EPISODE 16: Ask an Angel — Fundraising Advice for Female Founders with Angela Lee, Founder of 37 Angels

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EPISODE 16:  ASK AN ANGEL- FUNDRAISING ADVICE FOR FEMALE FOUNDERS- WITH ANGELA LEE, FOUNDER OF 37 ANGELS

You won't want to miss this brilliant episode with Angela Lee, Founder of the New York based angel network 37 Angels. Angela Lee is Professor of Practice and the Chief Innovation Officer at Columbia Business School, where she teaches venture capital and leadership courses. Angela started 4 startups and is the founder of 37 Angels, an investing network that has evaluated over 15000 startups, invested in 60+, and activates new investors through a startup investment bootcamp. This episode is packed with incredible advice, answers to live questions and more!  Enjoy!

About our Guest:
Angela Lee is a Professor of Practice and the Chief Innovation Officer at Columbia Business School where she teaches venture capital and leadership courses. Angela started her career in product management and then moved to consulting at McKinsey.  She has started 4 startups and is also the founder of 37 Angels, an investing network that has evaluated over 15000 startups, invested in 60+, and activates new investors through a startup investment bootcamp.
Angela has spoken at the White House and NASA and is an expert in teaching online and making learning scalable.  She is a sought-after expert on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, MSNBC and Fox Business.  She was recognized by Inc. as one of 17 Inspiring Women to Watch in 2017, by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of 6 Innovative Women to Watch in 2015, and by Crain’s as a Notable Women in Tech in 2019.  In 2020, she was awarded the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence at Columbia Business School.  She serves on the boards of Fresco Fund and Cariclub.

​Learn more about Angela here.

In today's episode you'll learn:

• Why Angela founded 37 angels and a cool fun fact about her
• Why is her angel network more important now more than ever
• How 37 Angels helps women entrepreneurs get funded
• How Covid 19 is impacting fundraising and how New York angels are reacting, in particular
• What women entrepreneurs need to do to fundraise during this particular climate
• Answers to live questions from the audience about specific tips for different types of startups and early stage founders on the fundraising trail
• What needs to change in funding- for female founders
• Key Do's and Don'ts for female founders who are pitching investors
• Her recommended resources for women entrepreneurs on the raise

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• Bessemer Venture Partners - Atlas - great research tool on updates on what's happening in Cloud, Data, Europe and Series A +other news. They create special reports eg The Roadmap on Fintech, Ageing etc
• 37 Angels List of Resources for Female Founders
• Andreesen Horowitzs - 16 Key Metrics - 
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