Video interview with Helen MacKenzie Founding Managing Director Women’s Venture Capital Fund that invests in gender diverse teams building game-changing companies. Helen has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs to help them drive maximum revenue from their smart ideas. She applies strategic vision and practical financial objectives to innovative ideas – helping entrepreneurs shape their visions into profitable companies. Having accompanied dozens of high-growth companies on the journey from startup through to exit, Helen offers a clear perspective on how to leverage business acumen and strategic partnerships into financial success.
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Susan Coelius Keplinger, Triggit: Winning the Venture Game
Susan Coelius Keplinger is the co-founder and COO of Triggit Inc. Triggit is a venture-funded advertising technology start-up and a leader on the real-time advertising exchanges. Triggit was founded in 2006 and has an office in SOMA, San Francisco, CA. Prior to Triggit, Susan co-founded Votes For Students, a Pew Charitable Trusts funded non-profit dedicated to measuring the efficacy of Internet and Email marketing as a Get-out-the-Vote technique. Beyond herentrepreneurial forays Susan is an avid athlete and can be found chasing the wind and waves while kitesurfing, seeking powder sking in Tahoe, or playing soccer with the Olympic Club. Susan earned her BA from Northwestern University, where the USA Today named her one of the nations top college students in 2004. You can find Susan @ her blog SusanCK and Twitter @sueck
Cindy Padnos, Illuminate Ventures: Women Venture Capitalists
Cindy Padnos is the founding Managing Director of Illuminate Ventures, focusing primarily on Internet, SaaS/cloud computing, digital media, technology-enabled services and mobile communications investments. Cindy currently serves as a director of privately held companies BrightEdge, CalmSea, Wild Pockets and Xactly Corporation. Prior to founding Illuminate, Cindy was a Director of Outlook Ventures where she was one of three investment professionals responsible for committing the firm’s $140M fund.Before entering the venture capital community Cindy gained almost 20 years of operational experience culminating in her role as founder and CEO of Vivant, an innovative SaaS company, where she successfully led this venture-backed company to its acquisition (EVLV). Cindy can be found at Illuminate Ventures & on Twitter @IlluminateVC .