Rebekah Brown, MPowder - Raising Money for Menopause

10/06/23 • 47 min

Fundraising Stories with Female Founders

Like many women starting businesses, the motivation for Rebekah Brown’s entrepreneurship, MPowder, was in response to her own experiences and spotting a gap in the market. She was struggling with a multitude of symptoms during perimenopause and felt there was barely any information on how to deal with it.

Since then, Rebekah has listened to the stories of many women to understand midlife better, launching several supplements to help enhance the stages of menopause. Rebekah credits the co-creation community as the driving force behind the success of MPowder. As consumers feedback and share their stories, they help the team understand what they should be thinking about next.

So, how hard was it to find investors ready to fund a menopause business? Rebekah reveals all about her experiences as she talks through her fundraising journey with our founder and CEO, Julia Elliott Brown.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

How accelerators can help you begin conversations with investors
Why it's normal to feel confused by the investment world
Why storytelling during pitches is the key to getting investment

In this episode, you’ll discover:

How accelerators can help you begin conversations with investors
Why it's normal to feel confused by the investment world
Why storytelling during pitches is the key to getting investment

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