Tanya Rolfe on Bridging the Money Gap for Female Founders and Investors

10/17/22 • 44 min

For the last five years Tanya Rolfe has been on a mission to get more money into the hands of women. This started with the Ladies Investment Club in Singapore and Her Capital; a seed venture fund investing in female founders in Southeast Asia. Her current projects are Harriet; which supports female founders seeking to access capital and Sophia; a for-women by-women financial education platform.
In this episode we talk about:

The opportunity that gender lens investing presents.
Why we need more diverse fund managers, because despite data showing female founded businesses perform really well, VCs are risk averse and analyse businesses based on what has 'worked' in the past or products that they would use themselves.
Data shows women gravitate more to impact investments and ESG investments. This means that everybody benefits when women control more money.
Women control a third of the world's wealth. It's not enough (considering we represent 51% of the global population) but it's still $93 trillion.
How to talk to children about money. Did you know most of our money mindset is developed by the age of 7? (*welp*)

Learn more about Sophia and Harriet.

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The opportunity that gender lens investing presents.
Why we need more diverse fund managers, because despite data showing female founded businesses perform really well, VCs are risk averse and analyse businesses based on what has 'worked' in the past or products that they would use themselves.
Data shows women gravitate more to impact investments and ESG investments. This means that everybody benefits when women control more money.
Women control a third of the world's wealth. It's not enough (considering we represent 51% of the global population) but it's still $93 trillion.
How to talk to children about money. Did you know most of our money mindset is developed by the age of 7? (*welp*)

Learn more about Sophia and Harriet.

Connect with me!

Follow The Purpose Effect on Instagram
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Additional Reading:

Nancy Duarte and Persuasive Presentations: https://www.duarte.com/
Patagonia's Ownership Statement: https://www.patagonia.com/ownership/

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Women in Web3: Stephanie Srikandi on the Future of Sustainable Fashion

Stephanie Srikandi is a serial sustainable fashion entrepreneur and founder of ethical essentials label This is a Love Song. With the mission of supporting local garment makers in Bali, where the label was born, Stephanie launched TIALS studio, an ethical and sustainable clothing manufacturing studio where she produces not only her own label, but those of other fashion brands. But Stephanie is on a mission to make sustainability the standard in fashion. So her latest project TIALS.World aims to create more inclusivity, fairness and opportunity in the world of fashion through the power of web3. Stephanie also wants to encourage co-creation of clothing to reduce waste in the fashion industry.
In this episode we talk about:

How Stephanie set up her first fashion brand This Is a Love Song and sold her clothing to retailers like Nasty Gal, Revolve Clothing and ASOS;
The challenges to sustainability of the wholesale model;
What it means to be a sustainable fashion brand;
Using web3 technologies to scale sustainable fashion;
How web3 can lower the barrier to entry for entrepreneurs and reduce waste by encouraging co-creation and also through fundraising for collections people already want to buy with NFTs.

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