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InvestHer Podcast

49 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings

InvestHer Podcast is a podcast for women entrepreneurs who want to learn about funding and get funded faster, and for investors and ecosystem players who want to learn more about what it’s really like for female founders in the world of funding today.

It’s a behind the scenes look at the funding tactics and strategies that really work, to give women founders more confidence to get the funding you deserve to take your business to the next level. Each episode will be short, energetic and action-oriented, giving you lots of practical funding tips, so that you can get investor-ready, get the funding you need and back to building your business, FASTER.

Join entrepreneur, consultant, TEDx speaker and women’s advocate, Anne Ravanona, as she shares how to put the fun back into funding for female founders, with real truths about what it’s like for women entrepreneurs in the funding world today, inspiring and practical interviews with the investors who actually do fund women-led companies, as well as key ecosystem players you need to know about. We’ve got your back!

This show is not only about demystifying funding, it’s also about understanding what are the key market dynamics and realities that impact HOW investors make decisions on who to fund, the existing biases and paradigms that need changing, and how we can ALL benefit from the biggest untapped resource to boost the global economy - women entrepreneurs. Anne Ravanona created Global Invest Her and is on a mission to help get 1M women entrepreneurs funded by 2030. She is a recognised international keynote speaker who inspires the hearts and wins over the minds of both investors and women entrepreneurs about funding female founders, coaches women-led businesses and helps corporates partner with and serve women entrepreneurs.

So, whether you are starting out on your own funding journey, want to learn more about it before jumping in, or are curious about the real funding challenges women entrepreneurs face and the investment opportunity they represent, this podcast is for you! Let's change the funding game, together.

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Episodes

Investing in Change: Shaping Policy and Practice for Inclusive Funding of Women Entrepreneurs

March 08, 2024 11:10 - 1 hour - 70.8 MB

Welcome to the latest episode of the Invest Her Podcast! Today, we're diving into the incredible journey of Allison Byers, Founder of Scroobious and a beacon of change and innovation in the funding ecosystem. Allison Byers has earned the title of the Swiss Army Knife of funding and fundraising. From launching a company dedicated to making fundraising more accessible to underrepresented founders to advocating for legal changes in the United States funding landscape and stepping into the r...

Venture Forward - From selling my company to becoming a VC investing in women

February 23, 2024 11:05 - 1 hour - 82.1 MB

In this inspiring episode of the InvestHer Podcast, your host Anne Ravanona delves into the incredible journey of Sarah Dusek, co-founder of Under Canvas and Enygma Ventures. From experiencing a significant business failure to selling a business for $100 million and becoming a venture capitalist focused on empowering women entrepreneurs in Africa, Sarah's story is nothing short of remarkable. Join us as Sarah shares her insights on entrepreneurship, overcoming challenges, and the power of be...

Building the Tech Workforce of the Future via a New Way to teach Kids to Code with Dora Palfi, Co-Founder & CEO of Imagi

January 22, 2024 10:52 - 52 minutes - 60.4 MB

In today’s episode, we’re excited to delve into an inspiring conversation with Dora Palfi, the Co-Founder and CEO of Imagi. Dora shares her journey of creating a revolutionary approach to coding education, aimed at building a diverse and inclusive tech workforce for the future. Imagi is not just a coding platform; it's a movement to redefine the way girls and boys engage with technology from an early age. Dora discusses how Imagi's unique solutions, such as the 'Imagi Charm' and their inte...

Trailblazing VC Funding in Singapore & Investing in Women Founders

January 11, 2024 13:50 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

Tune in to the Latest Episode of Invest Her Podcast: Trailblazing VC Funding in Singapore & Investing in Women Founders with Field Pickering, Managing Partner at Vulpes Ventures. Are you ready to dive into the dynamic world of venture capital and discover how gender diversity is reshaping investment strategies? Join us on the Invest Her Podcast for an inspiring and enlightening conversation with Field where he shares how Vulpes Ventures is breaking new ground by focusing on gender diversity ...

