Today, I’m joined by Monique Woodard, the Founding Partner and Managing Director of Cake Ventures. Cake Ventures is a pre-seed and seed venture capital firm investing in companies that touch areas of demographic change including aging and longevity, the increased spending power of women, and the shift to majority-minority. A Forbes article published on Jan 12, 2023, claims that Cake Ventures has closed its debut fund at $17 million dollars. Monique was previously a Venture Scout for Lightspeed Venture Partners and a Venture Partner for 500 Startups.
Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.
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00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Monique Woodard
04:56 The rise of a new majority
09:38 Thoughts on TikTok
15:41 The power of the female dollar
Show notes:
Monique Woodard | https://twitter.com/moniquewoodard
Cake Ventures | https://www.cake.vc/
500 Startups | https://500.co/
Jeremy Liew | https://twitter.com/jeremysliew
Lightspeed | https://lsvp.com/
Mitch Kapor | https://twitter.com/mkapor
Freada Klein | https://twitter.com/therealfreada
Kapor Capital | https://www.kaporcapital.com/
Ed Zimmerman | https://twitter.com/edgrapenutzimm
First Close Partners | https://firstclosepartners.com/about/
Pamper Nail Gallery | https://pampernailgallery.com/
Bright | https://www.learnwithbright.com/