Venture F: The Podcast

This week's episode features Allyson Eman, CEO of the Venture Atlanta Conference, connecting founders and funders through one of the nation’s largest venture capital conferences and communities. 17 years ago the Metro Atlanta Chamber, Technology Association of Georgia, the Atlanta CEO Council came together to launch Venture Atlanta.  This is the story of the growth the Venture Atlanta Summit and t...

Sylvia Kwan, CFA, CAIA, is the Chief Investment Officer for Ellevest, the experts in building and managing women’s wealth. In this episode we discuss Ellevest and the groundbreaking work they have been doing for over a decade to help thousands of women grow their wealth. A few key takeaways 🔸 The data shows that women are underinvested compared to men - which is one of the many reason Ellevest fo...

In this episode we discuss how she figured out how to launch not one but multiple businesses and teach others along the way. Why she joined the Stella Foundation and how she is continuing to help thousands of women launch and scale businesses through Stella and the Women’s Venture Summit.   🔸 Being an Entrepreneur is an ideal solution for military spouses who need to create income 🔸 Building an...

  Here are some key takeaways: 🔸 Back in 2015 Jill wrote a business plan about the great wealth transfer and pitched numerous banks about hiring her to launch a division specifically focused on women’s wealth - it took a few years - but UBS took note 🔸Only 15% of financial advisors are women - its a great career with flexibility - more women should look into it as a career path 🔸 Planning for e...

Shivani Siroya, is the founder and CEO of Tala, the first financial platform for the Global Majority.  In this week’s episode we discuss Shivani’s founder journey, how she raised nearly half a billion dollars in investments and debt, how she created a much-lauded corporate culture that spans multiple contents, and why she’s focused on creating credit solutions for the global majority. Some takeawa...

SEE ALL PODCAST EPISODES AT VENTUREF.COM Liz’s story is one of grit, determination, and inspiration for women entrepreneurs. Like she says “dream big and (you will) win.” Some key takeaways from today’s conversation 🔸 Entrepreneurialism requires grit 🔸 It’s important to set goals and have objectives to work against 🔸 Quality service leads to repeat business and referrals 🔸 Customer service is...

Sara Happ, founder and CEO of Sara Happ Inc invented the first-ever Lip Scrub in her kitchen in 2005. She launched her company as a side hustle with $10,000 in savings and thanks to an incredible product and market demand built a highly successful business over the past 18 years. Learn about bootstrapping a business, why you need founder friends, and when to take capital in this conversation. SIGN...

Tracy Killoren Chadwell is the Founding Partner of 1843 Capital, a venture capital fund focused on early stage technology companies. In this episode we talk about her path to venture, launching a fund, her focus on investing in the AgeTech & Longevity revolution, diverse investing, and some of her biggest portfolio investments and exits. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER   Get curated news and informatio...

Today we welcome to the podcast Vidhi Data and Shalini Sardana, Co-founders and Co-CEO’s of She Raises Capital, an AI powered global funding platform for female founders with education, community and capital connections to help them stay the course to build successful businesses. We explore Vidhi and Shalini's path to partnership, and the problem they are solving for female founders and for invest...

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On this week's episode we speak with Mara Smith former M&A attorney turned spirits entrepreneur and founder of Inspiro Tequila. Mara has built a very thoughtful company, recruiting a woman master distiller, getting WBENC certified, and launching her Purple Bicycle pay-it-forward program. She even sources Rose wine barrels from the South of France to age her tequila in.  Be sure to tune in as we de...

Laurel Mintz gets candid about the challenges of raising a venture fund as an emerging fund manager and why it's so important that more women invest in venture. We also delve into Fabric VC's investment thesis and talk about some of Laurel's portfolio companies. Laurel Mintz is the Founder of Fabric VC, a venture fund backing underrepresented founders at the earliest stage with a focus on Web 3.0...

Michelle Jacobs and Sally Mueller became entrepreneurs, launching Womaness, when midlife and menopause presented them with a challenge, the need for better solutions for women experiencing hormonal changes. Co-Founder and COO at Womaness, Michelle Jacobs is a strategic development leader with a sweet spot in brand building, leading sales (e-commerce and traditional), branding, partnerships, licens...

