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SkinnyDipped Launches Female Founder Fund to Support Growth-Stage Female-Founded Food Businesses

PRESS RELEASE — NEWS PROVIDED BY Ali Puliti for SkinnyDipped

SEATTLE, WA (FEBRUARY 2026) — SkinnyDipped announced the launch of the SkinnyDipped Female Founder Fund, an initiative designed to support women-led food businesses as they scale and build long-term, sustainable growth. As a female-founded brand, SkinnyDipped is acutely aware of the structural challenges women entrepreneurs continue to face, particularly in access to capital, with only 2.4% of venture funding going to women-owned companies per a Harvard study.

The grant will award one founder a $25,000 cash grant, along with structured, hands-on mentorship from the SkinnyDipped leadership team. The selected recipient will receive direct access to the company’s CEO, co-founder, and senior leaders across brand, product, marketing, sales, finance, operations, and supply chain. Mentorship will take place over six months, with ongoing check-ins throughout the first year to support meaningful, measurable growth.

“Building a business takes more than a great idea, it takes access, guidance, and people who are willing to invest their time and experience,” said Val and Breezy Griffith, Co-Founders of SkinnyDipped. “As women founders ourselves, we know how difficult it can be to break through. This grant is our way of helping close that gap and supporting women who are ready to take their businesses to the next level.”

The SkinnyDipped Female Founder Fund is open to women-owned food businesses generating $150,000 or more in annual revenue that are preparing for their next phase of growth and are open to collaborative, high-touch mentorship. This initiative builds on SkinnyDipped’s ongoing commitment to advancing women in business.

Through its partnership with the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative, the brand has supported female entrepreneurs globally by funding education and small-business development programs. SkinnyDipped has already pledged an additional $450,000 to fund an entrepreneurship program in South Sudan, providing women with education and small business development resources. Extending this work domestically reflects SkinnyDipped’s belief that sustained investment in women founders strengthens not only individual businesses but entire communities.

Applications are now open, with the grant recipient to be announced on March 8, International Women’s Day, reinforcing SkinnyDipped’s belief that supporting women in business should be substantive and action-oriented.

About SkinnyDipped

Founded by Val and Breezy Griffith and their two best friends, SkinnyDipped is a female-founded snack brand known for reinventing classic treats with simple, clean ingredients but bold flavors. Best known for its thinly dipped chocolate-covered nuts, cups and bites, SkinnyDipped is committed to creating snacks that feel indulgent without compromise while building a values-driven business that champions inclusivity, community, and opportunity. SkinnyDipped has built a loyal following including celebrity fans Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Brooks Nader, Chace Crawford, Mark Wahlberg to name a few.

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