Podcasts about true wealth ventures

Dr. Sara Brand is the Founding General Partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in women-led companies improving environmental and/or human health. She is also the co-founder of (512) Brewing, the largest draught-only, self-distributing microbrewery in the U.S. before COVID, after co-founding it with her husband with the mission to be a green and clean brewery (e.g., organic grain, spent grain to local farmers). Sara is an active member of the entrepreneurial ecosystem to support gender diversity (e.g., founding investor in the Rising Tide Portfolia Fund, advisor to DivInc, Founding Steering Committee for Beam) within the health tech and green tech sectors (e.g., board member of the Austin Healthcare Council, Advisory Panel Member of Texas Health Catalyst at UT's Dell Medical School, mentor for the Cleantech Open). Sara also serves on the Host Committee for the Austin Community Foundation's Women's Fund Keyholder event every year. She is a frequent startup competition judge and accelerator mentor, as well as an active speaker on topics such as the financial outperformance of women-led companies, the unique advantages women entrepreneurs have in improving environmental and human health, and the critical impact women have as investors from everyday purchases and healthcare decisions to managing multiple generations of family wealth. She is also a board director for UnaliWear, Dermala, Oralucent, and Queen of Raw, True Wealth Ventures' portfolio companies, in addition to Pollack & Weitzner.

Winstead Shareholder Corinne Smith speaks to Sara Brand and Kerry Rupp, General Partners of True Wealth Ventures in Austin, Texas. Sara and Kerry discuss their journey of coming together to create a mission of investing in women-led companies and how it's made a lasting impact.

Don't miss out on the next #womenintech podcast episode, get notified by signing up here http://womenintechshow.com. Be featured in the Women in Tech Community by creating your profile here http://womenintechvip.com/“Remix: Silva Gentchev, Sara Brand, and Siri Chakka”#womenintech Show is a WeAreTech.fm production.To support the Women in Tech podcast go to https://www.patreon.com/womenintechTo be featured on the podcast go to http://womenintechshow.com/featureHost, Espree Devorahttps://twitter.com/espreedevorahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/espreeGuest,Silva Gentchevhttps://twitter.com/sgentchevhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/silvagentchevGuest, Sara Brand https://www.linkedin.com/in/saratbrandGuest,Siri Chakka of Resethttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sirichakka/Be featured in the Women in Tech Community by creating your profile here http://womenintechvip.com/In LA? Here's some awesome resources for you to become immersed in the LA Tech scene -For a calendar of all LA Startup events go to, http://WeAreLATech.comGet Podcast Listeners, http://getpodcastlisteners.com/Resources Mentioned:Reset, https://www.hitreset.io/Impact Hub Austin, https://www.impacthubaustin.com/True Wealth Ventures, http://truewealthvc.com/Credits:Produced and Hosted by Espree Devora, http://espreedevora.comStory Produced, Edited and Mastered by Cory Jennings, https://www.coryjennings.com/Production and Voiceover by Adam Carroll, http://www.ariacreative.ca/Team support by Janice GeronimoMusic by Jay Huffman, https://soundcloud.com/jayhuffmanShort Title: Silva Gentchev, Sara Brand, and Siri Chakka

In this episode, Hall welcomes Connor Davidson, Partner at Atlanta Seed Company. Established in December of 2019, the Atlanta Seed Fund I aims to expand upon their mission of bringing access to high-quality, early-stage investments to their clients. The Fund’s primary purpose is to purchase minority interests in Seed and Series A technology companies across the US, primarily located in secondary markets. They provide a level of service and accountability rare in today’s world of private investments.  Atlanta Seed Company believes private investors deserve complete transparency as to where their dollars are invested, how company leadership is performing, and what the primary challenges and opportunities are with each investment. Through this transparency, their private investors are better able to make intelligent investment decisions and maintain a healthy balance in their own individual portfolios. Connor previously worked for True Wealth Ventures in Austin, Texas, and has an extensive background in financial analysis and asset management. He received both a BBA and BS from Southern Methodist University in 2011 and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin in 2017. He is actively involved in the Atlanta community through Skyland Trail and the Southern Capital Forum. Connor discusses his investment thesis and how he sees the market evolving for venture funding. He also speaks about one of his current startups and some of the challenges investors and entrepreneurs face. You can visit Atlanta Seed Company at , and via LinkedIn at .  Connor can be contacted via email at , and via LinkedIn at .  Music courtesy of .

