Passing the Mic: The VC Exchange - Jesse Draper

03/14/22 • 34 min

Jesse Draper is a mother of 3 boys, founding partner of Halogen Ventures as well as creator and host of Emmy nominated television series, The Valley Girl Show. Draper is a 4th generation venture capitalist focused on early stage investing in consumer technology companies led by female and co-ed teams. Among her 65 portfolio companies are the Skimm, Carbon38, HopSkipDrive, The Flex Company, Squad (acquired by Twitter), Eloquii (sold to Walmart) and This is L (sold to P&G). She stars on SET's television series Meet the Draper's currently in it's fourth season.
Draper was listed by Marie Claire magazine as one of the ‘50 Most Connected Women in America’. Draper has been a contributor to Marie Claire, Mashable, Forbes, and is a regular investor and tech personality on shows including TLC’s Girl Starter, The Katie Couric Show, Fox’s Good Day LA, CNBC’s Who Wants to Be the Next Millionaire Inventor? & Freeform’s Startup U.
She proudly sits on the board of directors of Carbon38, Trust & Will, Preemadonna (creator of the Nailbot) and the non-profit boards Bizworld and Project Glimmer. Draper supports the Parkinson’s Institute and is very involved with growing UCLA’s female entrepreneurship community.
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It is crucial to foster diversity from all aspects of business: diversity of thought, diversity of people, teams, investments, and products.
If you want to switch careers, go for it! It is possible to pivot at any stage of your career.
The potential to invest in women is still untapped. Women-founded companies outperform their male counterparts, and bring in outsized returns.

It is crucial to foster diversity from all aspects of business: diversity of thought, diversity of people, teams, investments, and products.
If you want to switch careers, go for it! It is possible to pivot at any stage of your career.
The potential to invest in women is still untapped. Women-founded companies outperform their male counterparts, and bring in outsized returns.

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Passing the Mic: The VC Exchange - Tracy Chadwell

Tracy Killoren Chadwell is the Founding Partner of 1843 Capital, a venture capital fund focused on early stage technology companies. Through her work she hopes to change the way we view and experience aging. In 2021, Tracy was named to Forbes Magazine’s Inaugural “50 Over 50” list and in 2019 to Entrepreneur Magazine’s list of “100 Powerful Women.” Notable investments include Beautycounter (Exited: $1B), Tempo Automation (Exited Nasdaq:TMPO), and May Mobility.
Formerly, she was a Partner at Baker Capital, a $1Billion growth capital fund and a VP at Robertson Stephens. She is a current Board member Recuro Health, Advisory Board member Finn.ai, Corsha, and Millennium Technology Venture New Horizons Fund. She is also an Adviser UBS Project Entrepreneur, and Board Member Early Stage Montana.
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