Radically Yours by Radhika

"๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐•๐๐ฌ".Meetย Sara Brand, Ph.D., Founding General Partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage VC fund investing in women-led businesses in consumer, health & sustainabilityย In this interview episode of โ€˜Wiping Out the Normโ€™, Sara shares her inspiring journey from mechanical engineering to venture capital and co-founding (512) Brewing, the largest self-distributing microbrewery in the US. She said,"I have worked in a career dominated by men, from studying mechanical engineering to working in management consulting and later in a venture capital fund."ย She revealed that women make 85% of all consumer purchase decisions and 80% of all healthcare decisions but only 2-3% of investment decision-making VCs are women, and a mere 1.9% of VC funding goes to women-led startupsโ€œ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐, ๐ˆ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐•๐‚โ€, with this statement, Sara highlights the scarcity of women in VC and the gender funding gap.Despite being one of about a dozen female VPs in a 15,000-employee organization, Sara took on the role of Executive Sponsor for the Global Womenโ€™s Forum, determined to influence change. Adding further she said, โ€œ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐›๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅโ€.ย This stark reality prompted her to start her own fund to achieve greater gender balance and thatโ€™s how True Wealth Ventures came into existenceSara's groundbreaking VC fund for women secured more than $19 million in two years, and is nowย at $60M under management andย reshaping the landscape for women entrepreneurs.In our conversation, Sara highlights an incident where a female startup founder pitched a tampon that could help detect ovarian cancer. And a male investor asked, โ€œCan we use this for men too?โ€ย ย Sara also served on the advisory board of mechanical engineering at UC Berkley and UT Austinโ€™s College of Engineering, and emphasized on how to attract and retain more women in the department.ย Inspired by Sara's work, the tide is turning in the VC world, with investors increasingly recognizing the incredible potential of women-led businesses.Watch our full conversation with Sara as she shared with us many more incidents from her journey of overcoming challenges and turning rejections into a record-breaking achievement.ย Link to the interview:ย https://lnkd.in/dJ26As5P

Show Notes

"๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐•๐๐ฌ".

Meetย Sara Brand, Ph.D., Founding General Partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage VC fund investing in women-led businesses in consumer, health & sustainability

ย In this interview episode of โ€˜Wiping Out the Normโ€™, Sara shares her inspiring journey from mechanical engineering to venture capital and co-founding (512) Brewing, the largest self-distributing microbrewery in the US. She said,

"I have worked in a career dominated by men, from studying mechanical engineering to working in management consulting and later in a venture capital fund."

ย She revealed that women make 85% of all consumer purchase decisions and 80% of all healthcare decisions but only 2-3% of investment decision-making VCs are women, and a mere 1.9% of VC funding goes to women-led startups

โ€œ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐, ๐ˆ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐•๐‚โ€, with this statement, Sara highlights the scarcity of women in VC and the gender funding gap.

Despite being one of about a dozen female VPs in a 15,000-employee organization, Sara took on the role of Executive Sponsor for the Global Womenโ€™s Forum, determined to influence change. Adding further she said, โ€œ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐›๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅโ€.

ย This stark reality prompted her to start her own fund to achieve greater gender balance and thatโ€™s how True Wealth Ventures came into existence

Sara's groundbreaking VC fund for women secured more than $19 million in two years, and is nowย at $60M under management andย reshaping the landscape for women entrepreneurs.

In our conversation, Sara highlights an incident where a female startup founder pitched a tampon that could help detect ovarian cancer. And a male investor asked, โ€œCan we use this for men too?โ€
ย 
ย Sara also served on the advisory board of mechanical engineering at UC Berkley and UT Austinโ€™s College of Engineering, and emphasized on how to attract and retain more women in the department.
ย 
Inspired by Sara's work, the tide is turning in the VC world, with investors increasingly recognizing the incredible potential of women-led businesses.

Watch our full conversation with Sara as she shared with us many more incidents from her journey of overcoming challenges and turning rejections into a record-breaking achievement.

ย Link to the interview:ย https://lnkd.in/dJ26As5P

What is Radically Yours by Radhika?

Radically Yours by Radhika, aims to wipe out the NORM which states that only men can lead. We address the modern-day unconscious gender bias through the stories of women in investing and entrepreneurship.ย BIASES CAN ONLY BE ADDRESSED WHEN STORIES ARE SHARED.ย Stay tuned with us as we release our conversations with global, influential women fund managers and entrepreneurs. Follow our pages to know more updates. Bingepods Wipe by radically yours