Helping Women Raise Venture

The free ebook “Why are Women Funded Less than Men? a crowdsourced conversation” available @Scribd, as with the year long video interview project from which it arises is an attempt to bring human faces & voices to the issue of the lack of female entrepreneurs that are successful raising venture or angel capital & also the lack of women venture capitalists & angel investors in comparison with men. There are a few organizations that have done some research & provided data which is the backdrop some of which I have included in the book. You can download the ebook for free on Scribd

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Gina Raimondo: Venture Capital and Women

Video Interview with Gina Raimondo, Co-founder / General Partner of Point Judith Capital.  Gina focuses on healthcare investing, with a focus on medical device and healthcare information technology companies.  She represents Point Judith on the boards of GetWellNetwork, Spirus Medical, NABsys and Novare Surgical.  Before joining Point Judith, Gina was the Senior Vice President of Fund Development at Village Ventures (backed by Bain Capital, Highland Capital).  In that role she managed the team that established twelve venture capital funds nationwide and raised over $250MM of capital across the network of funds. Gina received a BA from Harvard University, a law degree from Yale University, and a doctorate from Oxford where she was a Rhodes Scholar.  She currently serves on several non-profit boards, the board of the New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA), and is a trustee of Women and Infants Hospital. You can find Gina at Point Judith Capital & on Twitter @GinaRaimondo

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