in Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis.
Kate invests in companies that aim to disrupt $ multi-billion industries and act as a positive force in the world. Kate has invested in companies with missions to:
- Make EV charging more accessible
- Remove plastics from our supply chain
- Provide people with better-for-you-food
- Contribute to women’s health and well-being
- Make publishing more equitable for creators
- Make eye exams more accessible
Kate led the first round of financing in organic baby formula company, Bobbie, when Laura Modi, Bobbie’s CEO was 8 months pregnant and a solo founder. Bobbie went on to be a consumer product breakout hit. Kate continues to hold a seat on the Bobbie board.
Kate spends most of her time looking at tech-enabled products and services that touch the consumer. She is currently spending time reviewing applied-AI companies that can be net positive for people, profit and planet. Alongside her sister Jane McCarthy, Kate is co-author of the upcoming book "The Goddess Guide to Branding: Your Blueprint for Building an Abundant & Authentic Feminine Brand."
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Baukunst (https://baukunst.co/)
Co-Founder and General Partner
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Investing in the Bobbie Baby Pre-Seed and raising a $100M Venture Capital Fund with Kate McAndrew
Kate McAndrew is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Baukunst, a collective of creative technologists advancing the art of building companies. She is leading pre-seed rounds in companies at the frontiers of technology and design from Baukunst’s inaugural $100M VC fund. Kate has invested in over 70 companies at the concept stage, helping founding teams build businesses from scratch. Prior to starting Baukunst, Kate was a Partner at Bolt for eight years where she gained experience as a first-round lead investor & board member with a focus on companies that are evolving the cultural conversation. Kate is the founder of Women in Hardware, the premiere community for women and non-binary people building at the intersection of the digital and physical. She is the co-author of the forthcoming book, The Goddess Guide to Branding. Kate graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a degree in Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis. She...
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Supply Frame - Investing in the Creative Technologist with Kate McAndrew
Wrapping up our theme of DesignLab’s Community, this week Majenta is joined by the brilliant Kate McAndrew, a Co-founder and General Partner at Baukunst, a collective of creative technologists advancing the art of building companies at the frontiers of technology and design. Prior to founding Baukunst, she was a Partner at Bolt where she invested at the intersection of the digital and physical world for over seven years. She is the founder of Women in Hardware. After 3 episodes highlighting makers and designers like Jayy and Sophy, and entrepreneur engineers like Kwabena, Kate is the perfect guest to tie our theme together, representing the much-appreciated investor side of the innovator community, without whom big ideas and experimental technology could not be developed and scaled for us to enjoy. We're so happy Kate could join us to help bridge the gap between makers and investors. Kate McAndrew LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateprestonmcandrew/ Baukunst...
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Empowering Women in Tech - Breaking into the Fundraising Game
This article draws upon insights shared at the “Women in Technology” event, featuring Ilaria Chan, Chair of the Tech For Good Institute. The event was jointly organised by the Singapore Economic…
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"Investing in non-transactional industry relationships is one of the great joys of my work. The people peripheral to my direct work (LPs who are not MY LPs, reporters, agencies, growth investors, venture bankers etc etc) often help me see things from new angles. There's also so much permission to just be yourself.
In the best situations, relationships where you DO 'transact' are also not transactional! And you can let down and drop in with everyone. That's flow state.
My encouragement to folks: get to know the broader ecosystem, not just people you think you need things from. You never know what you'll learn, who they might introduce you to, or who will become your friend and ally.
This is a big part of the philosophy at Baukunst. Ecosystem > Egosystem. It's an aspiration and a reality."
