WomenINvestEU 1st Online Knowledge Exchange Session

Join WomenINvestEU for our very first Online Knowledge Exchange Session on 4 June, from 12:00 – 13:00 CEST, where we’ll explore the transformative power of gender-conscious investing. Discover how leading voices from the European Network of Gender-Conscious Investors began their journeys —and how the women-backing-women approach is creating real impact. 

How can you join?

Participants must submit the registration form until 3 June (included).

The session will be held via Zoom. After submitting the registration form, you will receive a calendar blocker with the link to join.

Who is this session aimed at?

This session will be of particular interest to you if you meet one or several of criteria below and are:

• Women heading or holding a C-level position in a startup;
• Taking your first steps in Angel Investing or Venture Capital (VC);
• Considering investing with a gender-conscious* approach;
• Interested in learning more about the gender-conscious investment ecosystem in Europe.

*Gender-conscious (also called gender-smart or gender-lens) investing is an investment approach that takes gender-based factors into account. These investors consciously back women-led startups or projects that advance gender equity, aiming to close the existing financing gap for women-led startups.

Why sign up?

In this short, one-hour online session, you can:

• Learn from high-profile women from our network, who will be telling you how they started their journeys in Angel Investing and Venture Capital (VC);
• Discover the value of the women-backing-women approach in investment through the words of these successful gender-conscious investors;
• Get an overview of WomenINvestEU and upcoming learning opportunities under the project;
• “Ask the investor” opportunity to ask your questions.

This will help you determine if gender-conscious investing is the right opportunity for you and learn how you can get started.

Which high-profile investors will you be hearing from?

Tessa de Flines, Angel Investor at The Angel Initiative

Tessa de Flines helps startups and scaleups with strategic planning and execution, process improvement, project management, and team development as an advisor or Fractional COO. She is also Founding Partner of Masters of Scale, a platform that connects an international group of experienced entrepreneurs and experts to accelerators and startups with scaling challenges.

She made the step to entrepreneurship over seven years ago, after an 18-year career in large multinational corporations (GE, ABN AMRO) in various senior roles. Privately, she invests as an Angel in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, both through Angel cooperative Great Stuff Ventures, The Angel Initiative and on her own. She is also passionate about female empowerment and closing the gender funding gap and actively volunteers her time to drive change in these areas in board positions, as a mentor and a speaker.

Sandra Golbreich, General Partner at BSV Ventures

Sandra is passionate about creating a more inclusive investment landscape in Europe. As a General Partner at BSV Ventures, she focuses on supporting early-stage startups in Deep Tech, Life Sciences, and Dual-Use technologies. Sandra is also the founding partner of "Women Investing in Tech," an educational initiative aimed at helping female investors, both angels and emerging fund managers, gain confidence and knowledge to thrive in the tech investment space.

She has been organizing events like "Women with Wings," a networking session bringing together female investors across Europe to share experiences and build connections. Her work is driven by a desire to make venture capital more accessible and equitable for everyone.

About the WomenINvestEU Online Knowledge Exchange Sessions

This series of online sessions will help you dive into the topic of gender-conscious investing, discover further learning opportunities and empower you to take your first steps in the investment space. Each session will feature testimonies from some of the high-level members of WomenINvestEU’s European Network of Gender-Conscious Investors.

These sessions fall under WomenINvestEU’s aim to educate and raise awareness of the benefits of gender-conscious investment, contributing to its main goal of significantly strengthening the capacity of the gender focused investment ecosystem across Europe.

Learn more about our goals.