In this free, week-long course you’ll learn the foundations of investing and how you can evaluate potential investments with a gender-smart perspective that promotes inclusion, safety, equity and belonging.
Supported in part by the Women and Non-Binary Impact Network for Venture Capital.
Gender Lens investing, also known as “gender-smart” investing is an approach that takes gender-based issues into consideration in investment decisions. Being a gender-smart investor means investing in companies that are committed to:
This program is open to Canadian and Americans of any gender who are curious about gender lens investing. Here’s how the one week virtual course breaks down:
The course empowered me to believe that I can become an angel investor and that this can be an impactful way to align my dollars and investments with my values.
Taheera Fidaali
Owner – Tula CPA
We’re now taking a waitlist for future sessions, including one in May. Spaces are limited to nurture an intimate, interactive and engaging learning experience. We’re accepting applications on a rolling basis, so sign up asap to avoid disappointment (well, disappointment about missing out on this course at least.):
Cohort #3 – May 2024 TBA
– Ashima Chopra (she/her), Program Manager, Spring“When I first left the practice of law and decided to jump into venture, I felt like a total outsider. All the terms and jargon made me question whether I even belonged in angel investing. Championing women to get to the place of saying, “Yes, I belong here”, is my why. That’s what I want for each participant as they grow through Foundations, and beyond in their impact investing journey.”
– Allison Gibson (she/her), Chief Design Officer, Spring“I’ve been entrepreneurial since I was 19, and have encountered my fair share of bias related to age, experience and capabilities. I also had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started to raise my first round of funding and I am thrilled to have built a program that makes learning about the world of venture capital simple and accessible..”
– Davina MacPhail (she/her), Director of Partnerships, Spring“Having raised funds as part of a startup and then part of an early-stage VC firm, I have a deep understanding of what it means to invest at an early stage. I am looking forward to sharing some of this experience with a team of women. We need more women investors at the table so that more capital flows into women founders, but also because investment is an opportunity to build wealth and to be influential on the topics that matter to us. I look forward to demystifying some concepts and sharing what an investment process typically looks like.”
– Mari Mathews (she/her), Director of Business Development, Spring“I’m excited to share my personal experience raising capital as a woman founder, but also as an angel investor. In the 10 years since I made my first angel investment, capital going to women-led founders has only grown from about 1% to just over 2%. We need equal representation on the investor side to ensure women-led companies are funded, often providing innovations that solve real issues for women globally. Women hold increasingly more purchasing power, so let’s use that to make a difference.”
