Molly Mielke McCarthy is the sole General Partner and Founding Partner of Moth Fund. Organization, location and related investors we track.
Molly Mielke McCarthy is the sole General Partner and Founding Partner of Moth Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm she launched in San Francisco in November 2021 after working as a product designer at Figma and Notion. Her investment thesis targets pre-seed and seed-stage startups across sector-agnostic areas, with a distinctive focus on backing “moths”—quirky, quiet, mission-driven founders often underpriced by traditional venture capital. Mielke typically writes checks ranging from $25,000 to $250,000 and has invested in 36 businesses, though her lead or follow status is not explicitly documented. Notable portfolio companies include electric scooter firm Infinite Machine and robotic dishwasher manufacturer Armstrong. A distinctive point of view in her public writing is her goal to establish a replicable funding model that incentivizes supporting individuals from early exploration through to building world-shaping companies. She was named to the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Venture Capital, highlighting her rapid rise despite having no formal investment track record before founding Moth Fund.
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