Building Money Confidence in Young Adults with an AI-Money Coach, with Gabriela Isas, CEO & Founder of Good With

December 22, 2023 18:26 - 45 minutes - 51.8 MB

Join us for an enlightening conversation with Gabriela Isas, founder and CEO of Good With, as she delves into the transformative world of financial education for young adults. In this episode, Gabriela unveils her unique journey to empower the 18-30 age bracket with innovative, AI-driven money management tools. Discover how Good With leverages behavioral science and technology to revolutionize financial literacy, and how Gabriela's passion is shaping a new era in fintech. Whether you're a yo...

Raising a Pre-seed round for a Cleantech Startup in Germany with Mona Hornung , Co-founder & CEO - NOVO

December 22, 2023 12:07 - 53 minutes - 62.6 MB

🌿 Dive into the world of Cleantech with Mona Hornung, co-founder and CEO of Novo, in our latest episode of Invest Her Podcast. Mona shares her riveting journey from consulting to leading a groundbreaking Cleantech startup in Germany. Discover how Novo is revolutionizing building energy efficiency, the challenges and triumphs of her entrepreneurial path, and the insights from their successful funding journey. This episode is a must-listen for anyone passionate about innovation, sustainability...

Raising Funding for Sustainable Pregnancy Tests - The Hoopsy Story with Lara Solomon

December 04, 2023 20:08 - 1 hour - 75.2 MB

This week, you'll learn meet Lara Solomon, Founder &CEO of Hoopsy, the sustainable pregnancy test making waves. Lara is a serial entrepreneur who decided to create a medical device company to help millions of women, building on her own personal fertility journey, where she wondered where were the sustainable pregnancy tests that didn't add more plastic waste to the planet. She didn't find them, so she created her own! Join us as you learn from her experience building her product and raising ...

Unleashing the Power of Branding Identity to Get You Funded Faster, with Gustavo Stecher, Founder & CEO of Membranding

November 17, 2023 19:39 - 51 minutes - 59.4 MB

This week, we have the pleasure of welcoming Gustavo Stecher, our long-time partner and the founder and CEO of Membranding. Gustavo is an extraordinary professional with extensive experience in global branding identity, particularly in startup branding, social branding and city branding. Join us as you learn how startups and emerging funds can use branding identity to get funded faster. Learn more about Gustavo and access the valuable resources shared in this episode on our Show Notes here.

Investing in Deeptech Space Startups - The New Frontier, with Jenna Bryant, Co-Founder & CEO, Embedded Ventures

May 21, 2023 21:07 - 41 minutes - 46.9 MB

Great VCs and fund managers can come from anyway and Jenna Bryant, a true force of nature is living proof of that. Together with her co-founder Jordan Noone, both from non-traditional backgrounds, they created Embedded Ventures as a next generation VC firm investing in early -stage startups in deeptech and space, that can serve the U.S. Department of Defense. With a degree in fashion design and a passion for dance, she started her career as a tech recruiter, blazing a trail in emerging tech ...

How We Enable Women Business Owners To Compete in the Global Marketplace, with Paulina Rabell, Market Lead for France, WEConnect International

May 13, 2023 13:11 - 57 minutes - 65.6 MB

Did you know that today, only 1% of global corporate procurement goes to women-owned businesses? In 2023? Why is it that so few big corporates buy from women-owned businesses and what can women entrepreneurs do to win key contracts with them? Supply chain diversity is not only a buzzword, it's an imperative, if we are to unlock more global growth and close the global pay and customer gap for women founders. That's where WEConnect International comes in. They are on a mission to drive more mo...

How We Raised over 2M€ Non-Dilutive Capital for a Hardware/Femtech Startup

May 05, 2023 08:37 - 55 minutes - 63.8 MB

How do you raise money for a hardware, femtech, medical device that is highly innovative and not yet on the market? How do you get partners like the World Health Organisation to support your work? In this episode, you'll hear from Rosanne Longmore, CEO of Coroflo, a company which has developed and patented the world’s first accurate breastfeeding monitor, Coro. Coroflo have raised €4m investment and have won numerous innovation and technology awards. Coroflo are raising their Series A to lau...

