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InvestHer Podcast

InvestHer Podcast

Di: Anne Ravanona: entrepreneur funding expert women's advocate and podcaster
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InvestHer Podcast is a podcast for women entrepreneurs who want to learn about funding and get funded faster, and for investors and ecosystem players who want to learn more about what it's really like for female founders in the world of funding today. It's a behind the scenes look at the funding tactics and strategies that really work, to give women founders more confidence to get the funding you deserve to take your business to the next level. Each episode will be short, energetic and action-oriented, giving you lots of practical funding tips, so that you can get investor-ready, get the funding you need and back to building your business, FASTER. Join entrepreneur, consultant, TEDx speaker and women's advocate, Anne Ravanona, as she shares how to put the fun back into funding for female founders, with real truths about what it's like for women entrepreneurs in the funding world today, inspiring and practical interviews with the investors who actually do fund women-led companies, as well as key ecosystem players you need to know about. We've got your back! This show is not only about demystifying funding, it's also about understanding what are the key market dynamics and realities that impact HOW investors make decisions on who to fund, the existing biases and paradigms that need changing, and how we can ALL benefit from the biggest untapped resource to boost the global economy - women entrepreneurs. Anne Ravanona created Global Invest Her and is on a mission to help get 1M women entrepreneurs funded by 2030. She is a recognised international keynote speaker who inspires the hearts and wins over the minds of both investors and women entrepreneurs about funding female founders, coaches women-led businesses and helps corporates partner with and serve women entrepreneurs. So, whether you are starting out on your own funding journey, want to learn more about it before jumping in, or are curious about the real funding challenges women entrepreneurs face and the investment opportunity they represent, this podcast is for you! Let's change the funding game, together.Copyright 2023 Global Invest Her Economia Finanza personale Gestione e leadership Leadership
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  • Presence Before Influence: Maryann Kahindi Picard on Putting African Women in the Room

    Presence Before Influence: Maryann Kahindi Picard on Putting African Women in the Room
    Oct 17 2026

    "Presence comes before influence. You cannot change something when you're far from what you think you should change. You need to be present in the moment."

    🌍 Presence Before Influence: Maryann Kahindi Picard on Putting African Women in the Room!

    🎙 In this episode of the InvestHer Podcast, host Anne Ravanona speaks with Maryann Kahindi Picard, co-founder of the African Women Presence Initiative and founder of Ubuntuness, about what it means to build presence before influence, why African women must be seen as solution providers rather than aid recipients, and how AWPI is closing the gap between symbolic participation and meaningful representation on the world stage.

    🌍 Discover how a young Kenyan woman arrived in Paris as an au pair — without speaking French — and went on to build a cross-continental career spanning hospitality, banking, energy, and entrepreneurship, before co-founding a pan-African platform dedicated to amplifying African women's voices, leadership, and visibility in the spaces where decisions are made.

    💡 Don't miss this episode with actionable insights on:

    • Arriving in Paris as an au pair after just 150 hours of French lessons

    • Closing the gap between symbolic participation and real representation for African women

    • Building AWPI around four pillars: access, visibility, narrative change, and business

    • Pulling "Africa is hungry" flyers from a European church to change the narrative

    • Why Africa needs patient capital, not investors expecting returns in a year

    • What Ubuntu, "I am because we are," teaches us about leadership and business

    • Bringing men and youth in as allies to change African ecosystems from within

    This is a conversation about showing up, speaking up, and building a world where African women are at every table that matters.

    🔗 Listen Now | 🎧 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | ▶️ Full Show Notes

    About Maryann

    Maryann Kahindi Picard is a Kenyan-born, Paris-based Pan-Afripean entrepreneur, partnership adviser and ecosystem weaver with more than 15 years of experience across hospitality, banking, energy and entrepreneurship. She is the co-founder of the African Women Presence Initiative (AWPI) and the founder of Ubuntuness, a consultancy rooted in the philosophy of "I am because we are." Through her work, she helps organisations, entrepreneurs and institutions build meaningful cross-border partnerships between Africa and Europe.

    🌐 Website: https://www.ubuntuness.com/

    💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryann-kahindi-picard-/

    📧 Email: maryannkp@ubuntuness.com

    About African Women Presence Initiative

    The African Women Presence Initiative (AWPI) is a pan-African platform dedicated to amplifying the voices, leadership, and visibility of African women, youth, and emerging leaders in global spaces. Working across four pillars — Access, Visibility, Narrative Change, and Business — AWPI bridges representation gaps by enabling meaningful participation in international dialogues, decision-making forums, and strategic partnerships. By fostering collaboration, strengthening ecosystems, and increasing African representation on major local and global platforms, AWPI is helping to build a greener, more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Africa.

    💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/african-women-presence-initiative-awpi/home/?viewAsMember=true

    Resources Mentioned

    🌐 African Women Presence Initiative: https://www.awpi.fr/

    💼 Carole Tankeu, AWPI Co-Founder (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/carole-tankeu-68027644/

    🎓 Break The Mold: https://breakthemold.space/

    🌱 ChangeNOW Africa for Change: https://www.changenow.world/africa-for-change/

    Connect with Anne & Global Invest Her

    🌐 https://www.investherpodcast.com/

    📂 Funder Directory: https://funderdirectory.globalinvesther.com/

    🛍 Buy From Her Directory: https://www.buyfromher.com/

    🗨️ LinkedIn: Anne Ravanona https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneravanona/

    🎟️ InvestHer Summit 2026, Paris, 27–28 October: https://investhersummit.com/

    📣 Want to suggest a guest for the InvestHer Podcast? https://www.investherpodcast.com/suggest-a-guest

    #InvestHerPodcast #InvestHer #WomenFounders #FemaleFounders #WomenEntrepreneurs #AfricanWomen #AfricanLeadership #DiasporaEntrepreneurs #Ubuntu #PanAfrican #RepresentationMatters #EcosystemBuilding #AfricaIsTheFuture #InclusiveGrowth
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    1 ora e 7 min
  • Idea Alone Is Not Enough: Hellena Sailas and Emma Cochrane on Building Women Founders for Impact

    Idea Alone Is Not Enough: Hellena Sailas and Emma Cochrane on Building Women Founders for Impact
    Oct 10 2026
    "It's very hard in the beginning, but as long as you move, it's possible." 🌍 Idea Alone Is Not Enough: Hellena Sailas and Emma Cochrane on Building Women Founders for Impact! 🎙 In this episode of the InvestHer Podcast, host Anne Ravanona speaks with Hellena Sailas & Emma Cochrane, Founder & CEO / Director of Strategic Projects, about building a circular-economy business from the ground up in Tanzania, the realities of fundraising as a young woman founder in an emerging market, and how the right ecosystem of mentorship, networks and skills training can accelerate women entrepreneurs from idea to investable business — and beyond. 🌍 Discover how Hellena Sailas turned a childhood dream of walking on a clean beach into Arena Recycling Industry after finding Dar es Salaam's coastline choked with plastic — and how Emma Cochrane has spent six years building HEC Paris's Women Entrepreneurs for Good program into a network of 1,000+ founders across 80+ countries, the very program that helped Hellena go from kitchen-table experiments to a half-million-dollar funded business. 💡 Don't miss this episode with actionable insights on: • Starting a circular-economy company at 23 with no engineering background and no roadmap • Moving from $5,000 grants to over $500,000 in funding — and what changed in between • Handling biased investor questions about marriage and motherhood with confidence • Why HEC's Women Entrepreneurs for Good is 100% free, online, and open to 80+ countries • How a three-week customer-discovery sprint forces founders to validate ideas before building • What investors really look for beyond the idea: team, systems, and ability to scale Two women, two sides of the funding table, one powerful conversation about what it really takes to build and back women-led businesses in Africa. 🔗 Listen Now | 🎧 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | ▶️ Full Show Notes About Hellena Hellena Sailas is a Tanzanian social entrepreneur and Founder & CEO of Arena Recycling Industry, launched at 23 to transform plastic waste into eco-bricks, paving tiles, and decking — creating green jobs for women, youth, and waste collectors across Tanzania. 🌐 Website: https://www.arenarecycling.co.tz/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hellena-sailas-00a157174 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamhelleny/ About Arena Recycling Industry Arena Recycling Industry is a Tanzanian circular-economy company converting plastic waste into sustainable construction materials, with a network of collection centres spanning Dar es Salaam to Zanzibar. About Emma Emma Cochrane is Director of Strategic Projects at HEC Paris's Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute, where she founded and leads the Women Entrepreneurs for Good program — a free initiative that has trained women founders from more than 80 countries. 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-cochrane-1175b917/ About HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute HEC Paris's Institute supports entrepreneurs worldwide and was ranked the second-leading start-up hub in France by the Financial Times in 2026. Connect with Anne & Global Invest Her 🌐 https://www.investherpodcast.com/ 📂 Funder Directory: https://funderdirectory.globalinvesther.com/ 🛍 Buy From Her Directory: https://www.buyfromher.com/ 🗨️ LinkedIn: Anne Ravanona https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneravanona/ 📣 Want to suggest a guest for the InvestHer Podcast? https://www.investherpodcast.com/suggest-a-guest #InvestHerPodcast #InvestHer #WomenFounders #FemaleFounders #WomenEntrepreneurs #CircularEconomy #PlasticWaste #AfricaStartups #Tanzania #SocialEnterprise #WomenEntrepreneursForGood #HECParis #GreenJobs #ImpactInvesting
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    57 min
  • Stop Fighting a Rigged System: Allison Byers on Raising Capital on Your Terms

