Sarah Chen, Co-Founder & Investor, The Billion Dollar Fund for Women / Beyond the Billion. "Finding My Passion: Unlocking the Female Potential in Venture Capital"

Our guest for today's podcast is Sarah Chen, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of The Billion Dollar Fund for Women/ Beyond The Billion (BTB), a global consortium of 100+ venture capital funds and limited partner investors that have now pledged to and are actively deploying beyond US$1Bn to be invested into women-founded companies.

 

Previously, Sarah pioneered a corporate venture capital spin-out within a $13Bn Asian conglomerate, investing into later-stage biotechnology companies.

 

Determined to see more women at the helm, Sara sits on multiple boards, including 131 & Counting, a bipartisan effort to fete the unprecedented number of women serving in the House and Senate, encouraging more women to run for office in the US; She also sits on the board of Lean In Malaysia, which she co-founded, a platform accelerating women into leadership in Muslim- majority Malaysia. Named Forbes Under 30 VC and Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, Sara is a recognized speaker, commentator and advisor on venture capital, innovation and women.

 

Without further ado, here is our conversation with Sarah Chen.