All Episodes

July 15, 2021

E034: Neda Amidi: Plug & Play

Plug and Play is the leading innovation platform, connecting startups, corporations, venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we're present in 35+ locations across five c…
July 1, 2021

E033: Heather Hartnett: Human Ventures

Human Ventures is a business creation platform. We go beyond the business model and seek opportunities to build Model Businesses with ambitious founders who are innovating around Human Needs. By unlocking access to a powerfu…
June 24, 2021

E032: Lisa Carmen Wang: Republic

Republic gives people power to invest in the future they believe in by providing access to startup, real estate, crypto, and video game investments. Focused on creating a diverse, sustainable, connected world, Republic has f…
June 10, 2021

E031: Elizabeth Edwards: H Venture Partners

H Venture Partners is a female-founded, owned and controlled venture capital firm focused on purpose-driven, science-backed consumer brands. Led by a team of consumer experts with unparalleled experience as former consumer e…
June 3, 2021

E030: Greer Tessler: Simple Food Ventures

Simple Food Ventures is a $2M mission-driven, early-stage venture fund investing in the future of healthy foods and products categorized in the better-for-you space. We look to partner with companies and passionate founders …
May 27, 2021

E029: Nisa Amoils: a100x

We invest early stage at the intersection of blockchain/AI and impact.
May 20, 2021

E028: Han Ko: USAKO Group

USAKO Group is an international investment and accelerator company, which has presence in U.S.A. and S. Korea. The Group is an official global partner of S. Korean governmental agencies, and has played highly active roles in…
May 13, 2021

E027: Tiana Laurence: Laurence Innovation

Laurence Innovation (LI) is an investment fund powering the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). At a time when emerging fields like artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT), genetic engineering, and quantum…
May 6, 2021

E026: Eliska Mallickova: Fidelity International Strategic Venture

FISV invests in early stage businesses redefining wealth and asset management globally and that are strategic to Fidelity International.
April 29, 2021

E025: Bahiyah Robinson: VC Include

VC Include is an exclusive ecosystem and marketplace designed for GPs and LPs to expand investment opportunities that improve investment outcomes through the power of diversity. This ecosystem drives alpha to investors while…
April 15, 2021

E024: Pratibha Vuppuluri: Unreasonable Group

Yes, we operate immersive programs for growth-stage entrepreneurs offering solutions to seemingly intractable challenges. Yes, we are also a multi-media company, a private global network, and an investment firm. We forge unl…
April 8, 2021

E023: Justine Humenansky: Playground Global

Playground Global is an early stage venture capital fund, based in Palo Alto, that invests in frontier technologies with the potential to create multi-generational impact. The table is a community for female and non-binary i…
April 1, 2021

E022: Jeep Kline: MrPink’s VC

We are a seed fund that invests in technology startup companies, located in Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay, that address global challenges. We believe that technology investment should not be confined to mains…
March 25, 2021

E021: Amal Enan: Global Ventures

Global Ventures is an international venture capital firm, investing in founders and ideas across emerging markets. We back global-minded founders that are leading growth-stage companies and using technology to transform emer…
March 18, 2021

E020: Sallie Jian: SAP.iO

SAP.iO is SAP’s startup venture arm with an enterprise-focused accelerator program whose goal is to secure SAP customers’ future in a world going through rapid digital transformation by being the bridge to the most relevant …
March 11, 2021

E019: Lenore Champagne Beirne: Bright Ventures

Lenore Champagne Beirne is an Investor, Executive Coach and Venture Strategist. At Bright Ventures, Lenore and her team are investing in and coaching startup leaders, and cultivating equity and access in the entrepreneurial …
Feb. 25, 2021

E018: Melanie Mak: BCIF

Founded in 2016 and launched in January 2017, the Black Cooperative Investment Fund (BCIF) is a a 501(c)3, community-based organization rooted in self-help economics that provides microloans to the Black community through po…
Feb. 18, 2021

E017: Mac Conwell: RareBreed VC

RareBreed VC is a Pre-seed to Seed Fund that is investing in exceptional founders outside of the large tech eco-systems (SF,NY,MA) earlier than everyone else. At Rarebreed we invest in companies building a software product w…
Feb. 11, 2021

E016: Natasha Bansgopaul: VegaX Holdings

VegaX is the “BlackRock” of the Digital Asset Industry. We provide investors globally with one-stop access to sophisticated and secure crypto asset management. The asset management industry is the largest in the world repres…
Feb. 4, 2021

E015: Elianne Oei: Exponential Positive Impact Capital

EPIC and its team are the revenue-based financing platform for impact-driven companies and investors. Our mission is to accelerate positive impact and improve humanity by democratising access to investments. We leverage reve…
Jan. 28, 2021

E014: Irina Berkon: Goldenseeds

Irina Berkon, is a proven finance and accounting leader, a CPA with over 15 years of progressive hands-on experience in corporate finance. She brings a solid background in the fields of IPO, start-ups, M&A, financial aud…
Jan. 21, 2021

E013: Eva Yazhari: Beyond Capital Fund

Beyond Capital is an impact investment fund that invests in seed-stage, for-profit social enterprises serving impoverished communities throughout India and East Africa. - In addition to investment capital, we provide probono…
Jan. 14, 2021

E012: Tanya Rolfe & Gail Wong: Her Capital

Her Capital is a venture fund supporting female entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia. We are on a mission to tap into overlooked female founders in the region, addressing the 3% of global venture funding that currently goes t…
Jan. 7, 2021

E011: Abby Lyall: Big Idea Ventures

Abby Lyall is Vice President at Big Idea Ventures, focusing on Series A+ stage investments in sustainable food and agriculture. Prior to this role, Abby was Program Director for BIV’s seed stage alt-protein accelerator and t…