Sequoia Capital, LetsVenture, Sayurbox on Actually Bridging The Venture Investment Gap
"But how can women actually be good operators?"
This is a special episode from my work archives—in reflecting on my work this summer, I realized that this conversation in particular needed more air for the important angles raised by some real heavyweights in our industry.
Featuring GV Ravishankar, MD at Sequoia India or now known as Peak XV; Sunitha from LetsVenture, India’s largest tech platform for early-stage startup investing and Nacitta from Sayurbox, Indonesia based distribution platform of fresh produce backed by Indonesian e-commerce Tokopedia
From removing the pitch process to changing mindsets in angel investingm to challenging our own assumptions, this is your crash course on why the gender venture funding gap exists; and the Billion Dollar Moves these leaders are championing to change the status quo.
You’re tuning into the Bridging the Funding Gap in SEA Panel at DSA’s 2021 PEVC Conference.
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Tune in to learn from world's foremost funders and founders, and their unicorn journey in the dynamic world of venture and business.
From underestimated to iconic, YOU too, can make #billiondollarmoves — in venture, in business, in life.
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Podcast website: https://billiondollarmoves.com
Watch on Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/sarahchenglobal
Join the community: https://sarah-chen.ck.page/billiondollarmoves
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Sarah Chen-Spellings
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Beyond The Billion; Host, Billion Dollar Moves
Based in Washington DC, award-winning American entrepreneur & investor Sarah Chen-Spellings is Co-Founder of Beyond The Billion (launched as The Billion Dollar Fund for Women), the world's first and largest global consortium of over 100 venture funds and limited partner investors that have pledged to invest and are actively deploying beyond $1B towards women-founded companies. In under two years, partner funds in the consortium have deployed $638M into close to 800 female-founded companies, of which to date, 15 have been recognized as unicorns: from Canva to Airwallex.
In the formative years of her career in Asia, she was on the pioneer team of a corporate venture capital unit within a publicly traded Asian conglomerate, investing in later-stage biotechnology companies. Since then, she has been at the forefront of multi-million cross-border investments, structuring and executing commercialization plans with her portfolio companies. A recognized leader in gender-lens investing, she serves as a key advisor to select fund franchises, serving on investment committees, to further expand capital for, source, invest in, and advance women-led innovation.
Named Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and Forbes Under 30 VC, Chen-Spellings is a recognized speaker, strategist, and commentator on venture capital, startups, and women in leadership, having been featured on Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg, Der Spiegel, United Nations, et al, and hosts a top global VC podcast Billion Dollar Moves backed by the Hubspot Podcast Network (10 million downloads/ m… Read More