#012 - On this episode, we are joined by the Founder of ReBLEND, Kathryn Bernell, and the Founding General Partner of True Wealth Ventures, Sara Brand.    ReBLEND is an easy way to get a high-intensity nutrient boost in a fun frozen pop! They distilled a smoothie - took out the water, juice, and work so you can dial into the good stuff: fruits + veggies + superfoods. ReBLEND works with farmers and manufacturers to purchase fruits and vegetables that might unnecessarily be discarded and turns them into Smoothie Pops without the need to freeze during shipment. Meaning they arrive ready to freeze! Order your pops at reblend.co   Support the team by leaving a review and buying their product on Amazon! Follow them on Instagram @reblend.co and shoot them a message on social!    If you'd like to get in touch with the founder, email her at Kathryn@reblend.co   True Wealth Ventures invests in smart female entrepreneurs, from consumer health innovators to sustainable product pioneers. Women-led companies have proven they deliver higher returns. It's time to invest in new perspectives. True Wealth VC is looking for more women-led opportunities that are improving environmental or human health. Submit your company on their website at truewealthvc.com   Draper Startup House is a global network of physical locations for entrepreneurs to work, visit, live and connect with an added layer of entrepreneurial education and access to venture capital. Find us at draperstartuphouse.com   If you are an entrepreneur or VC who would like to be on our show, email us at austin@draperstartuphouse.com    Follow us at @dshaustin on Instagram, @draperstartuphouse on LinkedIn and let us know which companies from the show you would invest in! 

Kerry Rupp is General Partner at True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage VC fund investing in women-led businesses that are improving human and/or environmental health. She teaches for the NSF I-Corps program, mentors startups, and consults on innovation and strategy. Kerry was previously CEO at DreamIt, a Top Ten US startup accelerator and VC fund. She founded Holiday Golightly, a group travel service for women. Kerry holds an MBA from HBS and a BA from Duke.

This is Part 1 of a 2 part lightning talk series. "Are you naked right now? You’re not…because you’re using fabric. It’s everywhere! It’s where it’s supposed to be, covering things like us, and where it’s not supposed to be.” This was the opening 10 seconds of Stephanie’s award-winning pitch to Ashton Kutcher, Sean “Diddy” Combs, & Gary Vaynerchuk in 60 seconds at the WeWork Creator Awards where she scored a grand prize of $360,000. Queen of Raw then closed a $1.5M priced seed round led by True Wealth Ventures with minority investor MIT Solve. You’ll hear it in this episode along with insights on how to get funding for your tech start up with a winning pitch. Episode 31 is a 2-part lightning talk series exploring Stephanie Benedetto’s journey from corporate attorney, to sustainability tech entrepreneur. Her family has been in the fashion supply chain business for over 100 years! Benedetto saw the problem first hand and together they built the Queen of Raw solution: a B2B platform for businesses to recapture value from their wasted materials rather than burning them.  This episode provides: an overview of the fashion supply chain, its impact on the world we share and why textile production is the second biggest polluting industry in the world. Did you know that one tee shirt takes 700 gallons of water to produce? Bringing $120 billion worth of unused textiles back to life, the Queen of Raw has already saved over one billion gallons of water while saving businesses millions of dollars with supply chain efficiency. Why is an optimized supply chain the solution for people, for planet, and for profit? You’ll learn why sustainability and circularity are the answer in the future of fashion.  We also explore Stephanie’s journey including her advice to women-owned technology start-ups! Some of Stephanie’s awards include: Grand Prize WeWork Creator Awards, Cartier Women’s Initiative, Laureate MIT Solve Global Challenge Winner, LVMH Innovation Award, NASA/NIKE/IKEA/DELL Innovator Finalist, Google Women Who Tech Fashion Group International Rising Star, thredUP Circular Fashion Fund Recipient Learn more about Stephanie here -  http://www.queenofraw.com  Industry: SaaS Software, Supply Chain, Textiles, Blockchain, Machine Learning/AI, Marketplace Launched: Q3 2018 Find us, connect, and explore at https://www.supplychainrevolution.com/

Did you know that only 2.2 % of women entrepreneurs actually get funded? This was a driving factor for Sara Brand to start the first Women Venture Capitalist in Austin, Tx - True Wealth Ventures. Join host, Mel Afflerbach and Sara Brand discuss topics like Women in Tech, the risks and myths of investing into women, the vibe of working in Silicon Valley as a woman, and of course, hearing how successful women can multitask as a mama, wife and yogi. This is an episode you DO NOT want to miss!!! More details on True Wealth Ventures :: www.truewealthvc.com

