by BfW | Jan 25, 2018 | Events, Gender Lens Investing, Impact investing
“Over the course of the past 10 years I’ve come to realize that angel investing is a marathon and that smart angels don’t sprint. Smart angels don’t sprint during the relationship building process with founders. We take time to get to know the...
by BfW | Dec 2, 2017 | Gender Lens Investing, Leadership diversity
Building investment relationships takes time. Short pitches from entrepreneurs are often the first glimpse at the potential of an entrepreneur and investment opportunity. I’ve seen a lot of pitches over my career lifetime – ranging from full-on sales mode...
by BfW | Aug 11, 2017 | Gender Lens Investing, Leadership diversity
More and more investors and financiers are starting to realize that it’s a smart strategy to invest in women-led companies. Pique Fund is an inclusive angel fund that has been actively investing in women-founded technology ventures in British Columbia since...
by BfW | Aug 4, 2017 | Gender Lens Investing, Leadership diversity, Women Investors
More and more women are investing in early-stage ventures as angel investors. According to the Center for Venture Research, in 2016 women angels represented 26.2% of the angel market, up from 25.3% in 2015. In this post, originally written in 2013 and updated for...
by BfW | Jun 5, 2017 | Gender Lens Investing, Leadership diversity, Women Investing in Women
This post was originally published on Inc. and Quora. Would I invest in a start-up with a woman as CEO? You bet I would. I’ve done it six times through Pique Fund and likely to do it again. The odds of encountering two identical startups (with the exception that one...
by BfW | May 4, 2016 | Gender Lens Investing, Impact investing, Integrated Investing, Leadership diversity
Pique Fund is an early-stage impact investment fund, open to accredited and qualifying non-accredited investors. For more information on how you can invest in impactful, BC-based ventures and focus on women-led companies, contact bonnie[at]piqueventures[dot]com. The...
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