How Telling Our Stories Differently Can Change Funding

April 02, 2023 15:43 - 59 minutes - 68.2 MB

How we tell stories matters. It's the way we all communicate things that really matter, and how you tell your story as a funder (investor) or founder can really change outcomes. In this episode, you'll learn from Tara Todras-Whitehill, an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared on more than 20 front pages of The New York Times. She founded the TW Visual Storytelling Agency and has a clientele of some of the world’s leading social impact and news organizations.  If you are a fund...

How You Can Invest In Public Companies Run By Women CEOs

March 17, 2023 10:59 - 42 minutes - 48.9 MB

What if you could invest in the change you want to see, by investing in public stocks of companies with women ceos? By investing in what you want to see in the world, breaking barriers and moving the needle forward? Now you can, if you are based in the United States, thanks to Patricia Lizarraga, Managing Partner at Hypatia Capital, who has created the world's first ETF (exchange traded fund) called WCEO. In this episode, you'll learn what's an ETF, how you can use them to diversify your inv...

How to raise Funding in Israel and insights into the innovative Israeli startup culture

February 16, 2023 17:15 - 1 hour - 93.9 MB

Roni Eiger is a successful angel investor and technology scout, living in Israel and working extensively connecting Israeli startups with Spain, particularly in the Agrifood/Agtech sector. Learn why she became an angel investor, key insights into Israeli culture and the Startup Nation, and about all the key sources of funding in Israel. You'll also learn about a key women's angel network there, as well as her tips on why more women should become angel investors. If you are a woman founder,  ...

Accelerating pre-seed pan African Startups with Mope Abudu, Founder & CEO, Knight Ventures Accelerator (Nigeria) and AfriGlocal VC fund

October 28, 2022 20:31 - 1 hour - 69.9 MB

Mope is Founder and General Partner of Knight Ventures, the Pan Africa Digital Accelerator providing a platform to connect startups, mentors and Investors. Their mission is to develop 100 high-growth tech enabled startups to scale and success and also have a venture fund  (AfriGlocal) to financially back those startups. They primarily invest in west Africa, and are key players in the Africa Rising movement, where local Africans take active part in investing in and developing African business...

Raising a pre-seed funding round for my AI startup

September 07, 2022 13:43 - 1 hour - 72.2 MB

Welcome to this latest episode, where you'll hear from  Kanwal Bhatia, Founder & CEO of AI startup Metalynx, about how she raised $800K in pre-seed funding. She shares her challenges along the way, how she kept going, what she learned to help her in her future funding rounds and much more! This episode is in partnership with DWEN (Dell Women Entrepreneurs Network) from Dell Technologies. Full show notes with links to the resources mentioned in this episode here: We agree with Kanwal when s...

How to raise a $1M seed round and leverage your network for funding, with Valérie Hoffenberg, Founder, SHe Travel Club

January 31, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 113 MB

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 netw...

Supporting Emerging Fund Managers, and Funding Founders in Emerging Markets, with Olga Duka, Improve Ventures

December 02, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 163 MB

When you listen to Olga Duka, Managing Partner from Improve Ventures, you cannot help but hear her passion for all things funding great founders in emerging markets, and supporting emerging Fund Managers to help diversify the startup funding landscape.  This episode will appeal to both investors and founders alike, as Olga explains and explores the challenges and opportunities for both 'emerging' sides of the funding table. Once thing's for sure, you'll walk away full of a new found understa...

Funding Women & Diverse Founders in LATAM, with Anna Raptis from Amplifica Capital

November 04, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MB

Ready to take a trip to funding universe in Mexico and Latam for women entrepreneurs? Meet Anna Raptis, the Australian who decided to create a fund to invest in women and diverse founders in Latin America, because nobody else was doing it and it's the right thing to do. In this dynamic and candid episode, Anna shares some great insights into the world of funding in latin america, key biases that still exist and why she created Amplifica Capital to help solve access to funding for women and d...

Using Research/Innovation Partnerships as a Source of Funding, with Susan HayesCulleton, Active Peers AI

October 28, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 87.3 MB

Are you ready to hang onto your seats? This is a super fast-paced episode, where Susan HayesCulleton, Founder of Active Peers AI explains how she set up her company and used innovation partnerships (research partnerships) as a source of funding, to bring her great idea to life. But it wasn't all plain sailing as she soon discovered. From having to re-think her business model, to learning how to manage complex stakeholders in her innovation partnership, Susan explains the ins and outs of this...

