Today, I'm joined by Courtney Leimkuhler, Founding Partner at Springbank Collective, investing in the infrastructure serving the long-overlooked needs of women and working families. It’s a $1 trillion opportunity hiding in plain sight. Courtney spent 20 years in the financial services industry on both the capital formation and risk management sides of the business. After starting her career at Goldman Sachs, she joined the New York Stock Exchange at a critical moment in the history of equity capital markets. She also lead the finance and strategy functions for Marsh - the world’s leading insurance broker - at the dawn of the ‘insuretech’ trend.
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: Courtney Leimkuhler
01:47 Courtney's sparked interest in venture
05:38 starting her own firm
10:18 journey of raising SPVs
16:51 building the Springbank Collective syndicate
19:40 why a $35 million first fund
22:06 interesting investment parallels
Show notes:
Courtney Leimkuhler | https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-leimkuhler-32459b/
Goldman Sachs | https://www.goldmansachs.com/
NYSE | https://www.nyse.com/index
Marsh | https://www.marsh.com/us/home.html
Jen Lee Koss | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-lee-koss-771a10/
Elana Berkowitz | https://twitter.com/elanab
Wellthy | https://wellthy.com/
Lindsay Jurist-Rosner | https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsayjuristrosner/
Daivergent | https://daivergent.com/
Mei Lin Ng | https://www.linkedin.com/in/meilinng/