Female-led Companies: The Rise of Female Management Teams
Women are behind some of the most crucial roles in emerging companies, even when these companies were founded by all-male teams. The weight of vital growth areas such as client sales, marketing, customer services and other strategic areas are entrusted to females and some VCs are beginning to back the new diverse and inclusive fabric of entrepreneurship. Could this be the catalyst for more female-founded business in the 2020 decade?
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EP#7 - HOW TO ADVANCE GENDER EQUALITY IN VENTURE CAPITAL - SIRI CHILAZI SHARES LATEST HARVARD RESEARCH
What can the Venture Capital world learn from Corporates when it comes to increasing gender diversity? What needs to change at an organizational/systemic level, so that more women become venture partners, get funded or start new businesses?
In this episode, you'll get the latest research insights from Siri Chilazi, Gender and Organizations Researcher at the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School. She is a recognized expert in advancing women and promoting gender equality within organizations and shares key recommendations from her research, so that VC funds and entrepreneurs alike can be part of making the change. If ever you thought that research was boring, prepare to be surprised by her findings! You may even find yourself compelled to take your first steps to change things in venture capital - that's what we're aiming for here!
Ep #6: How Vivian Nwakah, Founder of Medsaf, is disrupting Supply Chain MedTech in developing markets.
In this episode, you'll hear from trailblazing founder Vivian Nwakah, a Nigerian entrepreneur born and raised in the United States. Her career spans the US, Europe, South America and Africa. Her areas of specialty are sales, marketing, fundraising, strategic planning, and entrepreneurship. Vivian has started 3 companies, home health care agencies in Illinois and Indiana, Hybrid solar diesel renewable energy company in Nigeria, and now Medsaf, a one stop shop for health care stakeholders to purchase, manage and track medications in complicated supply chains. Learn why she started Medsaf, how they got first funding and how they are transforming access to healthcare in developing markets. Vivian also shares he key tips to founders and investors and how to put the fun into funding! See show notes here:
Founder Insights: How leading aperitif brand - HAUS - is getting funded
In this episode, you'll hear from Haus Co-founder and CEO, Helena Price Hambrecht, about why she decided to disrupt the dinosaur drinks industry, with the launch of the uber cool aperitif - Haus. Although her funding journey was not all plain sailing, she has successfully raised a pre-seed round, giving the big drinks companies a run for their money. Listen now, to how she did it!
I realised we needed new drink products to meet the generational shift in gathering culture that’s happening today. My husband, who happens to be a 3rd generation winemaker, and I decided to do something about it. We launched Haus to create the products for how we actually gather today, and we’re starting with alcohol, an industry that hasn’t changed in nearly 100 years. We’re actually the first company to sell alcohol on the internet, thanks to a crazy loophole.
Market Roundup Episode #1: Christmas Comes Early ...
Have our prayers been answered? Our cohosts, Anne Ravanona and Inma Martinez sit down to review the resurgence of European venture funds raising large €100 million + funds to kick off 2020, as pedigree American venture firms set up European teams in light of the recent shift in investments towards businesses that show earnings and net income, which is traditionally the European way to build businesses. Om Shanti, we shall all rejoice.
Episode #3: Voulez Capital - Europe's First VC for Female Founders - meet Anya Navidski, Founding Partner
In this episode, Anne talks to Anya Navidski, Founder and CEO of Europe’s first VC fund focused on investing in female entrepreneurs - Voulez Capital. Anya share’s why she became a VC, how she created Voulez, what needs to change in the funding industry and how she’s working to bring about that change.
EPisode #2 Market roundup (0) - THE WINDS OF CHANGE AFTER THE WEWORK x SOFTBANK IPO FIASCO21/11/2019
Market Roundup: The Winds of Change after the WeWork & Softbank Fiasco
Every month, we bring you our Market Roundup about key events happening in the market, our key insights on them and what startups and investors can learn as a result.
Our cohosts, Anne Ravanona and Inma Martinez sit down to kick off the podcast series to analyse the ripple effects of the biggest financial headline: how WeWork withdrew its IPO filing after Wall Street investors were able to see through the smoke and mirrors of the company's prospectus. Anne and Inma discuss the relevancy of this technology IPO fiasco and the before and after consequences that this will present to future tech IPOs and the corporate governance that VCs and NEDs must establish in startups.
Episode # 1: The Gender Funding Gap & $5 Trillion Opportunity
Welcome to our very first episode!
In this episode, our founder, Anne Ravanona, will share why she started Global Invest Her in the first place after her lightbulb moment, what compels her to focus on helping female founders get funded and why you should be interested in the latest research the biggest untapped market opportunity worth $5 Trillion. What you'll learn in this episode:
Official Trailer: Welcome to InvestHer Podcast!
About this episode:
Introducing the InvestHer Podcast, who it's for, what we talk about and why you should listen! Entrepreneur, Advocate, TEDx Speaker & Consultant, Anne Ravanona has frank conversations with global investors, female founders and ecosystem builders, about what it's really like for women entrepreneurs to get funding today. Join Anne as she interviews global guests like Anya Navidski, Julia Hartz, Roxanne Varza etc, to understand what needs to change in the funding ecosystem, so that more women entrepreneurs get funded. |
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