In this episode, Hall welcomes Kerry Rupp, General Partner at True Wealth Ventures. True Wealth Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund run by women. They invest in women-led companies with products and technologies in the sustainable consumer and consumer health sectors that more efficiently solve the next generation of challenges. They believe that because women make the vast majority of consumer and healthcare purchases, having them on the management team designing, marketing, and servicing products is extremely beneficial. In this episode, you learn more about Kerry's background before early-stage investing. Right out of college she went into coding which was short-lived but got her into the tech space. She then spent 20 years in the early-stage-technology space working at early-stage companies. In her career, she has worked with everything from product management, biz dev, marketing, strategy, apps, and sales. She partnered up with former business associates to run one of the first accelerators in the market and fell upon investing in startups. They did not set out to create a venture fund next to an accelerator but realized they knew a lot about which startups were good and needed funding. The right model for the accelerator was to create an investment vehicle. It sprung out of the accelerator and was the right thing to do at that time.

Sara Brand is the Founding General Partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage VC fund investing in women-led businesses in consumer health and sustainability sectors. She is also the co-founder of (512) Brewing, the largest draught-only, self-distributing microbrewery in the country. Sara was previously in venture capital and management consulting in the Bay Area as well as in a variety of strategic and operational roles in large tech companies. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/therealcapitalist/message

Terri and Jacqueline get spicy in a conversation about exploring all aspects of yourself in midlife including sex, starting over as a beginning without expectations, new and improved technology, and the importance of loving and accepting yourself to maximize your pleasure.       Show Highlights  Terri and Jacqueline talk about how exciting it is in midlife to be able to explore in all aspects of life, including in your sex life, and starting over as a beginner without expectations  They talk tech, toys, data, and orgasms for midlife women in the age of connected devices and improved technology  Terri and Jacqueline discuss how body image and how we feel in our own skin impacts our ability to enjoy sex and pleasure  Terri talks about the importance of education and normalization of discussion around women’s sexual health and body parts    Terri’s Key Takeaway  Midlife sexual exploration for women is good for our bodies, our minds, and our souls.  But leave the baggage and expectations behind.      References in the Podcast  Rosy App: https://meetrosy.com/  Kerry Rupp: https://www.kerryrupp.com/  True Wealth Ventures:  https://truewealthvc.com/  Jessa Zimmerman’s interview with Susie Rosenstein on Women in the Middle:   https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-35-midlife-mindfulness-and-sex-with-jessa-zimmerman/  Lioness:  https://lioness.io/  Core (meditation device):  https://www.hellocore.com/  Genneve:  https://genneve.com/  TASL: http://www.lovelifetoys.com/Kegels  Elvie: https://www.elvie.com/  BWom: https://www.b-wom.com/en  Yoni Egg review by Liz Klinger of Lioness: https://blog.lioness.io/i-tried-yoni-eggs-to-see-if-they-made-my-orgasms-magical-dd29c6d9b8cd  Lioness article on women in midlife and sex:  https://blog.lioness.io/the-newest-sexual-wellness-products-for-midlife-and-menopause-you-need-to-know-about-b3e8719be038  Dr. Bev Joyce:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverly-joyce-md-84292475/  Sciton Diva Canadian approval announcement:  https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/diva-by-sciton-receives-approved-indication-for-the-treatment-of-genitourinary-symptoms-of-menopause-gsm-by-health-canada-300795513.html  Lora DiCarlo:  https://loradicarlo.com/  Pulse:  https://lovemypulse.com/  Watkin-Conti Products:  http://www.watkinscontiproducts.com/  Vagina Vulva mansplaining article on Scary Mommy:  https://www.scarymommy.com/vulva-versus-vagina-twitter/  O.School:  https://www.o.school/  Lioness article on Sensation Play:  https://blog.lioness.io/what-is-sensation-play-7f287da78d3f  Addyi:  https://addyi.com/  Sex Without Stress:  https://sexwithoutstress.com/book/  Dame Products: https://www.dameproducts.com/  Maude: https://getmaude.com/  Zumio: https://myzumio.com/    Contact  Jacqueline can be reached through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/ and can be followed on Twitter @TipsyCoPilot.    You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.   Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.  To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife. 