Funding and Training Diverse Fund Managers with Sara Zulkosky - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Recast Capital

September 30, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MB

In this episode, Sara Zulkosky, Co-Founder and Managing Partner from Recast Capital, a new platform focused exclusively on emerging managers in venture meant to both invest in and support those managers with a focus on diverse partnerships. Basically, they are fund of funds, who invests in and trains upcoming diverse fund managers. They believe deeply the data that shows that diversity drives better outcomes and are on a mission to help make venture capital more diverse. See show notes: htt...

Angel Investing in Europe and Beyond with Denise McQuaid - Go Beyond (Angel Network)

August 03, 2021 17:13 - 1 hour - 115 MB

In this episode, you'll hear from Denise McQuaid, CEO of GoBeyond Investing, a pan-European ecosystem of early-stage investing experts. Denise has extensive startup and investing experience, and she joined GoBeyond in 2020 with the goal to develop the company's unique approach to angel investing, focusing on talented, ambitious, and unique innovators. Learn more about angel investing, what GoBeyond is looking for among women entrepreneurs, and more about Denise's entrepreneurial journey in t...

Fundraising for a Deeptech Startup with Catherine Parry - Deepview

July 25, 2021 01:31 - 52 minutes - 96.2 MB

In this episode, you'll hear from Catherine Parry, Founder and CEO of DeepView, a platform targeted to banks and regulated organisations wanting to learn how to safely and efficiently use communication channels for client relations. Catherine is a Serial Entrepreneur and global expert in regulatory technology and finance. In 2014, she was recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for her entrepreneurial success. Hear how she raised $2M for DeepView and more about her fu...

Funding Fintech and Blockchain in Latin America with Carlos Torres de la Cuba, AMG Block

July 22, 2021 20:54 - 1 hour - 121 MB

In this episode, you'll hear from Carlos Torres de la Cuba, Managing Director at AMG Block, a pre-seed venture fund looking to invest in fintech and blockchain startups in Latin America. Carlos's experience in the Mexican and U.S. financial markets led him to an interest in financial technology, and he's passionate about developing the market by funding startups. You'll learn in this episode tips for locating funding in the Latin American market from a VC who's interested in you! See Show No...

Pushing Diversity in Venture Capitalism, with Mac Conwell II, RareBreed Ventures

July 13, 2021 15:32 - 1 hour - 124 MB

In this episode, you'll hear from Mac Conwell II, Founder and Managing Partner at RareBreed Ventures, a pre-seed to seed venture fund looking to invest in RareBreed entrepreneurs in North America. Mac's VC story was driven by a desire to create a space for entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities in the United States. You'll learn in this episode why there is room outside of North America's major tech hubs for startups, how to successfully approach investors, and other great funding t...

How to be Undaunted When Raising Funding with Kara Goldin, Founder & CEO of Hint

July 06, 2021 15:12 - 1 hour - 112 MB

In this episode, you'll hear from Kara Goldin, Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., known for its award-winning healthy-alternative beverage, Hint Water. Kara's Undaunted spirit has brought much success to her San Francisco-based business, and she has been named one of InStyle's Badass 50, Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business, Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, and EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California. Hear how she found funding for Hint by being Undaunted. See...

Discover how Radical Generosity is funding diverse female founders with Vicky Saunders, Founder of SheEO

June 27, 2021 21:47 - 1 hour - 116 MB

In this episode, you’ll hear from Vicki Saunders, the Founder of SheEO, an ecosystem for supporting women entrepreneurs who are working toward solving the world’s top priorities. Vicki has made a career of entrepreneurial work, co-founding initiatives throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States. You'll learn in this episode how the SheEO community practices Radical Generosity to support women in achieving their goals to create a new model of thinking and a better world. See Show Notes: ...

