Best of 97% Effective - Leesa Soulodre, Founder and General Partner at R3i Capital: “We’re Hunting in Packs” – The Rise of Women in Venture Capital

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Less than 2 out of every 100 dollars invested in venture capital goes to women and minority-owned startups. Leesa Soulodre, Founder and GP at R3i Capital, shares her experience transforming the world’s most promising deep tech companies by accelerating their growth. We discuss her views on elevating women in entrepreneurship and investment, her “Aussie” traits that have propelled her – and address practical steps to leveling the playing field within venture capital.

• “In my veins since I could walk” that led to filling a missing middle
• Providing an active service to combat “vulture” capital
• Helping founders connect to smart capital
• Give before you get to remove informational asymmetries: Leesa’s competitive advantage
• Turning venture capital on its head
• Surround yourself by others with strengths you don't have
• Women breaking into venture capital
• How to be a giver and not get taken advantage of
• “Always be a risk manager”
• 3 sources of information you need for success
• Practical steps to building trust
• Vulnerability vs stupidity
• Utilizing the digital environment to understand your founders
• Triangulate: How to detect BS in a venture firm

BIO AND LINKS:

Leesa Soulodre is the Founder and General Partner at R3i Capital, a venture capital firm that accelerates the growth of deep tech companies. She is a strong advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and a power player that harnesses her affiliations, network and platforms to level the playing field for female founders. A globe-trotting super-connector and community builder, Leesa advises, educates, speaks, and writes on investing, technology, and the new economy. She is Clinical Professor of Practice at SMU Cox School and lecturer at dozens of elite forums and institutions, including Singapore Management University and IE Business School.

• R3i Company website: https://www.r3icapital.com
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leesasoulodre/
• Personal website: https://www.leesasoulodre.co
• Coolwater Capital (Accelerator) website: https://pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/495841-42#analytics
• Women in VC website: https://www.women-vc.com/
• Adam Grant’s research on givers: https://hbr.org/2013/04/in-the-company-of-givers-and-takers
• She Loves Tech: https://www.shelovestech.org/
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3

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