Tackling the 2% Problem for 10X Returns: Venture Investor Julie Castro Abrams on Building Her Woman-Only VC Fund
Release Date: 03/25/2025
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info_outlineJulie Castro Abrams is a venture capitalist and gender and racial justice activist who has spent the majority of her career working to build great women-owned companies and economic access for women. She is the founder and CEO of How Women Lead, a network of 14,000-plus top executive women who come together to learn, break barriers to success, and make an impact. Using her extensive background, Julie helps top executive women harness and activate their power across all aspects of their careers and lives. She also leads the sister organization, How Women Invest, an early-stage venture capital firm seeking to realize untapped economic potential by focusing on the intersection of female founders and female investors, particularly those of color.
🔑Key Takeaways🔑
🚀 📈 Potential vs Previous Results: Why women founders are evaluated by venture investors with a higher and different level of scrutiny than men, and how to overcome investor bias—whether conscious or unconscious.
👩🔬 🤟 Breaking Barriers: What it takes to launch a successful female-led venture capital firm, and how Julie succeeded by building on an already established community to get her first $10 million from 221 female investors.
🤝 🌱 Empowering Female Investors: Why women should diversify their investment portfolios into venture capital firms supporting women entrepreneurs—not only for a potential 10X return, but also because most female founders create mission-driven companies that have a social impact.
✨ 🌈 Invest in Values: How to make venture investments with companies and funds that align with your values for social impact and purpose.
💰💵 Expanding Women's Wealth: Learn how Julie’s New Table Campaign is encouraging women to unite their financial power to achieve a profound impact, with a target to channel $1 billion into women-run venture capital firms.
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