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Sara Blakely
Built Spanx into a billion-dollar shapewear brand with no outside investors, then began angel investing selectively, mostly in women-led consumer and media startups.
Who backs it
Red Backpack Fund
Grant programme run with GlobalGiving that paid 1,000 US women-owned small businesses $5,000 each during the COVID-19 crisis.
1 profiled backer
The backers
Who invested in Red Backpack Fund
What the record doesn't say
Read this with the gaps in mind.
This page lists the celebrity backers of Red Backpack Fund that we have been able to source, not its full cap table. Institutional investors, founders and private angels are outside what this site covers, and terms are rarely disclosed on either side.
Frequently asked questions
Which celebrities have invested in Red Backpack Fund?
Sara Blakely is the profiled backer of Red Backpack Fund on this site. Each entry links to the reporting it comes from. Other investors — funds, founders and angels who are not public figures — are not covered here.
How much did they invest in Red Backpack Fund?
Cheque sizes are almost never disclosed. Where a round size, stake or valuation has been reported we cite it above; where it has not, we say so rather than estimate.