Shivani Siroya is the founder and CEO of Tala, the first financial platform for the Global Majority with customers in Kenya, Mexico, India, and the Philippines. The company has been named to the Fortune Impact 20 list, CNBC’s Disruptor 50 five years in a row, and Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for eight years running. In this week’s episode we discuss Shivani’s founder journey, how she raised nearly half a billion dollars in investments and debt, how she built a much-lauded corporate culture that spans multiple contents, and why she’s focused on creating credit solutions for the global majority.

Liz Elting, is the Founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation and was the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of TransPerfect, the world's largest language solutions company, with over $1.2 billion in revenue and offices in more than 100 cities worldwide. Liz’s story is one of grit, determination and inspiration for women entrepreneurs. Like she says “dream big and (you will) win.”

Sara Happ, founder and CEO of Sara Happ Inc invented the first-ever Lip Scrub in her kitchen in 2005. She launched her company as a side hustle with $10,000 in savings and thanks to an incredible product and market demand built a highly successful business over the past 18 years. Learn about bootstrapping a business, why you need founder friends, and when to take capital in this conversation.

Tracy Chadwell is the Founding Partner of 1843 Capital, a venture capital fund focused on early-stage technology companies and AgeTech. She launched her fund in 2016. Notable investments include Beautycounter (Exited: $1B), Tempo Automation (Exited Nasdaq:TMPO), and May Mobility. In this episode we talk about Tracy Chadwell’s path to venture, launching a fund, her focus on investing in the AgeTech & Longevity revolution, diverse investing, and some of her biggest portfolio investments and exits.

Vidhi Data and Shalini Sardana, are Co-founders and Co-CEO’s of She Raises Capital, an AI powered global funding platform for female founders with education, community and capital connections to help them stay the course to build successful businesses. In this episode we discuss Vidhi and Shalini’s path to partnership, and the community and platform they built to connect founders to investors.

Jill Osur, President & CEO of Teneral Cellars a disruptive, woman-owned and run wine business. She is a 2023 Tory Burch Foundation Fellows and a member of the Governor's 2022 Entrepreneurship & Economic Mobility Task Force for California. In this episode we discuss Jill’s founder journey and her “why” in building a community-focused wine business.

Mara Smith is Founder & CEO of Inspiro Tequila. Mara began her legal career at a large law firm in Chicago before joining the corporate strategy team at a Fortune 500 Company. In this episode we discuss what it takes to build a women-focused tequila business from the ground up and how to give back in the process.

Laurel Mintz is the Founder of Fabric VC, a venture fund backing underrepresented founders at the earliest stage. She is also the founder of Elevate My Brand an award-winning agency that serves both startups and blue chip global brands. In this episode we talk about what it takes to launch and raise capital for a venture fund and why investing in diverse founders is a smart strategy.

Michelle Jacobs the Co-Founder and COO at Womaness. A strategic development leader with a sweet spot in brand building, leading sales (e-commerce and traditional), branding, partnerships, licensing, logistics, inventory planning and financial management she provides keen insight into what it takes to build and launch and consumer brand. In this episode we discuss Michelle’s founder journey, her partnership with co-founder Sally Mueller, why women’s health and menopause solutions have become such a hot topic.

Jesse Draper was the first women GP to launch a fund in Los Angeles, paving the way for the growing female fund manager community. She has invested in 70+ female led companies and is focused on the Future of Care.

Recognized as the queens of the SPV, Annie and Kelley help angel investors build their portfolios matching investors to investments, one select fundraise at a time.

Attorney and entrepreneur, Jessie Gabriel built a practice solely focused on women founders in the venture community. Her clients include leading CPG, fashion, and tech companies and the funds that invest in them.

In this episode Carlissia and I discuss the importance of democratizing dollars through investing and how New Media Ventures thesis is implementing change.

Catherine and the cast of Show Her the Money have been on a global tour, screening the groundbreaking film about the fundraising challenges for female founders. Thousands of people have now seen the film!

In this episode Marcia Dawood, partner at MINDSHIFT Capital, and I discuss the why and how of angel investing and how you can do good while doing well with your investing strategy.

Jaclyn Johnson is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor, known for producing some of the most iconic women's events and programs through her platform Create & Cultivate. She is putting her own personal experience to work helping founders from launch to legacy and creating a runway for angel investors to fly.

In this episode we discuss Lara O’Connor Hodgson and her business partner Stacey Abrams’ founder journey and how their fintech company NOW has solved the cash flow challenge for small business owners nationwide.

Tracy Prigmore creates new pathways to commercial real estate ownership and development for women and BIPOC through She Has a Deal, an EdTech platform, real estate investment accelerator and ecosystem.

Dr. Ruth Shaber is a changemaker and innovator, moving from a robust career as an OBGYN and senior executive at Kaiser Permanente to empowering women across finance and healthcare. She is the co-author of The XX Edge: Unlocking Higher Returns and Lower Risk and the founder of the Diverse Investing Collective.

Cheryl Kellond, Co-Founder of Play Money reminds us all that angel investing is fun! And doesn’t have to be challenging. Which is why she and her co-founder launched Play Money! She has invested in nearly 50 startups using the funds in her IRA. Now, she is bringing all of these experiences together with her latest venture, Play Money.