Mint Ventures: Inspiring Women Webinar
We are delighted to welcome Nancy Hayes an experienced US angel investor with a portfolio of more than 35 individual companies and 6 funds who has also been MD of the successful women’s Angel Group Golden Seeds for San Francisco Bay Area.
She serves as a mentor to entrepreneurs – with a particular focus on women entrepreneurs and founders of colour – by providing feedback on strategy, advising them on presenting to investors and providing introductions where appropriate.
Nancy is a frequent guest speaker, panelist, and judge at pitch events and presenter to entrepreneur groups. She also conducts training sessions for women who are considering becoming angel/venture investors.
Nancy was a senior executive of the IBM Corporation for almost 20 years and then served as CEO of two social services nonprofit organizations, the STARBRIGHT Foundation and WISE Senior Services. She became the Dean of the College of Business at San Francisco State University in 2005 and then was Vice President of Finance/CFO and Chief Administrative Officer of San Francisco State from 2011 to 2013. Nancy was cofounder in 2013 of a rewards-based crowdfunding site for women with small businesses called MoolaHoop and then transitioned to angel investing.
Nancy served as a Managing Director of the Golden Seeds angel group Silicon Valley chapter for 3 years.
Nancy has an MBA from the University of Chicago and lives in San Francisco.
During the webinar Nancy will:
- share her personal journey
- talk about her experiences of being an Angel Investor and an Entrepreneur
- give tips and advice on what she would look for to invest in early stage startups
Join us to be Inspired and Empowered to Invest!
This event is kindly supported by Scottish Enterprise and the British Business Bank.