    Stop Fighting a Rigged System: Allison Byers on Raising Capital on Your Terms
    Oct 2 2026

    "I didn't fail. I didn't understand the system that I was working in, and the system is broken."

    💡 Stop Fighting a Rigged System: Allison Byers on Raising Capital on Your Terms!

    🎙 In this episode of the InvestHer Podcast, host Anne Ravanona speaks with Allison Byers, Founder, CEO, and Author, about the systemic barriers underestimated founders face in fundraising, why venture capital was never designed for most of us, and how her new book Fundraising for the Rest of Us arms founders with the playbook, the language, and the mindset shifts they need to raise capital on their own terms.

    🌍 Discover how Allison Byers transformed a deeply personal experience of watching the all-male team that acquired her MIT-spun medtech company raise $55M where she could not into a career dedicated to dismantling the systemic barriers in capital allocation — co-authoring California's landmark Fair Investment Practices by Venture Capital Companies Law, building Scroobious as a relationship-first capital access platform, and writing the fundraising guide that underestimated founders have always needed.

    💡 Don't miss this episode with actionable insights on:

    • Why venture capital was never designed to fund most innovators

    • How familiarity bias quietly drives capital allocation decisions

    • The Core 10 pitch deck framework and the risk each section must de-risk

    • Reframing prevention-oriented questions into promotion-oriented answers in real time

    • Building an Ideal Investor Profile before you ever open a pitch conversation

    • Why silence from investors is data — and how to break through it with curiosity

    • Choosing capital sources that match how you want to build

    If you are building for a world that does not yet fully fund you, this episode is your next step.

    🔗 Listen Now | 🎧 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | ▶️ Full Show Notes

    About Allison

    Allison Byers is a founder, investor, and capital access advocate whose career is devoted to building a funding system that works for The Rest of Us. She is the Founder and CEO of Scroobious, a relationship-first platform connecting underestimated founders with aligned capital, and the author of Fundraising for the Rest of Us. Allison co-authored California's landmark Fair Investment Practices by Venture Capital Companies Law and serves on multiple boards shaping the future of equitable investing. She draws on her own experience co-founding a medtech company spun out of MIT, raising nearly $10 million, and bringing an FDA-registered product to market — and on the painful lesson that followed — to give every underestimated founder the knowledge and confidence to navigate the funding landscape.

    🌐 Website: https://www.scroobious.com

    💼 LinkedIn: https://www.allisonbyers.com

    🎙️ Catch Allison's previous episode: https://bit.ly/InvestHerPodcastEp44InvestinginChangeAllisonByersScroobious

    About Scroobious

    Scroobious is a relationship-first capital access platform designed to connect underestimated founders with the investors most likely to understand, champion, and fund them. The platform operationalises the principle that trust precedes capital — helping founders build the right relationships before they ever need to make an ask. Scroobious sits at the intersection of education, community, and deal flow, giving The Rest of Us the infrastructure the traditional funding system was never built to provide.

    Resources Mentioned

    🌐 Scroobious — relationship-first capital access platform: https://www.scroobious.com

    💼 Connect with Allison Byers on LinkedIn / personal website: https://www.allisonbyers.com

    Connect with Anne & Global Invest Her

    🌐 https://www.investherpodcast.com/

    📂 Funder Directory: https://funderdirectory.globalinvesther.com/

    🛍 Buy From Her Directory: https://www.buyfromher.com/

    🗨️ LinkedIn: Anne Ravanona https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneravanona/

    📣 Want to suggest a guest for the InvestHer Podcast? https://www.investherpodcast.com/suggest-a-guest

    #InvestHerPodcast #InvestHer #WomenFounders #FemaleFounders #WomenEntrepreneurs #FundraisingForTheRestOfUs #Scroobious #AllisonByers #FundingToolkit #CapitalAccess #StartupFunding #UnderestimatedFounders #InvestorBias #WomenInVC
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    1 ora e 4 min
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