EQX Fund

EQX Fund sources investments through a partnership with Boston Harbor Angels, which CB Insights has ranked among the top three angel groups in the United States. The firm states its partners contribute more than 20 years of investment and operational experience across the U.S. and internationally. This relationship provides a funnel of early-stage companies, primarily in technology, life sciences, and consumer sectors, that are then evaluated against the firm's internal founder-assessment criteria.

EQX Fund screens for founders who display seven specific emotional-intelligence characteristics, which the firm collectively labels the 'EQX founder' profile. These traits are meant to gauge a founder's ability to understand, cooperate with, and motivate others. The firm's investment thesis holds that these EQ-driven leadership qualities are the most important predictor of startup success, and every investment requires a unanimous partner vote confirming the founder meets this standard.

EQX Fund invests from pre-seed through Series A rounds. The firm describes its mandate as 'diversified early stage investments' and does not indicate a preference for leading rounds versus participating alongside other investors. Its portfolio includes companies that have subsequently raised growth-stage financing, such as cloud-storage unicorn Wasabi Technologies.

The firm's website identifies technology, life sciences, and consumer as its three core sectors. Specific subsectors within the portfolio include cloud infrastructure, gene therapy, neuroprotection, organ-donation logistics, student-debt fintech, and better-for-you alcohol. The firm has not published a list of sectors it explicitly avoids.

EQX Fund has publicly stated that investing in gender, ethnic, and culturally diverse teams is part of its ethos. In its first fund, the firm reported that nearly 40% of its investments went to companies with female founders, a proportion it acknowledges is significantly higher than the venture-industry average.