“My next goal post”: Women leading impact venture capital Episode 30
This is the story of one woman’s 15-year journey to create a wildly successful impact-focused venture capital firm. Sarah Cone joins Steve to chat about her unique story of building Social Impact Capital, how we can get more women into leadership roles in VC, and why she feels she can do more good in the world through a for-profit company than through philanthropy.
Episode Notes
In this episode, Steve chats with Sarah Cone about:
- What is Social Impact Capital?
- Sarah’s journey.
- Her investment success stories.
- Women as leaders in venture capital.
- What will it take to grow the ranks of women partners in VC.
- Why use venture capital as a tool for positive change.
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Guest Bio:
Sarah Cone is the founder and managing partner at Social Impact Capital. Referred to by Forbes as a “risk-taker who has proven herself,” Sarah is an experienced venture capitalist who has proven that impact investing can generate strong financial returns while producing a positive effect on the world. Sarah invests from the earliest stages in founders that have innovative and impactful solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. and helps them show their businesses are scalable in order to acquire follow-on funding from top-tier venture capital firms.
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