Mother Ventures

Mother Ventures

Mother Ventures was founded in New York in 2024 by General Partner Allison Stern. Stern previously co-founded Tubular Labs, the social video measurement firm she grew from zero to $25M in annual recurring revenue before its acquisition, and later served as an Operating Partner at The Chernin Group. The fund launches with a thesis anchored to the US maternal consumer market — a cohort Stern identifies as 85 million Americans — and invests exclusively in companies serving that population. The firm's strategy spans maternal and family health, physical consumer products, entertainment and play, and shopping and home empowerment. Portfolio companies confirmed on the firm's site include Bobbie, the organic direct-to-consumer infant formula brand founded by Laura Modi and Sarah Hardy; Oula, a midwife-led maternity care model blending in-person and virtual visits; Coral Care, a platform connecting families to pediatric specialists; and Sunfish, a financing layer for IVF, surrogacy, and fertility preservation. The group also backs consumer-tech plays like Flock, a household coordination platform, and Milo, an AI-driven family management assistant. Deals target the US market. Team size and fund size remain undisclosed. The firm operates a single New York office and has not yet reported a final close. Stern draws on an influencer network of digital creators and a community of portfolio-company founders for distribution support — reflecting her background in social video analytics. Mother Ventures also lists a limited partner base described as "business luminaries and family-friendly capital," though specific institutional backers are not named. The firm's architecture fuses a thesis-driven venture mandate with a built-in distribution channel: Stern's LPs, portfolio founders, and influencer network form overlapping constituencies that can serve as pilot users and marketing accelerators for portfolio companies. Stern also serves on the board of the advocacy group Chamber of Mothers, reinforcing a policy-and-access dimension unusual for a venture manager. The fund's focus on a single demographic — the mother — contrasts with broader consumer and health funds by refusing to dilute sourcing across adjacent categories.