Venture F: The Podcast

President and Founder of IRL Ventures, Taryn Jones Laeben.  You may know of her from her previous role as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of SoulCycle, the revolutionary indoor cycling brand, founded in New York City in 2006. Before her time at SoulCycle, Taryn was the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Casper, the fast-growing sleep company, where she led rapid expansion across retail, wholesale...

Emmeline Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund based in Los Angeles investing across women’s health, financial services, and sustainability with a focus on tech & innovation that is helping women live & thrive. The portfolio has 23 companies in its portfolio including  Alloy, LunaJoy, WealthMore,  and The Beans. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER   Get curated news and information about growi...

Bobbi Rebell, CFP®, is the founder of Financial Wellness Strategies and the author of Launching Financial Grownups: Live Your Richest Life by Helping Your (Almost) Adult Kids Become Everyday Money Smart. She is a financial wellness educator, speaker, conference host, and moderator, and works as a spokesperson for brands aligned with her values. Bobbi is frequently quoted in the media as a money an...

Mina Black is the Founder of The RainMakers Collective, Co-Founder of Frequencyy and Mrs. New York City 2019 . After an almost two-decade career as an award-winning Financial Advisor at Merrrill Lynch, Mina founded The RainMakers Collective, a private investment and peer membership organization for women. Always on the cusp of innovation, she co-founded Frequencyy, a fintech company democratizing...

MonaLisa Raass Como is the President of The IDAC Foundation and the CEO of IDAC, Inc., the parent sole member entity. Prior to this role, Ms. Como was the Executive Director of IDiF, Inc. She has over twenty-five years of financial services experience in scaling and transforming startups, large institutions, and emerging industries. She was previously the Chief Operating Officer of PayPal at Inves...

Pam Krueger is the founder and CEO of Wealthramp , an advisor matching platform that connects consumers with rigorously vetted and qualified fee-only financial advisors. It is the only advisor referral service that gives people full control over when and how they talk to their referred advisors. Pam is also the creator & co-host of MoneyTrack and Friends Talk Money podcast, now in its 10th season....

Kate Nevin,  President of TSWII Capital Advisors , an alternative investment advisor. She is the Portfolio Manager for both TSWII and TSWS focused on investments in hedge funds, venture capital and other alternative strategies. Her career has spanned more than two decades, beginning as an analyst in New York City in the early 2000’s with Lehman Brothers.  She is a member of 100 Women in Finance, P...

Julie Castro Abrams is the Founder & CEO of How Women Lead and the Managing Partner of How Women Invest . She has built a community of 20k women, helping women get a seat at the table with collective action including corporate board appointments and venture. She is a leader in the country's movement to build and fund start-ups. As the General Partner for two venture funds focused exclusively on fu...