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Hugely excited to have Eileen Overbaugh, Partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP joining us for our next FundWomen Spotlight. Eileen Overbaugh focuses her practice on advising hedge funds, venture capital funds and other pooled investment vehicles on all matters related to private funds, including formation, structuring, investor negotiation and ongoing operations. She negotiates seed and strategic investments, funds-of-one, managed account arrangements and other alternative investment relationships, and also advises asset managers and institutional investors with respect to co-investments and single-asset funds. Eileen is recognized as a leading investment funds lawyer for her work in the hedge funds space by Chambers USA. Managers and Allocators can register for all upcoming spotlights in the FundWomen Community powered by Clade. For inquiries please contact: https://lnkd.in/eaMJchaH 🟪Team 100WF: Allyson Johnson, CAIA Theodora Torcea Silvia Stanescu Myra Chan Denise Hu Daphne Dickson Erika C. Gigi Jia Sanem Alkan Yulia Kosiw Priya Kaftan Rebecca Kerner Reiss Madeleine Stockton Marianne O 🟪Team Clade: Jonathan Lipton Jan Oliver Koelble Angela Ng 🟪Staff: Sarah Finley Carolina De Brigard Lois Wilkins, CMP #100WF #FemaleManagers #Vision30/40

Esplanade Capital is proud to highlight Clade, one of our exciting VC portfolio companies that recently closed their Series A round.   Clade is a global Fintech software company powering two-sided engagement between investors and fundraisers. Their platform helps investors track, diligence, and source investment opportunities, and provides fundraisers with marketing tools to reach and engage with some of the largest LPs in the world. The platform links multiple organizations in the market thereby driving direct, networked connectivity and collaboration.   Clade’s solutions enable capital allocators and investors to streamline their operations through simplified workflows thereby reducing costs and saving invaluable time. By minimizing friction and eliminating gatekeepers, Clade brings innovation to an industry that has changed very little over the last 50 years.   Clade recently entered a strategic partnership with Institutional Investor and has over 1,000 institutional allocators (representing +$17 trillion) using Clade’s work tools, the company aims to become the de facto place where the global investment industry interacts and transacts.   If you’d like to learn more about Clade, feel free to reach out. David Scharf Jonathan Lipton

Excited to announce our next FundWomen Spotlight with Elizabeth A. Browne who is Managing Director and Co-Head, Elevate at GCM Grosvenor, where she works in the Sponsor Solutions division. Join us to learn more about the Grosvenor Elevate Platform, its seeding activities and the kind of opportunity set it perceives among Emerging Managers. The team provide catalytic seed investments to small, emerging, and diverse private equity firm founders to help launch and scale their investment firms. The Sponsor Solutions strategy leverages the GCM Grosvenor’s overall breadth and experience, including their $77 billion investment platform, multiple decades of experience investing in small, emerging, and diverse managers. The Elevate strategy was launched in January 2023 in partnership with the California Public Employees Retirement System (“CalPERS”), who made a $500 million commitment.   Managers and Allocators can register in the FundWomen Community powered by Clade.   For inquiries please contact: https://lnkd.in/eaMJchaH 🟪Team 100WF: Allyson Johnson, CAIA Theodora Torcea Silvia Stanescu Myra Chan Denise Hu Daphne Dickson Erika Cramer Gigi Jia Sanem Alkan Yulia Kosiw Priya Kaftan Rebecca Kerner Reiss Madeleine Stockton Marianne O 🟪Team Clade: Jonathan Lipton Jan Oliver Koelble Angela Ng 🟪Staff Sarah Finley Carolina De Brigard Lois Wilkins, CMP #100WF #FemaleManagers #Vision30/40

