Katie Dunn

Angel investor, startup advisor and board director

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Background

Katie Dunn is a US angel investor, startup advisor and board director. She spent 25+ years in commercial real estate finance at banks and financial institutions, financing more than $10 billion, before moving to funding and supporting founders full-time. She publishes an open portfolio on her own site of over 30 angel investments, stating that she invests primarily in underrepresented founders - LGBTQIA+, BIPOC and women - in technology and consumer packaged goods based in the US. She is the founder of The Masthead Strategy, which provides fundraising strategy coaching and guides to founders, and serves on the boards of Outcast Brands, Fierce Foundry and the Enthuse Foundation. She was interviewed as an active angel investor in December 2025.

Strategic capabilities

Finance
25+ year commercial real estate finance and banking career, during which she financed more than $10 billion in commercial real estate.
Fundraising
Founder of The Masthead Strategy, through which she advises founders on fundraising strategy, including coaching and fundraising guides.

Attributable investments

17 of 27 carry a researched sector. An investment appears here only where a public source names Katie Dunn against that company.

Blind Tiger
Consumer
Cheeky Cocktails
Consumer
Cheersy
Consumer
De Soi
Consumer
Fabrik
Consumer
Juliet Wine
Consumer
Outcast Brands
Consumer
Clickvoyant
Fathom
Fierce Foundry
Forecastr
Giide
Goodword
Haloo
Hubble
Regalytics
Web3Pro
Conscious Good
Consumer
Folk Hero and Funny Guy
Consumer
Redwood Musical
Consumer
Another Tomorrow
Consumer
Seen
Consumer
Sniffe & Likkit
Consumer
Elements of Balance
Consumer Health
Hey Jane
Consumer Health
Tampon Tribe
Consumer Health
WTHN
Consumer Health

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