Financing Underrepresented Founders
Date and time
How can we finance underrepresented founders best?
About this event
We all know how little venture capital money goes to women and diverse founders, but what can we do to finance underrepresented founders best AND fast?
At this event, two panels will dive into the question of how to best finance underrepresented founders. The first panel will share views from the entrepreneurs themselves and the second will share those of ecosystem builders and investors.
We'll finish with some interactions with the audience and networking afterwards.
Founders Panel
Naïma Camara, Founder & CEO Ownership
Ownership is next generation company formation. Team members earn shares by completing milestones and logging hours.
Jenny Maurreen, Founder & CEO WOO!
77% of people miss out on concerts because they don’t know who to go with. WOO! is the leading on-demand mobile concierge connecting you with the best live music experiences to attend with others like minded.
Kimberley Abbott, Founder & CEO Vested
Vested Impact is a fintech start-up redefining “millionaire” to be a person who impacts millions of lives; leveraging their data platform which assesses the non-financial impact of companies on their contribution to society's greatest issues; enabling people to invest to make money and make a difference.
Tom Adeyoola, Co-Founder Extended Ventures
Extend Ventures aims to diversify access to finance for underrepresented founders through data and research.
Ecosystem Builders & Investors Panel
Alina Klarner, Head of Ventures Impact Shakers
Impact Shakers recently launched a microfund to finance underrepresented founders and help new diverse investors get started.
Esme Verity, Founder Considered Capital
Considered Capital is for early-stage founders seeking the best alternatives to Venture Capital. They’ve launched an Alternative Funding School that puts all the funding opportunities on a plate and shows you the route that fits you and your business.
Dama Sathianathan, Partner Bethnal Green Ventures
Dama Sathianathan (she/her) is a partner at Bethnal Green Ventures leading on community, networks and founder deal flow/sourcing, driving BGV's efforts to act with integrity on EDI with founders applying to BGV and fueling the broader tech for good movement across the UK.
Fernando Cabral, Chief Venture Growth Djassi Africa
Djassi Africa is empowering, enabling funding allocation, and levelling the playing field for Black founders in Europe through a number of initiatives and programs.
Who should join the event?
Anyone interested in learning how we can build a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Entrepreneurs, ecosystem builders & investors.
About the organisers:
Impact Shakers tackles complex societal and environmental challenges through inclusive entrepreneurship. We are a global impact ecosystem that connects, develops and invests.
Considered Capital is for early-stage founders seeking the best alternatives to Venture Capital. They’ve launched an Alternative Funding School that puts all the funding opportunities on a plate and shows you the route that fits you and your business.
BGV is Europe’s leading early-stage tech for good VC backing ambitious founders using technology to tackle social and environmental challenges and radically drive positive impact at scale. Since 2012 they’ve invested in over 160 ventures including Fairphone, DrDoctor, Piclo, Overleaf, Second Nature, Organise and many more.
Djassi Africa invests in digital-enabled innovation and impact-driven entrepreneurship with the potential to accelerate Africa’s transformation. Djassi Africa’s mission is to empower African innovators and entrepreneurs through world-class capacity building, venture building, access to funding, and ecosystem building, with the ultimate goal of enabling Africa’s development and prosperity.
