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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 …
Dec. 14, 2023

E084: Bill Wyland: Bill Wyland Galleries

Bill Wyland, the driving force behind the gallery’s operations, was born in 1958 in Dearborn, Michigan. He has three brothers, Robert, Steve and Tom, and without even lifting a brush, has given the family name presence in th…
Dec. 7, 2023

E083: Mike Dinsdale, CFA: Akkadian

Mike Dinsdale, Managing Director, Akkadian Ventures - During 20+ years as CFO, secured over $1.8b in financing, created 100b+ in Value, and created 3 Brands with instant recognition: DocuSign, DoorDash, and Gusto - Angel inv…
Nov. 30, 2023

E082: Jenna Bryant: Embedded Ventures

Co-Founder, CEO & General Partner, Embedded Ventures // Co-Founder, KittyCAD Jenna Bryant is Co-Founder, CEO and General Partner at Embedded Ventures, a next generation venture capital firm that takes a commercial-first…
Nov. 2, 2023

E081: Joanna Kuang: Illumen Capital

Joanna has dedicated her career to expanding access to capital in pursuit of inclusive justice for and alongside under-resourced people of color. She believes a combination of public, private, and philanthropic capital drive…
Oct. 19, 2023

E080: May Li: J20 Ventures

May Li is the founder and managing director of J20 Ventures, a solo woman-run VC firm investing in Zillennial markets. After starting the firm from her dorm room as a junior in 2017, she deployed Fund I straight out of colle…
Oct. 12, 2023

E079: Susan Moring: Cortado Ventures

Susan Moring is a Principal at Cortado Ventures, an Oklahoma City-based, early-stage VC firm. At Cortado, Susan manages all aspects of the investment process including sourcing, due diligence, and post-investment portco supp…
Sept. 14, 2023

E078: Claude de Jocas: Volition Capital

Claude is a Vice President of Volition Capital’s internet and consumer investment team. She joined Volition in 2019 and focuses on investments in e-commerce and tech-enabled services, with sector interests in digital health,…
June 29, 2023

E077: Alison Ryu: Able Partners

Alison has been investing in consumer brands for nearly a decade. Prior to Able, Alison was a General Partner & Managing Director at CircleUp Growth Partners where she led investments in early stage consumer brands. Befo…