Invest In Her with Catherine Gray

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Roslyn Kind and Monique Impagliazzo. They discuss Rosalyn's new music video "The Look of Love/The Island" with her and the director of the music video, Monique Impagliazzo. They also discuss the need for more funding for women in the arts as well as the need for more women to invest in women! Roslyn Kind's music video is out today, February 2nd...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Elisa Miller-Out, a business leader, investor, technologist, and mother. She is chair of the board for Singlebrook, a web software development firm she co-founded in 2006 for which she served as CEO until 2016, when she oversaw the acquisition of the firm's largest division. Not one to sit still, 2017 she co-founded Chloe Capital, an early-stag...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Susan Moring, an Investment Principal at Cortado Ventures, an Oklahoma City-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech companies. In her role at Cortado, Susan manages all aspects of the investment process including deal sourcing, ] diligence, and post-investment portfolio company support. A startup enthusiast, Susan has spent the...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Kelley Arena, an angel investor, consultant for women-founded businesses, and advocate for women in finance. She began her career at a professional football franchise (go Eagles!), rotated through various operating companies at Johnson & Johnson in their Financial Leadership Development Program, and moved to investment banking at Merrill Lynch,...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Jennifer Jeronimo who is the CEO of Gaingels, an LGBTQIA+/Allied private investment syndicate, and one of the largest and most active private investors dedicated to supporting diversity and inclusion within the venture capital ecosystem. Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in finance and banking working at large institutions such as Credit...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Halle Kaplan-Allen who is the Head of Revenue at Sydecar , where she is responsible for growing the ecosystem of investors & founders building their businesses on Sydecar's standardized platform. Halle has previously led strategic operations teams at multiple startups, building systems and processes to enable scale. www.sheangelinvestors.com  ...

https://www.powertopitch.com/grantpower?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.powertopitch.com%2Fa%2F2147710548%2Fo5zanhcy Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Kat Weaver & Katie Dunn, the co-founders of Power to Pitch. They are a founder and investor team who saw the gaps in education, resources, & access to capital, and together advise founders on fundraising strategies, review pitches, update...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Amy Hanlon, president of  Blue Meta Design , who visually showcases the impactful stories of startups through graphic design, partnering with VCs on cutting-edge investments.  A small branding agency in the Mid-South, Blue Meta Design is client-focused, servicing companies changing the world and their communities. With a goal to create memorabl...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Dawn Lafreeda, who is one of the largest restaurant franchise owners in America, owning over 115 restaurants in her career. She is also the largest female employer in San Antonio, Texas, and one of San Antonio's largest private companies.   She bought her first franchise from Denny's at age 23 and presently owns 80 Denny's restaurants, employin...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Vicky Pasche, the Co-Founder of Dapper Boi, Inc. Within five years of starting her online genderless clothing brand, it is now a seven-figure company on a mission to revolutionize the genderless fashion movement. Vicky has always had a passion for compassion and believes that so many of us do not fit in today's binary norms in the retail world....

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Kelly Ann Winget, the Founder of Dallas-based private equity company, Alternative Wealth Partners. Kelly Ann has over a decade of experience in the alternative investment space, sourcing creative capital for startups, oil & gas companies, manufacturing ventures, real estate, and several other emerging markets. She has helped companies raise alm...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Pocket Sun, the Co-founder and Managing Partner at SoGal Ventures which is a top-performing early stage venture capital firm backing world-class women and diverse entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Valley. She founded SoGal at age 23 to solve the deeply rooted inequity in VC and to deliver superior, consistent financial returns by investing in un...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Joanne Mercaldi, also known as "Boss." She is the Co-Founder and CEO of BLOOM. She leads with a passion for inspiring and motivating my team and partners to achieve greatness.   Joanne has been recognized as a distinguished business leader with an exceptional track record of building and scaling start-ups that have left a lasting impact, whose...

Catherine Gray, host of Invest In Her, talks with Dorothy Chou who leads Policy & Public Engagement at DeepMind, an artificial intelligence company. Dorothy has spent her career building social justice, ethics, & accountability structures at technology companies, including the first Transparency Report—an industry standard that more than 70 technology companies use to show how laws and corporate p...

Catherine Gray, host of Invest In Her, talks with Helen Fanucci, the best-selling author of Love Your Team, A Survival Guide for Sales Managers in a Hybrid World.  She has built her reputation and career managing teams responsible for billions of dollars of quota.  As an MIT-trained engineer she developed the Love Your Team system of management over a 25-year career on the front lines at top tech...

Catherine Gray, host of Invest In Her, talks with Sarah Dusek, a venture capitalist and co-founder of Enygma Ventures, a venture capital fund. She invests in women-led businesses in Southern Africa, creates solutions to wealth disparity, and provides access to capital for women.   In 2017, after successfully selling her company, Under Canvas, for more than $100 million, Sarah launched Enygma Ventu...

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Bridgette L. Smith, the Founder & CEO of Founder Playbook® and Investor Playbook®. In 2021, she started with zero knowledge and zero investments in venture capital. Today, her global portfolio includes Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, Venture Capital Funds, Special Purchase Vehicles, solo investments and multiple alternative assets. To-date, her popul...

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Dr. Theresa Ashby, who is known as a Stratologist, savvy, provocative, and genuine individual, and she is widely respected her business acumen. Theresa is an international business and success consultant, advisor, speaker, and author passionate about driving businesses forward. She has spent the past two decades studying what it takes to scale your busi...

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Julia Stamberger, the Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Chair of the Board of The Planting Hope Company Inc. Planting Hope is a food tech company focused on leveraging cutting-edge ingredient, formulation, and packaging technology to develop breakthrough sustainable food and beverage solutions. Planting Hope's IP strategy and culture is centered on...

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Angela Setters Bessard "the real Credit Queen". Angela has been changing lives for over thirty years, teaching people to use their credit to create & build wealth. Her relentless approach and dedication to create success for her clients is game-changing in helping them reach their financial goals and dreams. Whether it's purchasing a home, a new car, or...

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Amanda Samoyloff, the Founder and Primary of Samoyloff PR (SPR), a full-service public relations and branding agency that champions the personal and professional reputations of diverse clients and brands pioneering change in and across industries and society.   Amanda is a native Angeleno with over a decade of professional experience in public relations...

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Lisa Carmen Wang, founder of Bad Bitch Empire, author of The Bad Bitch Business Bible.   Lisa is a serial entrepreneur, investor, global speaker, executive coach, former Olympic level, 4-Time USA National Champion, USA Hall of Fame Gymnast, and author of the highly anticipated book, The Bad Bitch Business Bible, published by HarperCollins.   She sold he...

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Cheryl Benton , founder, CEO and "head tomato" of The Three Tomatoes , a highly successful digital media company and free newsletter that covers fascinating lifestyle news of interest to "mature women" (aka "tomatoes") nationwide with 4 city specific newsletters, NYC, LA, San Francisco, and Miami, along with Debbie Zipp the LA Life editor for The Three...

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Renata Merino, a Latina Emerging Fund Manager raising a $30M Health and Wellness venture capital fund investing in pre-seed and seed stage female founded startups.  Renata is former 25 year operator, serial entrepreneur, former investment banker, a merit scholar from Chicago Booth and is a graduate and student athlete of Bowdoin College. She is a model,...

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with John Majeski and Isabelle Bart of Portola Valley Partners. Portola Valley Partners has a unique approach to acceleration, investment, and M&A elevates the chance for success. They establish sustainable growth, build revenue, up-level product-market fit, while supercharging valuations in short periods of time. Their team of Silicon Valley luminaries have...