Chloe Capital Expands its New York City Portfolio Through the 2026 Founder Fellowship

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Chloe Capital is thrilled to announce its commitment to invest in four New York City based startups as part of its 2026 Founder Fellowship, reinforcing its role as a long-term partner to underrepresented founders building the next generation of high-growth companies. The commitments, totaling $300,000, advance Chloe Capital's mission to unlock opportunity, drive innovation, and strengthen New York City's entrepreneurial ecosystem through hands-on support, network building, and access to capital.

Chloe Capital's Founder Fellowship is delivered in partnership with NYCEDC (New York City Economic Development Corporation) as part of a multi-year commitment to expand access to capital, networks, and resources for early stage, diverse founders across the city. NYCEDC's objective in creating the Founder Fellowship is to eliminate barriers to entry for underresourced founders and build a more inclusive tech and tech-enabled ecosystem in NYC.

Since launching in 2022, Founder Fellowship alumni have gone on to raise $170 million in follow-on capital, with their companies achieving combined valuations of over $1 billion. Additionally, NYCEDC's investment in the Founder Fellowship program has catalyzed nearly $3 million in dilutive and non-dilutive capital commitments from its private sector partners to be invested across tech startups.

The Fellowship reflects Chloe Capital's sustained investment in underrepresented founder success and ecosystem building at scale. The firm is honored to continue its investment of resources and capital through its partnership with NYCEDC.

"The Founder Fellowship has helped hundreds of diverse New York-based founders access the resources they need to grow their businesses, and our partnership with Chloe Capital has been pivotal to that success," said New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) Senior Vice President of Innovation Industries Daria Siegel. "Through NYCEDC's collaboration with Chloe Capital, we're thrilled to support their success as we build a thriving inclusive tech economy that works for all New Yorkers."

Chloe Capital's 2026 Founder Fellowship cohort welcomed 15 diverse fellow teams from across New York City. Fellows participated in a structured program that provided direct investor introductions, mentorship, individualized growth plans, and ecosystem connections designed to accelerate growth and readiness for institutional capital. The program culminated in a Founder Showcase in New York City attended by more than 100 investors, operators, and community partners.

View the full list of Chloe Capital's 2026 Founder Fellows here.

Chloe Capital is thrilled to reveal the four companies it has committed to invest in from the 2026 Founder Fellowship cohort, marking another milestone in its long-term commitment to supporting founders and alumni as they scale across New York City.

"The Founder Fellowship shows what's possible when bold, underestimated founders gain access to capital, networks, and real partnership at the right moment," shared Elisa Miller-Out, Managing Partner at Chloe Capital. "This year's cohort brought exceptional talent across energy, workforce, and health, and we're proud to commit to investing in four companies with meaningful traction and the vision to lead their markets. Our commitment doesn't end when the program does. We stay alongside these founders as they scale, and we look forward to seeing them achieve success and later become the next generation of funders in New York City's ecosystem."

The four companies selected for investment include:

Arbon

Founder: Xiaoyang Shi; Director of Business Development: Gahyun (Annie) Lee
Website: www.arboncorp.com

Company Overview: Arbon is a New York-based climate tech company commercializing a humidity-swing carbon capture technology for both direct air capture (DAC) and point-source capture (PSC).

Chorus AI

Founder: Tareq Alani
Website: www.chorusai.co

Company Overview: Chorus AI is purpose-built Martech for customers that raise money from donations, unifying fragmented data and automating content creation to drive engagement and revenue.

Kalia Health

Founders: Dr. Denali Dahl, Happy Ghosh
Website: www.kaliahealth.com

Company Overview: Kalia Health is a health justice, biotech startup committed to improving reproductive health outcomes.

Scoutz

Founder: Antonio DePina
Website: www.scoutzapp.com

Company Overview: Scoutz is an AI-powered sports recruiting platform that connects athletes with college programs, professional teams, and scouts worldwide.

About Chloe Capital

​Chloe Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in diverse and women-led technology companies. In addition to investing with a gender and diversity lens, Chloe Capital partners with government groups such as NYCEDC, universities, corporations and foundations like ECMC Foundation and the Richard King Mellon Foundation to host programs that help catalyze fundraising efforts for underrepresented founders. This collaborative approach to early stage investing has resulted in millions raised. Today, more than 60,000 people around the world have joined Chloe Capital's Movement to turn #FounderstoFunders. ChloeCapital.com

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