investing in women & beyond with shelley kuipers

Episode 19

On today’s episode we talk about disrupting the funding and investment of women owned businesses with Investor and Serial Entrepreneur Shelley Kuipers! I met Shelley this summer at a fabulous conference on innovation and investment in Calgary called Inventures and her role on a women’s investment panel impressed me, so I wanted to bring her message, wisdom and knowledge to our Fempower community!

Shelley Kuipers is building the world she wants to live in. As an activist in business, entrepreneurship and investment, she is hell bent on defeating the status quo one project at a time, and replacing it with options that are more equitable, feminist, corporately and ecologically sustainable; revolutionary options that drive greater value for both business and consumer. She co-founded IOVIA in 2015 after previously founding Chaordix, Stormworks and Adventure Capital. She is also co-founder of feminist investment collective, The51 and sustainable direct to consumer clothing brand Harris Kuipers, all in addition to championing the entrepreneurs she has chosen to invest in. Shelley loves to travel for business and adventure but also questions the sustainability of it all. When on a break Shelley finds herself revelling in nature with family and friends, and with the odd glass of cider at her home on Salt Spring Island, Canada. She divides her time between the west coast and Calgary, Canada and right this minute is probably dreaming up ways to realize the possibilities.

Enjoy this episode, it’s magical!
Xox Andrea

In this episode we discuss:

• Her journey through her serial entrepreneurship experience and multiple companies to co-creating a women’s investment fund
• Her investing perspective
• “The 51” – a new fem-investment platform, www.the51.com
• Her latest participation commerce business
• Her advice on pitching to investors
• Her ethical clothing brand she is just launching end of this month
• Her vision moving forward in all her ventures
• Her unique superpower that is very grounding in our world
• And so much more!

 
SHOW NOTES

• The 51 website: www.the51.com
• Iovia: www.iovia.io
• Harris Kuipers: www.harriskuipers.com
• Instagram: @shelleykuipers