How To Get 1:1 Meetings with VCS and Make your Virtual Event More Gender Diverse - Jan Ameri, CEO of Arctic15 - Matchmaking investors with startups

October 18, 2020 21:19 - 1 hour - 124 MB

How do you get 1:1 Meetings with Investors and also make your online event more gender diverse? In this episode, you'll hear from Jan Ameri, CEO of Arctic15, the key matchmaking event between investors and startups in the Nordics and beyond. Learn how to build relationships with investors, who to embed gender diversity across your virtual event and get lots of practical tips from a passionate catalyst in the startup ecosystem. Get the show notes here: https://bit.ly/InvestHerPodcast-Ep17-...

Ask an Angel - Fundraising Advice for Female Founders with Angela Lee - Founder of 37 Angels

October 18, 2020 17:26 - 1 hour - 123 MB

In this episode, you'll hear from Angela Lee, 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. This epis...

Building the 3rd Reconstruction and restructuring Capital, with Julianne Zimmerman and Ed Dugger III, Reinventure Capital

September 19, 2020 19:48 - 1 hour - 140 MB

Black lives have always mattered and Ed Dugger III has been investing in black founders with great success and returns since the 1980s. Now he has created a new fund with Julianne Zimmerman, called Reinventure Capital - to build on this impact and fund even more Black and diverse founders. In this episode, you'll learn about the 3rd Reconstruction building economic opportunity and equity for all, and how Reinventure capital are re-structuring venture capital to make this happen. Don't miss t...

Meet the VC - Bedy Yang, Managing Partner Global, 500 Startups

August 06, 2020 13:58 - 1 hour - 135 MB

Bedy Yang, Managing Partner at 500 Startups, is a very seasoned international VC, who focuses on building out 500 startups accelerators and programs across the globe. In this episode, she shares how 500 Startups support women entrepreneurs and future VCs, what needs to change in the funding environment to increase diversity and answers live questions from our curious audience with flair. Listen up, to also get her suggested resources for founders as well as her take on how Covid-19 is impact...

How To Fundraise During Covid-19, with Laura Connell, Principal at Balderton

May 12, 2020 21:28 - 1 hour - 119 MB

Welcome to our very first LIVE PODCAST, where you, the listeners, get to ask your questions live to our podcast guest and enjoy listening back later! As part of our series of resources to help founders on the fundraise during the Covid-19 crisis, we are delighted to be joined by Laura Connell, Principal at Europe's Leading Tech VC - Balderton Capital - to share her take on the impact the pandemic is having on fundraising now, and what founders can do to keep going and navigate this black swa...

How to Network Effectively With Investors Before and During a Fundraise - With J. Kelly Hoey

May 01, 2020 21:41 - 58 minutes - 113 MB

How should you network with potential investors? What are the key don'ts you absolutely must avoid, if you want to successfully build your dream network to help your business and raise money? Look no further! In this episode, you'll hear all the great truths on the matter from J. Kelly Hoey. Author of "Build Your Dream Network", Speaker, Networking expert and LP in a few funds, former lawyer and startup accelerator leader - you bet she's seen networking from all angles. We'll get you from ...

How to Network Effectively With Investors Before and During a Fundraise - With J. Kelly Hoey

May 01, 2020 21:41

How should you network with potential investors? What are the key don'ts you absolutely must avoid, if you want to successfully build your dream network to help your business and raise money? Look no further! In this episode, you'll hear all the great truths on the matter from J. Kelly Hoey. Author of "Build Your Dream Network", Speaker, Networking expert and LP in a few funds, former lawyer and startup accelerator leader - you bet she's seen networking from all angles. We'll get you from ...

How to Raise Capital in the U.S. Especially During Covid19 - Ed Zimmerman

April 10, 2020 18:58 - 47 minutes - 89.9 MB

How to raise capital in the U.S. during the Covid-19 Crisis? What are the key current trends coming out of New York when it comes to Angel and Venture Capital investing?  What do entrepreneurs need to know, to navigate these uncertain times in how they should approach investors?  You will learn all of this and more, from our first male investor guest, Ed Zimmerman who is a Partner/Chair of the Tech Group at the law firm Lowenstein Sandler LLP, an angel investor in roughly 130 startups, LP ...

