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Both sidesof the table.

Jacqueline Relke
Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations
Founder, JW Consulting Inc.

The work

Trading floor at 21. A consulting business for female founders. Now back in the game, in investment banking, to bridge the gap.

I started on a structured products trading floor at 21, in an industry built by and for men. I left to build a consulting company for female founders and spent six years working alongside nearly 500 of them. That is where I saw the gap up close: women build great businesses and still do not get the capital. So I went back into investment banking to change that, to be the change. I started on the sell side, originating deals, and now lead investor relations on the buy side. I have sat on both sides of the table. That is how I bridge them.

~500

Female founders supported

$1B+

In sales managed

Of venture dollars go to all-female founding teams (PitchBook)

<15%

Of VC check-writers are women (All Raise, via HBR)

The gap

Women start half of America's businesses. About 2% of venture dollars reach all-female founding teams, and fewer than 15% of VC check-writers are women. I am the bridge across that gap.

Founders with real businesses and investors with real capital rarely find each other. I have spent six years building the founders on one side and now work with the capital on the other, so the two can finally meet. Women-owned businesses also face a $1.5 trillion credit gap worldwide, and closing the entrepreneurship gap could add up to $5 trillion to global GDP.

Sources: PitchBook; All Raise via Harvard Business Review (2023); Goldman Sachs; Boston Consulting Group.

Four seats

Capital

Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations at Bad Twin Capital. Sell-side origination, capital raises, and the investor relationships that close them.

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The Fund

A working capital fund for female founders, in development. Details to come.

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Founders

JW Consulting Inc. A 365 consulting company for female founders, from start-up to capitalization.

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Million Dollar

M$Workspace. M$Ventures. M$BA. Under construction, being rebuilt bigger.

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Capital is not scarce. Access to it is. I am the bridge between them.

Raising capital, deploying it, or building something worth funding?

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From start-up to capitalization. Est. 2020

Toronto / New York

@lilrelks @milliondollarmba @milliondollarworkspace

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