Excited to announce our next FundWomen Spotlight with Elizabeth A. Browne who is Managing Director and Co-Head, Elevate at GCM Grosvenor, where she works in the Sponsor Solutions division. Join us to learn more about the Grosvenor Elevate Platform, its seeding activities and the kind of opportunity set it perceives among Emerging Managers. The team provide catalytic seed investments to small, emerging, and diverse private equity firm founders to help launch and scale their investment firms. The Sponsor Solutions strategy leverages the GCM Grosvenor’s overall breadth and experience, including their $77 billion investment platform, multiple decades of experience investing in small, emerging, and diverse managers. The Elevate strategy was launched in January 2023 in partnership with the California Public Employees Retirement System (“CalPERS”), who made a $500 million commitment.   Managers and Allocators can register in the FundWomen Community powered by Clade.   For inquiries please contact: https://lnkd.in/eaMJchaH 🟪Team 100WF: Allyson Johnson, CAIA Theodora Torcea Silvia Stanescu Myra Chan Denise Hu Daphne Dickson Erika Cramer Gigi Jia Sanem Alkan Yulia Kosiw Priya Kaftan Rebecca Kerner Reiss Madeleine Stockton Marianne O 🟪Team Clade: Jonathan Lipton Jan Oliver Koelble Angela Ng 🟪Staff Sarah Finley Carolina De Brigard Lois Wilkins, CMP #100WF #FemaleManagers #Vision30/40

For over 50 years, II has been the leader in enabling collaboration and knowledge sharing between institutional allocators and asset managers. Today we are thrilled to announce the new phase of this commitment – our exclusive partnership with Clade, the leading fintech platform for the global asset management industry.     This partnership will enable us to connect our network of over 6,000 global institutional investors and asset managers 24/7 through Clade’s innovative digital platform. Clade’s two-sided tools connect this community, simplifying both LP and GP workflows, while reducing costs and saving invaluable time for members. Read more:  https://lnkd.in/esv-F7Jr?utmcampaign=BoostPostWebsiteVisitsNov1,2023,16:38:01&utmcampaign=BoostPostWebsiteVisitsNov1,2023,16:38:01&utmcampaign=BoostPostWebsiteVisitsNov1,2023,16:38:01&utmcampaign=BoostPostWebsiteVisitsNov1,2023,16:38:01&utmcampaign=BoostPostWebsiteVisitsNov1,2023,16:38:01&utmcampaign=BoostPostWebsiteVisitsNov1,2023,16:38:01&utmcampaign=BoostPostWebsiteVisitsNov1,2023,16:38:01&utmcampaign=BoostPostWebsiteVisitsNov1,2023,16:38:01&utmcampaign=BoostPostWebsiteVisitsNov1,2023,16:38:01&utmcampaign=BoostPostWebsiteVisitsNov1,2023,16:38:01&utmcampaign=BoostPostWebsiteVisitsNov1,2023,16:38:01&utmsource=linkedin&utmsource=linkedin&utmsource=linkedin&utmsource=linkedin&utmsource=linkedin&utmsource=linkedin&utmsource=linkedin&utmsource=linkedin&utmsource=linkedin&utmsource=linkedin&utmsource=linkedin&utmmedium=paid&utmmedium=paid&utmmedium=paid&utmmedium=paid&utmmedium=paid&utmmedium=paid&utmmedium=paid&utmmedium=paid&utmmedium=paid&utmmedium=paid&utmmedium=paid&hsaacc=506528066&hsaacc=506528066&hsaacc=506528066&hsaacc=506528066&hsaacc=506528066&hsaacc=506528066&hsaacc=506528066&hsaacc=506528066&hsaacc=506528066&hsaacc=506528066&hsaacc=506528066&hsacam=668636283&hsacam=668636283&hsacam=668636283&hsacam=668636283&hsacam=668636283&hsacam=668636283&hsacam=668636283&hsacam=668636283&hsacam=668636283&hsacam=668636283&hsacam=668636283&hsagrp=280050023&hsagrp=280050023&hsagrp=280050023&hsagrp=280050023&hsagrp=280050023&hsagrp=280050023&hsagrp=280050023&hsagrp=280050023&hsagrp=280050023&hsagrp=280050023&hsagrp=280050023&hsaad=299006253&hsaad=299006253&hsaad=299006253&hsaad=299006253&hsaad=299006253&hsaad=299006253&hsaad=299006253&hsaad=299006253&hsaad=299006253&hsaad=299006253&hsaad=299006253&hsanet=linkedin&hsanet=linkedin&hsanet=linkedin&hsanet=linkedin&hsanet=linkedin&hsanet=linkedin&hsanet=linkedin&hsanet=linkedin&hsanet=linkedin&hsanet=linkedin&hsanet=linkedin&hsaver=3&hsaver=3&hsaver=3&hsaver=3&hsaver=3&hsaver=3&hsaver=3&hsaver=3&hsaver=3&hsaver=3&hsaver=3&utmcampaign=BoostPostWebsiteVisitsNov1,2023,16:38:01&utmsource=linkedin&utmmedium=paid&hsaacc=506528066&hsacam=668636283&hsagrp=280050023&hsaad=299006253&hsanet=linkedin&hsaver=3

