Cost:

FWA Members: $10  |  Non-Members: $20

 

Registration closes at 11:59 pm EST on July 16, 2024.

 

Description: 

Want to understand angel finance, and what it takes to become an angel investor? From this panel of experts, you will learn about the state of angel investing, why it is vital to the U.S. economy, and its importance to female entrepreneurs unable to access traditional financing. The panel will also cover special challenges for female angel investors and the progress made by women in this area. Panelists will offer strategies on how to find an angel investor for your start-up, and how to pitch to angel investors. Don't miss this opportunity to hear more about this special form of equity finance that invests about $25 billion in 70,000 startups every year! An estimated 300,000 angels support promising companies in every American state. 

 

 

Featuring:

Angela Lee                     

Rebecca Reynolds Moore                    

Marcia Dawood                    

Allison Byers                  

Lori Ioannou, moderator

(scroll down for bios!)

 

 

Bios: 

      

Angela Lee

 

Angela Lee is an award-winning professor and former Chief Innovation Officer at Columbia Business School where she teaches venture capital and leadership courses. Angela started her career in product management and then moved to consulting at McKinsey.  She has started 4 startups and is also the founder of 37 Angels, an investing network that has evaluated over 20000 startups, invested in 100, and activates new investors through a startup investment bootcamp.  She also serves as a venture partner at Fresco Capital, an early-stage venture fund that focuses on the future of work, digital health, and sustainability.  

 

Angela has spoken at the White House and NASA and is an expert in teaching online and making learning scalable.  She is a sought-after expert on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, MSNBC and Fox Business.  She was recognized by Crain’s as a Notable Women in Tech, by Inc. as one of 17 Inspiring Women to Watch, and by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of 6 Innovative Women to Watch.  In 2020, she was awarded the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence at Columbia Business School and she was awarded the Singhvi Prize for Scholarship by the class of 2022.  

 

             

Rebecca Reynolds Moore
Executive Coach & Advisor for Founders Looking to Scale, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur, and Mother to 3 GenZ daughters.

 

Rebecca’s clients call her a “founder doula” for her ability to guide their passion and vision into a clear pathway to profit and impact. She loves nothing more than working with mission-based female founders and driven innovators (in sectors ranging from AgeTech to FemTech, HealthTech, Saas, and CPG) who are ready to step into their entrepreneurial power and unapologetically ask for the resources they need to grow and scale their dream businesses.

 

She brings 4+ decades of startup, business, and life experience to her coaching and advisory work which informs all that she does—from founding her own VC-backed dotcom and angel investing to raising children, caring for ailing parents, and working for and advising a wide range of businesses and nonprofits. She is on a mission to empower women of all ages to become more resourced and confident so they can become powerful positive role models—as both business and thought leaders—for our future generations.

 

 

Marcia Dawood

 

Marcia Dawood is an early-stage investor who serves on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, is a venture partner with Mindshift Capital, a member of Golden Seeds, and the chair emeritus of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), a global professional society for angel investors.

 

She is the author of Do Good While Doing Well, Invest for Change, Reap Financial Rewards, and Increase Your Happiness, which will be released in September 2024. She is also an associate producer on the award-winning documentary Show Her the Money.

 

A TEDx speaker and the host of The Angel Next Door podcast, Marcia walks the talk and holds investments in over fifty early-stage companies and funds. She is committed to expanding support for diverse companies that overcome the world’s biggest problems and accelerate positive change. She is passionate about bridging the gap from early-stage inception to building thriving, profitable companies.

 

Previously, Marcia worked in sales, marketing, and operations for Kaplan Education for over sixteen years. She received an MBA from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Marcia currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, Izzy, and she feels lucky to be the stepmom to three amazing sons. 

 

 

Allison Byers        

 

Allison Byers is a trailblazer in the realm of equitable capital distribution. As the founder of Scroobious, her tech company is quickly driving innovation by removing barriers to partnership among founders, investors, and service providers through scalable online education, community, and data-driven curation. Before founding Scroobious, she spearheaded a medical device startup, securing nearly $10M in funding before its acquisition, and encountered firsthand the gender bias prevalent in fundraising. With over 20 years of experience in startup and tech roles, Allison stands as a seasoned entrepreneur and a catalyst for change having co-authored California Senate Bill 54, signed into law, which requires venture funds to report diversity metrics. She is actively championing initiatives in other states including MA Senate Bill 978 and NY Senate Bill  A09786. Beyond her entrepreneurial pursuits, she serves as an angel investor, Boston Co-Chair of the national non-profit All Raise, Executive in Residence at Merck Digital Sciences Studio, DEI task force member of the Angel Capital Association, and is a sought-after startup mentor and dynamic speaker.

 

 

Lori Ioannou, Moderator

 

Lori Ioannou is an award-winning journalist and digital content strategist who has broad experience managing editorial teams across digital, print, social and TV media. She is the former senior editor of CNBC, and a former executive editor of TIME Inc. In that role she was responsible for the content strategy of TIME, Fortune, MONEY, and Sports Illustrated brands. In addition, she was a TV contributor to ABC World News, CNN, FOX News, and First Business. She has spent her career covering topics on entrepreneurship,  personal finance, investing, technology and innovation, and the economy.

 

Currently she is a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports, Reader’s Digest and other publications.