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Changing Demographics in Venture Capital with Naseem Sayani
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Venture capital has been dominated by cis white men since the practice first began. While the founders and innovators seeking funding are starting to vary from that profile, many of those still writing the checks and offering funding fall into that dominant profile. Naseem Sayani is one woman who is trying to change that. Naseem, the co-founder of Emmeline Ventures, is here today to talk about what can be done to support women from many different backgrounds, minorities, and underserved demographics. This week’s episode 80 of How Women Inspire Podcast is about changing demographics in venture capital!
In this episode of How Women Inspire Podcast, Naseem Sayani is sharing the importance of changing the demographic of investors and actionable steps you can take right now to support diverse communities of women.
Naseem Sayani is the Co-founder and Director of Emmeline Ventures, a female-founded early-stage fund investing in ambitious female founders building businesses that are helping women, in particular, manage their health, build their wealth, and live in a cleaner, safer world. Naseem has over 20 years of expertise in investing and business-building, and has experience as an angel investor on her own.
Some of the talking points Julie and Naseem go over in this episode include:
- The importance of investing in women with diverse backgrounds.
- Breaking stigmas around women’s health and the myth that women’s health is “niche”.
- How women have been wrongfully convinced that they make poor money choices.
- Setting the precedent for pay transparency.
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Chapters
1. Changing Demographics in Venture Capital with Naseem Sayani (00:00:00)
2. Naseem’s start in tech. (00:05:31)
3. Leadership and culture in tech. (00:12:45)
4. Why is access and autonomy so important for women's economic empowerment? (00:17:49)
5. Advice to founders: Be audaciously bold. (00:23:24)
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