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Dec. 13, 2024

E108: Liz Kukka: Purpose Impact Lending Fund

Exploring Innovative Funding Structures for Affordable Housing: Insights from Liz Kuka Welcome back to the Female VC Lab Podcast! In our latest episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Liz Kuka, CEO of P…
Dec. 6, 2024

E107: Julia Krieger: Pari Passu Venture Partners

Episode E107: Julia Krieger of Pari Passu Venture Partners Guest: Julia Krieger Host: Barbara Bickham Summary: In this episode of the Female VC Lab Podcast, Barbara Bickham interviews Julia Krieger, founder of Pari Passu …
Nov. 1, 2024

E106: Keara Sauber: Sauber Capital

Welcome back to the Female VC Lab Podcast! In this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Keara Sauber, CEO of Sauber Capital. Keara shared her journey into venture capitalism, her investment thesis, an…
Oct. 4, 2024

E105: Kt McBratney: Purpose Rounds® & Renew Venture Capital

Episode Highlights with Kt McBratney Welcome back to the Female VC Lab Podcast! In this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Kt McBratney, a partner at Renew Venture Capital and the driving forc…
Sept. 20, 2024

E104: Anne Gherini: SIERRA Ventures

Show Notes: Episode E104 - Anne Gherini - SIERRA Ventures Episode Summary: In this enlightening episode of Female VC Lab, our host Barbara Bickham sits down with Anne Gherini, the CMO at Sierra Ventures, an early-stage VC f…
Aug. 16, 2024

E103: Katie Quilligan: BankTech Ventures

Show Notes: Female VC Lab Podcast Episode: E103 - Katie Quilligan of BankTech Ventures Host: - Barbara Bickham Guest: - Katie Quilligan, Investor at BankTech Ventures Episode Summary: In this insightful episode, Barba…
July 26, 2024

E102: Keri Findley: Tacora Capital

Keri Findley,  is the founder of Tacora Capital,  an Austin, Texas based firm which does asset-backed private credit to venture-owned companies. Providing loans to youngish companies is an important part of the VC …
July 19, 2024

E101: Corinne Bortniker: Cohen Circle

Corinne Bortniker is a Director at Cohen Circle where she supports SPAC deal execution and venture capital investments. Previously, Corinne was a Vice President at Wells Fargo Securities, focused on Technology, Media, and Te…
June 28, 2024

E100: Mary Ellen Iskenderian: Women’s World Banking Capital Partners Funds I and II

Mary Ellen Iskenderian is President and CEO of Women’s World Banking, the global nonprofit devoted to giving more low-income women access to the financial tools and resources they need to achieve security and prosperit…
June 21, 2024

E099: Madhu Shalini Iyer: Rocketship.vc

Madhu is a managing partner and co-founder of Rocketship.vc. Prior to Rocketship, she was Chief Data Officer for Gojek, contributing to its growth into a $10 billion unicorn. She served as an operating partner at a $150M PE …
June 14, 2024

E098: Nicole Valentine: Milken Institute

Nicole Valentine is the FinTech Director of the Center for Financial Markets at the Milken Institute with over a decade of financial services, international Mergers & Acquisitions, technology and innovation experience. S…
June 7, 2024

E097: Michael Phillips: T.D. Jakes Enterprises

Join us for an intriguing conversation with Michael Phillips, the dynamic Chief Operating Officer of T.D. Jakes Enterprises. Recorded live from Milken's 2024 Global Conference, Michael dives deep into their social impact ven…
May 31, 2024

E096: Alice Pomponio: BrightEdge

Alice Pomponio is Vice President of Innovation and Impact Investing at American Cancer Society and Managing Director of BrightEdge —ACS’s mission-driven venture capital and impact investment arm. She’s an i…
May 17, 2024

E095: Margot Brandenburg of Ford Foundation

Seasoned entrepreneur and resource mobilizer for positive social and environmental change.
May 9, 2024

E094: Amy Hepburn: Investor Leadership Network

In this episode of the Female VC Lab Podcast, we're joined by Amy Hepburn, CEO of the Investor Leadership Network (ILN). Founded during the 2018 G7 summit, ILN represents 14 major institutional investors with a staggering $1…
May 2, 2024

E093: Genia Xasis: Berkana.VC

Genia Xasis is the CEO & Co-founder of Berkana.VC, a global community aimed at enhancing gender diversity in VC and tech. She assists seed and Series A companies with raising capital in MENA and is an angel investor focu…
March 21, 2024

E092: Jessica Mah: Mahway

Jess Mah built her first 6-figure business while still in middle school and has since created three companies that are each valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Among the companies she’s founded are inDinero, a fin…
March 7, 2024

E091: Jess Hunichen: Shine Ventures

Jess Hunichen and Emily Ward are the Co-Founders of the global Talent Management Agency, Shine Talent Group, founded in 2015 with offices in Los Angeles, Toronto and London. Built on the premise of collaboration over competi…
Feb. 15, 2024

E090: Kristin Gunther: Revolution Growth

Kristin Gunther is a Partner at Revolution Growth. Kristin brings over 15 years of experience in private equity, finance, and operations to Revolution Growth. Prior to joining Revolution, she spent five years at Perseus LLC,…
Feb. 15, 2024

E089: Genevieve Gilbreath: Springdale Ventures

Genevieve Gilbreath has been an active investor and entrepreneur in the consumer products space in Austin and globally for the last 15 years. Passionate about the success of consumer brand entrepreneurs in Austin and beyond,…
Jan. 25, 2024

E088: Dani Tran: Konvoy

Dani is an investor at Konvoy, a VC focused on the technology, infrastructure, and platforms of the gaming and interactive entertainment industries. Dani joined Konvoy's investment team in 2021 and works across the entire li…
Jan. 18, 2024

E087: Jennifer Stojkovic: Joyful Ventures

Jennifer is the founder of the Vegan Women Summit (VWS), a media and events platform of over 60,000 women founders, investors, and advocates. She is the author of the bestselling book The Future of Food is Female, the world’…
Jan. 4, 2024

E086: Taylor Jean-Jacques: General Atlantic

Taylor is a technology investor at General Atlantic where she sources deals, supports portfolio companies as a Board observer and conducts thematic research. Previously, she was a technology investment banker at J.P. Morgan.…
Dec. 21, 2023

E085: Scott Sewell and Hunter Vielock: NuEnergy

NuEnergy is one of the world’s leading suppliers of various high-performance lithium-ion batteries and energy storage technologies. Lithium-ion batteries as a power source are dominating in portable electronics, penetrating …