Black Opal Ventures
Black Opal Ventures is a visionary technology venture capital firm co-founded by managing directors Dr. Tara Bishop and Eileen Tanghal. The firm’s mission is to invest in startups that harness the power of technology for good to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. The firm’s inaugural fund aims to improve health outcomes for all by investing in companies at the collision of healthcare and technology. Black Opal Ventures strives to identify and elevate technology start-ups with purposes that mirror their own, whose definitions of success go beyond business. BOV believes that the prior experience of its managing directors, combined with their rich insights, will poise Black Opal Ventures to recognize rare value in others and drive its mission to build brilliant tomorrows.
Stage of capital: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Location: New York, NY
Fund manager diversity: Woman-led, Asian American and Pacific Islander led
Diversity focus: Women
Industry focus: General Tech- and Tech-Enabled, Healthcare and Wellness (incl. FemTech)
Tara Bishop
Managing Partner
Eileen Tanghal
Managing Director