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This week our Principal, Louis, was at Dublin Tech Summit moderating a panel. He was joined by Anna Lundin (Norrsken VC), Brendan Rogers (2am VC & Wag! Group Co.), George Mensah (Sure Valley Ventures), and Mark Dowds (RESPONSIBLE) The group covered everything, from how #investors establish rapport with #founders, to the common pitfalls when scaling a business. Key takeaways include: 💡 Personality is everything. At the early stage investors place tremendous weight on founders and the teams they're building. The product comes second. 💡 DD goes both ways. Founders should find investors willing to stay up with them all night to get them to where they want to be. 💡 Diversity, equity and inclusion hold the keys to global scale. Diverse teams see things a homogenous team cannot. Thanks for all for such an enjoyable and insightful session. See you next year Dublin Tech Summit 🙌 #Insight #Investment #DubTechSummit #VC

Thank you Bloomberg News for having me on this week to share our views at Female Founders Fund on the NYC tech ecosystem as part of NYC Tech Week. A few takeaways: Second Generation founders - NYC is seeing the next generation of founders who have worked at large companies and helped them scale now build their own businesses. Sectors: Over the last few years, we've seen NYC expand beyond adtech and direct to consumer with exciting businesses being built in healthcare, climate tech, and generative AI. VC: We’ve seen an influx of large funds open NYC offices including Index, Sequoia, Lightspeed, a16z. Jobs: New York City now has close to 370,000 tech jobs, outranking the finance sector, as per a 2022 study commissioned by Tech:NYC and Google. Female Founders: NYC continues to be a hub for some of the top female-founded growth stage companies nationwide across a diversity of sectors including healthcare, fintech, gen AI and more. More 👇🏽 https://lnkd.in/eq7sSmyi

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#NYTW Event Spotlight: #Female #Founders and #Funders Panel + Happy Hour 🥂 When: June 4 What: Come celebrate the brilliant female founders and investors in the city with us! #Earlystage tech-enabled #startup founders and investors are especially welcome. We will also have a short #panel as part of the mixer: 👋 Aleksandra Medina, co-founder of Frich Money 👋 Tiffany Zhou, founder of OLEADA 👋 Julia Peter, founder of LocalAway 👋 Rachel X. Zhao, PayPal Ventures 👋 moderated by Michelle W. of Lair East Labs 👉 Join us at https://lu.ma/female We are very grateful for the support of: 🙏 ASCENDING Inc. is an AWS Certified Advanced Consulting Partner. ASCENDING provides AI and Cloud computing consulting service to SMB and startups. 🙏 Arcjet helps developers protect their apps in just a few lines of code. It allows developers to build security in from the beginning rather than bolting it on later and wasting time refactoring. This includes features like rate limiting, bot detection, signup form spam protection and attack detection. 🙏 American Lending Center, LLC is a private non-bank lender headquartered in southern California, and a nationally recognized leader in commercial lending, providing capital to small businesses nationwide. We believe that the success of the small business community is built on access to fast, flexible credit. 🙏 OLEADA is a venture-backed luxurious sustainable handbag brand for modern professional women. We seek to bring a sense of weightlessness back to modern women by minimizing everyday hassles with quality multifunctional handbags - so women can live their life at ease. #NYTechWeek

Morning from Kairos Capital Legal Advisors,    Here is a preview of upcoming events that YOU should know about if you are interested in the investment, entrepreneurship, or technology space! If you have an event to add, DROP BELOW!    ◼ January 30th at 1 pm (online)- Explore what’s happening with capital raising, from startup to small cap, by joining the SEC’s Small Business Advocacy Team for our fifth annual Capital Call on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 1pm ET. Register here-  https://lnkd.in/eax86kqD ◼ February 6th at 6 pm (We Work at Colony Square )- Tech Tuesdays Founder Happy Hour. I hope to meet you there. Sign up and more information here:  https://lnkd.in/eyTu5fj3 ◼ February 13th from 10-2 PM (online)- On February 13th, 2024, Carta will host the Carta Innovators Summit—a free, virtual event celebrating innovators and innovation in all forms. The Carta Innovators Summit is an opportunity to hear from those who have broken the mold, find inspiration, and get equipped with resources to fuel your innovation journey. But more than that, it’s a chance to showcase and celebrate the matches that spark the flame of change: innovators. Registration and more information here:  https://lnkd.in/eXewivy9. ◼ February 17th at 11 am (TBD in Atlanta)- Join other black women and become a part of this unique event consisting of a vibrant community that values diversity, capital, and the extraordinary potential that emerges when we come together. Get your ticket/secure your spot here:  https://lnkd.in/eeYpG3KU    Want these events to be delivered DIRECTLY to your INBOX and PHONE? JOIN MY "MEET UP" LIST to receive ADVANCED notifications and "real time" checks ins of these events. Visit 🔗  https://lnkd.in/g-MNbiav and join me!    #Capitalraising #Venturecapital #Technology #policy #investments #privateequity 

In today’s business landscape, #innovation is the name of the game. That’s why we were thrilled to sponsor the Venture Atlanta Conference for the fifth year in a row. Since Invesco’s beginnings in #Atlanta in 1978, we’ve cherished our roots here, and we’re proud to support the vibrant startup and tech community in the southeastern US. Here were some of our highlights: ✨ Hearing opening remarks from Chief Technology Officer Donie Lochan, who kicked off the conference for the hundreds of disruptors and top-tier investors in attendance. ✨ Joining a group of founders and investors for an Invesco-hosted lunch and intimate discussion on the entrepreneurship journey. ✨ Hosting 150 female founders and investors at our global headquarters for an exclusive conversation around navigating the world of raising capital. ✨ Listening to 83 founders pitch their companies – and their vision for how they will impact the world through innovation. #VA2023

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New York #Fintech Week is over, but I am already hyped for what's coming up: #NYTechWeek I can't think of a better way to kick off the Summer than bringing the fintech community together again for a blowout event. This week, I'm planning the agenda for the Fintech Is Femme Founders Summit on JUNE 3 -- kicking off #NYTW alongside the entire startup ecosystem. Grab your early bird ticket here before they're gone! https://lu.ma/gl5g0hno Here's 3 tips for how I start planning event content that drives value and attendance: 1. Content blocks: I believe in the rule of threes. Plus, audiences remember information more easily in threes. So, I break each section of content into 3 blocks. For the Fintech Is Femme Founders Summit, those content blocks are: Fundraising GTM Operational Efficiency 2. Be a Storyteller: To be a great storyteller, you have to know where to begin and have a clear direction for where you want to go. I start by filling in the top of the agenda, followed by the closing speakers. The middle section is filled in after, leaving slots open for new speakers that I discover along the way. Pro Tip: Don't fall in the trap of only prioritizing "high profile" speakers. Be the one to discover the next big speaker -- lean on your human ability to be curious about the stories of the unknown. 3. Innovate: The Fintech Is Femme Leadership Summit was nothing short of a success. Out 300 registrations, 218 showed up. It's RARE to see that type of attrition for an event (mind you, we had events competing against us and a solar eclipse). But, I won't rinse and repeate the same old structure as last time. Instead, I'll take the best pieces and create an entirely new experience -- keeping the value there and the flow of the event fresh. So, while I'm sad we have to wait until 2025 for the next NY Fintech Week, I'm stoked to have another opportunity to bring us together on June 3. HMU if you want to sponsor - currently prioritizing speakers/sponsors that want to not just say they support women, but actually do. 💜 **** Photo during the epic Empire Startups - Everything FinTech Conference!