Welcome to our 20th episode! For this episode we invited Jesse Draper the first solo fund manager in LA, now on fund III. Jesse is a fierce advocate for investing in women and is currently focused on the future of care. Tune in to learn more! Listen on Apple, Goodpods, iHeart Radio or on our website. LINK IN BIO Jesse Draper is a mother of 3 boys and founding partner of Halogen Ventures focused on...

Annie Evans, Founder of Dream Ventures and Kelley Arena, Founder of Golden Hour Ventures are a groundbreaking duo who co-lead a fundraise accelerator for early stage female founders raising their 1st round of capital. More than 250 women have graduated since launching January 2022 and gone on to raise over $15M. Annie and Kelley have also built an angel community of more than 500 investors (CSuite...

In this episode Jessie Gabriel discusses the unique needs of female fund managers and how to support them. Jessie Gabriel is the Founder & CEO of All Places, a bespoke law firm with big law firm expertise seeking to create a more equitable world by actively helping women from all backgrounds and industries grow their business without limits. Jessie is a champion for women, and a prominent voice on...

This week we're talking about impact investing in new media ventures that are helping build democracy and equality in the US with Carlissia Graham, President of New Media Ventures (NMV). @newmediaventures is a mission-driven venture fund and investor network funding early-stage media and tech companies to advance democracy. NMV has seeded innovative media disruptors like Blavity, Prism, Represent...

Catherine Gray is a producer, author, TEDx speaker, podcast host. She is the producer of Show Her the Money, a film that addresses how women are getting less than 2% of venture capital funding and demystifies what venture capital is. She is the founder of She Angel Investors and co-founder of the non profit She Angels Foundation. She Angel Investors is a multimedia platform designed to connect wom...

In this episode we discuss the why and how of angel investing and how you can do good while doing well with your investing strategy. Marcia Dawood is a partner at MINDSHIFT Capital, a venture fund focused on investing in companies with scalable technology in the U.S., Europe, and Middle East. MINDSHIFT invests with a gender lens, ensuring diversity of thought while narrowing the funding gap for fe...

Jaclyn Johnson is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor, known for producing some of the most iconic women's events and programs through her platform Create & Cultivate. She is putting her own personal experience to work helping founders from launch to legacy and creating a runway for angel investors to fly. Jaclyn Johnson is the powerhouse founder behind Create & Cultivate. A serial entreprene...

In this episode we discuss Lara O’Connor Hodgson's founder journey and how her company NOW has solved the cash flow challenge for small business owners nationwide. Lara is the President & CEO of NOW, a fin-tech company she founded with her business partner and co-author of “Level Up" Stacey Abrams. Prior to Now, Lara co-founded Nourish (the manufacturing company), and Insomnia, LLC, a firm special...

Tracy L. Prigmore is an award-winning executive and the Founder of TLTsolutions, a real estate investment and development firm providing unparalleled access and insight to alternative investments. Tracy’s mission is to empower people to build generational wealth, and through TLTsolutions she creates opportunities for individuals, families and entities to obtain passive income by investing in resid...

Dr. Ruth Shaber is a changemaker and innovator, moving from a robust career as an OBGYN and senior executive at Kaiser Permanente to empowering women across finance and healthcare. Currently, she is the founder and president of Tara Health Foundation, a philanthropic investment group that uses evidence-informed programs to promote women's well-being and opportunities. She is also the co-founder an...

In this episode we discuss angel investing strategies and why angel investing should be fun and easy with Cheryl Kellond, a concept-to-launch product expert - turned founder - turned angel investor. As a product builder, she’s delivered nearly $1B in V1 products to market. As a founder, she’s raised $20M in VC for her own companies and worked 1:1 with 200 other early-stage entrepreneurs. As a fund...

Cassandra Cummings, is the author of Fearless Finances: A Timeless Guide to Building Wealth, and founder of The Stocks & Stilettos Society, an online community of more than 100,000 women investors.  She is a Registered Investment Advisor, a Real Estate and Angel Investor and has provided investment, retirement and wealth-building strategies to women across the country for more than 20 years. As a...