When Women Come Together, The Power of it Is Enormous - Delphine Remy-Boutang

March 30, 2020 15:23 - 54 minutes - 104 MB

In this episode, recorded during Covid-19 lockdown, you'll hear from Delphine Remy-Boutang, founder of Digital Women's Day and The Bureau, is a key influencer in the European Women in Tech Ecosystem. An entrepreneur herself since 2012, Delphine founded the Bureau, a digital & communication group for digital trends, influence, social media and creative services in London and Paris. In 2013 she co-founded and directed Digital Women’s Day, an annual event dedicated to entrepreneurship and women...

Beyond the Billion : How We Mobilized $1 BILLION for Female Founders - Shelly Porges

March 14, 2020 18:09 - 1 hour - 145 MB

In October 2018 Shelly Porges successfully created a global consortium to build the Billion Dollar Fund for Women - getting investors to pledge over $1 Billion of investment in female founders. Now she's going even further, with her new initiative - Beyond the Billion. In this episode, you'll learn why and how Shelly created Beyond the Billion as a movement and a new way to mobilise key funding stakeholders to truly shift the funding landscape for women entrepreneurs. Get ready to be inspi...

Female-Led Companies and the Rise of Female Management Teams

January 30, 2020 14:49 - 48 minutes - 92.3 MB

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? Anne and Inma certainly think so! Kick off 2020 with upda...

How To Advance Gender Equality in Venture Capital - Siri Chilazi shares Latest Harvard Research

January 28, 2020 20:23 - 56 minutes - 108 MB

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 ...

How Vivian Nwakah, Founder of Medsaf, is disrupting Supply Chain MedTech

December 23, 2019 12:24 - 44 minutes - 83.9 MB

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...

How leading Aperitif Direct to Consumer brand - HAUS - is getting funded

December 12, 2019 18:28 - 43 minutes - 84.5 MB

​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 $3 million pre-seed round, giving the big drinks companies a run for their money. Listen now, to how she did it and check out the show notes here: 

Market Roundup episode 1 - Christmas Comes Early ...

December 06, 2019 17:13 - 1 hour - 118 MB

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. Check out show notes & Download Takeaways EPISODE SHO...

Market Roundup - Christmas Comes Early ...

December 06, 2019 17:13 - 1 hour - 118 MB

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. Check out show notes & Download Takeaways EPISODE SHO...

Voulez Capital - Europe's First VC for Female Founders - meet Anya Navidski, Founding Partner

November 28, 2019 19:56 - 37 minutes - 71.9 MB

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. Voulez Capital providing Seed and Series A capital for high growth businesses with female founders.  Episode show notes and links to resources mentioned during the podcast http://bit.ly/Ep...

Market Roundup - The Winds of Change after the WeWork and Softbank IPO Fiasco

November 21, 2019 10:52 - 1 hour - 119 MB

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 ...

Market Roundup Ep #0 The Winds of Change after the WeWork and Softbank IPO Fiasco

November 21, 2019 10:52 - 1 hour - 119 MB

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 ...

Episode #1 The Gender Funding Gap and the $5 Trillion Opportunity

November 15, 2019 15:15 - 31 minutes - 57.9 MB

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.  SEE FULL SHOWNOTES HERE  

TRAILER for INVESTHER PODCAST - The Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs and Investors

November 03, 2019 19:20 - 1 minute - 3.67 MB

InvestHer Podcast is for YOU, the female founder who wants to get ready for funding, or the investor who wants to learn more about what’s it’s like for women entrepreneurs to raise funding, and the huge untapped investment opportunity the represent. I’m Anne Ravanona, founder of Global Invest Her, Consultant, TEDx speaker and woman’s advocate.    In each episode we’ll share key  proven actionable funding tips and resources, and real insights from guest funded women entrepreneurs, globa...

TRAILER

November 03, 2019 19:20 - 1 minute - 3.67 MB

InvestHer Podcast is for YOU, the female founder who wants to get ready for funding, or the investor who wants to learn more about what’s it’s like for women entrepreneurs to raise funding, and the huge untapped investment opportunity the represent. I’m Anne Ravanona, founder of Global Invest Her, Consultant, TEDx speaker and woman’s advocate.    In each episode we’ll share key  proven actionable funding tips and resources, and real insights from guest funded women entrepreneurs, globa...