Who is Kerry Rupp?   Kerry Rupp is General Partner at True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage VC fund investing in women-led businesses in consumer health and sustainability. She teaches for the NSF I-Corps program, mentors startups, and consults on innovation and strategy. Kerry was previously CEO at DreamIt, a Top Ten US startup accelerator and VC fund. She founded Holiday Golightly, a group travel service for women.  Kerry holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Duke.   Show Highlights Kerry shares why women’s health is interesting to her from an innovation and a funding perspective, her path into venture capital, and what True Wealth Ventures is all about Kerry talks about True Wealth Venture’s focus on the broad definition of women’s health and how little research and emphasis has been on women and women’s bodies and brains Kerry and Terri share the view that awareness, research and innovation in women’s health are critical right now Kerry shares what she is excited about in women’s health and both Terri and Kerry talk about the difficulty in choosing the ones to invest in Terri and Kerry talk about the gap between the startup innovation and the healthcare providers and how to bridge the gap Kerry shares how to connect with her and Sara at True Wealth Ventures if you have a startup within their investment thesis   Terri’s Key Takeaway We need to be doing more to bring together the healthcare providers and healthcare innovators earlier in the process.    References in the Podcast DreamIt Ventures: https://www.dreamit.com True Wealth Ventures: https://truewealthvc.com/ Sara Brand: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saratbrand/ Lisa Health: https://www.lisahealth.com/ Genneve: https://genneve.com/ Mighty Menopause: https://www.mighty-menopause.com/ Pandia: https://www.pandiahealth.com/ Lemonaid Health: https://www.lemonaidhealth.com/ Braincheck: https://braincheck.com/ Katie McMillan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-donohue-mcmillan-mph/ Springboard: https://sb.co/   Contact Kerry can be reached through LinkedIn  www.linkedin.com/in/kerryrupp or her website www.kerryrupp.com.    You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.  Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Show Highlights  Terri talks about what the JP Morgan Life Sciences conference is all about, what she learned, who she met, and some of the trends and innovations in women’s health.   Terri talks about the importance of normalization language and conversations around women’s health and wellness, including sexual health and wellness.    Terri and Jacqueline talk about changing the norms around aging, especially around body image, and taking charge of our health in our midlife in setting ourselves best for life after 65.    Terri is excited about how digital health is being embraced within biotech and pharma in various areas including medication adherence, better patient targeting, better clinical trial design, and better leveraging of data to optimizing drug development and delivery.    They talk about data and data ownership being a big topic in 2019 and the ramifications of deals like 23andMe and GSK.    Terri and Jacqueline discuss the $8.1B invested in digital health in 2018, and what is included in digital health including the blurring of lines between health and wellness.        Terri’s Key Takeaway  We need to normalize the language and conversations around women’s health, wellness, and body parts.      References in the Podcast  TechCrunch article on CES / female sex-tech:  https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/08/ces-revokes-award-from-female-founded-sex-tech-company/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage  More Men Named Michael Present at JP Morgan (2018):  https://www.statnews.com/2018/01/07/jpm-gender-diversity/  JP Morgan Life Sciences conference: https://www.jpmorgan.com/global/healthcareconference  Panty Prop: https://www.pantyprop.com/  RESI: http://www.resiconference.com/  Startup Health: https://startuphealthfestival2019.splashthat.com/  Healthcare Innovation Popup: https://medium.com/humble-ventures/teaming-up-with-mount-sinai-co-lab-for-open-innovation-in-healthcare-pop-up-ec3852b4bcb5  Humble Ventures: https://humble.vc/  Ogilvy: https://www.ogilvy.com/  Biotech Showcase: https://ebdgroup.knect365.com/biotech-showcase/  Springboard: https://sb.co/  True Wealth Ventures: https://truewealthvc.com/  Lisa Health: https://www.lisahealth.com/  Genneve: https://genneve.com/  Mighty Menopause:  https://www.mighty-menopause.com/  Madorra: http://www.madorra.com/  Pulse: https://lovemypulse.com/  B8ta: https://b8ta.com/  Astarte Medical:  http://www.astartemedical.com/  Watkins-Conti Products:  http://www.watkinscontiproducts.com/  Prima-Temp:  http://www.prima-temp.com/  Ceek Women’s Health:  https://ceekwomenshealth.com/  JLabs:  https://jlabs.jnjinnovation.com/  Saama:  https://www.saama.com/  Rock Health article on digital health: https://rockhealth.com/reports/2018-year-end-funding-report-is-digital-health-in-a-bubble/  Sandstone Diagnostics: https://trakfertility.com/  MyHealthTeams: https://www.myhealthteams.com/    Contact  You can follow Jacqueline Steenhuis on Twitter @TipsyCopilot or through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/.    You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com.  Check out Terri’s new Medium publication:  https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead  Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.  To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife. 

