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Article: Texas Women Ventures Raises Second Fund to Invest in Women-Led Businesses.
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- Telecommunications Weekly
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- November 4, 2009
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Texas Women Ventures Fund announced that it is raising a second fund as a sidecar to its first fund, Texas Women Ventures Fund I (TWVF I). In making the announcement, Whitney Johns Martin, managing partner of TWVF I, also revealed that the lead investor committing $1 million to the new fund is The Dallas-based Boone Family Foundation, the philanthropic entity created by the family of Garrett and Cecilia Boone.
Mr. Boone is well known as the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Container Store, while Mrs. Boone is a notable civic leader and philanthropist, particularly regarding women's issues. www.TheBooneFamilyFoundation.org "We at The Boone Family Foundation ...