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Fintech is here to stay, despite some headlines’ doom and gloom predictions. We have entered a period of maturity in the industry, and there is a great hunger for what it will bring.  The fintech revolution has only just begun, and we have yet to see how big our industry will get. Fintech is no longer a trend…

Last year women founders received a whopping 2% of VC funding, the smallest percentage since 2016. Though we hate to see it, there are angels on earth making sure we continue to blaze the trail for women knocking at the door. Meet real-life angel investor Arati Sharma. The world of investing has long been a boy’s club. After spending…

Nothing bad happens when women have more money is the mantra of Wall Street powerhouse turned fintech founder Sallie Krawcheck.  Those words have catapulted the success of Ellevest to deconstruct the financial system built by and for men and ignite a revolution of women seizing their economic autonomy. In April, Ellevest announced its $53 million Series B funding round, including investments from Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures. Additionally, 90% of…

This time last year, I asked Amy Nauiokas, Co-Founder and Co-CIO of venture capital firm Anthemis, if it was harder to achieve gender parity in the entertainment industry or financial services.  Amy founded Anthemis in 2010, simultaneously with her media production company, Archer Gray, where her projects have been nominated for multiple Academy Awards (slay queen).  She said entertainment and…

Women’s leadership has played an integral role in the 230-year-long history of the New York Stock Exchange.  The historic institution has been around since the 1700s. In the early days of the New York Stock Exchange, women were excluded from the exchange dominated by men. In 1943, when World War II came, Helen Hanzelin, a Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, & Beane telephone clerk,…