Today we get to know Sara Brand of True Wealth Ventures. True Wealth Ventures invests in smart female entrepreneurs, from consumer health innovators to sustainable product pioneers. This episode is powered by SpyCloud - https://spycloud.com/ - Protect employees and customers from account takeover & Impact Hub Austin - https://www.impacthubaustin.com/ - Inspiring coworking, shared office spaces, programs and accelerators in the heart of Austin. Tweet @womenintechshow and @EspreeDevora http://truewealthvc.com/ http://twitter.com/womenintechshow https://twitter.com/espreedevora

#venturecapital #womenVCs #startups #conference #femaleVC In today’s podcast we’re looking at the financial aspect of startups and venture capital funds, and what is the women’s role and status there. Today we’re speaking with Sara Brand, Ph.D. She is currently the Founding General Partner at True Wealth Ventures, a venture capital firm out of Austin, TX, and their main focus is funding women-led startups, which is rare, but what’s rarer is the fact that the General Partners are in this case, both women. Even though their investor base is not comprised entirely by women, it is good to see that at least we can point to one venture capital fund that is led 100% by women. This is very enlightening conversation about the state of startups in the country, the funding that goes to women-run startups, and the number of women at the decision making levels across corporations and startups, and the differences between a companies with a boardroom comprised of all men, versus a company with a boardroom comprised with a more balanced ratio of male-female. To get in touch with Sara Brand, Ph.D. : http://truewealthvc.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/saratbrand/ We’d like to start mentioning The Business Magazine for Women’s first annual #conference called MORE WOMEN MORE MONEY coming up January 16, in Houston, TX. Our #keynote #speakers and panelists will focus on creating the space for bringing more women at the decision-making levels within corporations, in a drive to bring about a more equal business world, and also, to showcase how the corporations that subscribe to this business approach get an increase in revenue and a lowering of expenses. If you want to learn more, head on over to http://MOREWOMENMOREMONEY.com get your ticket and stay up to date with the speakers coming and the other ways you can get involved, like our sponsorship packages. We’re looking forward to seeing you there. MORE WOMEN = MORE MONEY JANUARY 16TH HOUSTON, TX http://MOREWOMENMOREMONEY.com Podcast intro music is by composer extraordinaire, email marketing expert, Cheryl B. Engelhardt. Get your free music bundle at http://cbemusic.com Thank you, and remember to subscribe. #wonderwomenpodcast #wonderwomen #podcast #thebusinessmagazineforwomen #forbesforwomen #morewomenmoremoney #businessconference #houston #texas #austin #femaleowned #femalefounders #womenled #startups #utaustin #longhorns #greendesign

Kerry Rupp, Partner at True Wealth Ventures, discusses their women-focused investment thesis.

#WomeninVentureCapital: More women, more money! - A conversation with Kerry Rupp of True Wealth Ventures. There are 2% of women at the decision-making level in the Venture Capital world. Also, out of all the startups that get funded, only 2% of them are women-owned! Yep. But with a duo as powerful as the women behind True Wealth Ventures, that is changing. The 2 women, partners at the only female-only venture capital firm that funds women-led startups, are armed with data and with positivity about the influence of women in the business and the startup worlds. And they're funding women-led startups! With study after study showing that when women are present at the decision-making table, the returns for the company increase by over 50%, it’s tough to not stop and pay attention. Today’s podcast is filled with highly relevant data to arm yourself with. So listen in, and tell others about how women positively and significantly impact companies’ bottom line. Thanks y'all! And, don't forget to subscribe. Music by Cheryl B. Engelhardt. Get your free download at http://cbemusic.com If you like what you're seeing and hearing, we would love for you to become our Patreon supporter. For the price of a cup of coffee or more, you’ll get cool perks like getting your name mentioned in our next podcast recording or a handwritten note from us, or you’ll get the current issue of The Business Magazine for Women magazine, delivered directly to your inbox. We're also adding T-shirts, beach towels, reusable shopping bags and other goodies that you will be able to enjoy with when you pledge:-) Have an idea of what you’d like as a perk for your pledge of support? Let us know in the comments. Your support will give us the resources we need to continue bringing you interviews with the Wonder Women of every industry. You can find us at http://Patreon.com/WonderWomenPodcast For the video version of the podcast, check out our: YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyOTPgWVt7hlJ8fgssujOxufk9fX1yfTu As a quick note at the end, we've just been selected as a digital TOP 10 Business Magazines for Women! Yay! We've also been called "Forbes for women", so come check out what the hype is all about. We think you might like our magazine. The Summer issue out July 23rd. http://thebusinessmagazineforwomen.com/

Sara Brand and Kerry Rupp, are general partners of True Wealth Ventures, a $20 million venture capital fund based in Austin and focused on investing in women led companies in the sustainable consumer and consumer health industries.