Episode 28 - Season 3 - How to raise $1M in seed funding and leverage your network during your fundraise, with Valérie Hoffenberg, Founder & CEO, SHe Travel Club

Episode 28 (Season 3): ​How to raise $1M in seed funding and leverage your network during your fundraise, with Valérie Hoffenberg, Founder & CEO, SHe Travel Club

What better to kick off Season 3 of our podcast than by listening to the inspiring story from French serial entrepreneur, Valérie Hoffenberg, about how she raised $1M in seed funding for SHe Travel Club, the new travel tech startup about to take the women travel market by storm. A former diplomat and advisor to a previous President of France, Valérie has built her incredible diverse network over her career. In this episode she also shares tips for female founders on how to leverage your network during your fundraise. Enjoy!

About our Guest:

• Recognized expert on gender equality
• Co-founder with Marie Claire of the Think tank “Acting for Equality”
• A unique network and access to international women networks and associations
• Speaker on gender equality on global event ( UN, UNESCO, King’s College …)
• Serial entrepreneur
• Founder & President of the Connecting Leaders Club, a global innovation consulting company and event organisation
• Founder & President of SHe Travel Club, global hotel certification to reinvent women’s travel
• Former French diplomat and Representative of Paris

​Learn more about Valérie here.

What you'll learn in todays episode:

• How she first started out and her experience raising funding those first 3 times like?
• Why she set up SHe Travel Club?
• How she raised $1M to fund SHe Travel Club and the funding challenges she faced along the way.
• How she leveraged her network over the years during that fundraising and her practical key tips to help you do it too!
• Key tips can you share with women entrepreneurs raising money?
• What are your favourite fundraising resources for founders?
• What needs to change in the world of funding and her last message to founders on the raise.

​How to contact Valérie:
Website | SHe Travel Club
Instagram | @shetravelclub
Twitter | @VHoffenberg
​LinkedIn | SHe Travel Club ; Valérie Hoffenberg