This 4-in-1 compilation episode focuses on a persistent disconnect between capital and capability: women are founding businesses at record rates and leading high-performing funds, yet the capital rarely follows.

In other words, women are underrepresented both in receiving and managing capital.

Today’s episode is about those pushing back against that trend – women-led investment managers and those intentionally channeling capital into women-led businesses.

Here are the featured guests:

Sharon Vosmek, CEO of Astia & Managing Partner of the Astia Fund

Sharon Vosmek doesn’t see gender equity in venture as a social goal – she sees it as a market inefficiency. With just 2–3% of VC funding going to women CEOs, she argues the system consistently overlooks high-potential founders.

At Astia, she’s investing in women-led startups with strong early traction, particularly in underserved sectors like women’s health. She also challenges the informal, male-dominated networks – boardrooms, golf courses – where most deals are still made.

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Dr. Tara Bishop, Founder and Managing Director of Black Opal Ventures

Tara co-founded Black Opal Ventures to invest where healthcare and technology collide – and where traditional VC often misses.

She and her partner, Eileen Tanghal, raised $63 million from institutional investors like Eli Lilly and JP Morgan, becoming one of the rare female- and minority-led funds in venture. Their portfolio reflects that identity: women-led companies, underserved markets, and problems overlooked by legacy capital.

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Tammy Newmark, CEO and Managing Partner of EcoEnterprises Fund

Tammy leads EcoEnterprises Fund, a women-run investment firm focused on nature-positive businesses across Latin America. For over two decades, she’s backed companies in sustainable agriculture, ecotourism, and agroforestry – many led by women and rooted in rural or Indigenous communities.

Gender equity isn’t the fund's focus, but it runs through the portfolio: in leadership teams, supply chains, and daily operations. About half of their investments meet 2X Challenge criteria – not because it’s the mandate, but because that’s who’s doing the work.

With $150 million under management, the fund combines financial discipline with long-term environmental and social goals.

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Stephanie Cohn Rupp, CEO of Veris Wealth Partners

Stephanie runs Veris Wealth Partners, one of the few wealth management firms built from the ground up to do just one thing: impact. With $2.3 billion under management and offices across the U.S., Veris has been majority women-led and women-owned since its founding in 2007.

It’s built entirely around impact – certified B Corp, net zero, and intentionally conflict-free – and applies that lens across every asset class, with a deep focus on racial equity, climate, gender, and community wealth.

For Stephanie, this isn’t about doing impact. It’s about being built for it.

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