📣We are thrilled to announce Christopher Ailman, CIO of CalSTRS will be hosting a keynote during Global FundWomen Week ("GFWW") running December 4 -8. Mr Ailman commented: "This event is powerfully expanding gender diversity in the money management industry. I am really looking forward to sharing my thoughts. experiences, and hopefully inspiration to change the face of Wall Street" Thank you to our content volunteer committee led by Marianne O for curating this program. 🟪Team 100WF: Allyson Johnson, CAIA Alexandra McGuigan, CAIA Theodora Torcea Silvia Stanescu Myra Chan Denise Hu Lavinia Lee, CAIA Daphne Dickson Erika Cramer Gigi Jia Sanem Alkan Yulia Kosiw Priya Kaftan 🟪Team IADEI : Rob Rahbari Sheetal Thakkar Jill Kitazaki Sophia Tsai Stephanie Westen 🟪Team Clade: Jonathan Lipton Jan Oliver Koelble Angela Ng 🟪 Advisory & Allocator FundWomen Committee: Ulrika Robertsson Heather Wyckoff Sherri Rossoff Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi Claire Tucker, CFA Caroline Gillespie Greer Amy Flikerski Sarah Dyer Dana Erik Serrano Berntsen 🟪Staff: Sarah Finley Carolina De Brigard Lois Wilkins, CMP Lavinia Antonio #vision30/40 #fundwomen #capintro #GFWW2023 To learn more please visit: https://lnkd.in/e52KAja

One week ago our cofounders Stephanie Westen and Rob Rahbari of University of Rochester and Sophia Tsai and Bhakti Mirchandani of Trinity Church Wall Street were voted Advocates of the Year by their peers in Institutional Investor’s Allocators’ Choice Awards:   Thank you Institutional Investor, Arch Kapur and team for this opportunity to highlight IADEI’s work; the voters, and other incredible nominees such as Carlos Rangel, Reginald Sanders, CFA, CAIA, and team at W.K. Kellogg Foundation; our CIOs at Rochester and Trinity, Doug Phillips and Meredith Jenkins, for their support, leadership, and inspiration; Roger Vincent of Cornell University, for being a leader at IADEI and especially for leading our partnership with Jonathan Lipton, Jan Oliver Koelble, Angela Ng and the team at Clade, who have transformed our capability to drive engagement between LPs and diverse GPs; the other members of the steering committee, Harisha Koneru Haigh, Jeff Smith and others, and our advisors, for their dedication and efforts; Ted Seides, Rahul Moodgal, and Les Baquiran for their community-building efforts which have long contained diversity initiatives and inspired IADEI in its infancy; and to the 800+ LP members, some in the crowd here… and the over 1,250 GPs we have found so far… and if you haven’t yet, please visit us at IADEI.org and join us!   Together we can engage with a broader range of managers, underwrite equitably, surmount systemic barriers, and work seamlessly with peers and leaders to maximize talent.    We are grateful for all that the IADEI Fellows have done and will do, and for partnerships with our cousins, like Milken Institute, 100 Women in Finance, and CFA Society New York, and Girls Who Invest.  And, have no fear: we can all still thoughtfully build equitable portfolios, teams, and markets.  Thank you all so much.  https://lnkd.in/eMc_3qGs