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Excited to share that I’m included in the 2024 Gaingels 100, celebrating LGBTQIA+ venture-backed founders! A big step up from last year when I made Forbes' list of "30 CEOs Over 30 Still on Their Parents' Cell Phone Plan." This list (the former lol) highlights inspiring entrepreneurs worldwide who embody the values Gaingels stands to support and invest in. Check out our stories: https://lnkd.in/etE--NZC Huge thanks to my Beepboop for building this company with me. We look forward to work with Lorenzo Thione, Brian Lucksinger, Amanda Abbe, & everyone on the Gaingels team. Hopefully, this project showcasing representation inspires countless LGBTIQA+ entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams!

Path Robotics, an AI-driven robotic welding pioneer, raised $100M in Series D VC funding! Led by Matter Venture Partners & Drive Capital, his investment will expand operations and accelerate development, tackling U.S. manufacturing labor shortages with cutting-edge automation. Congrats to co-founders Andrew Lonsberry & Alex Lonsberry and the Path team for pushing the boundaries of innovation! 🔗 Read more about our portfolio company and how this Columbus, Ohio-based team is transforming the welding industry: https://lnkd.in/gKwyXPzp

🚀 We’ve hit the Nasdaq board for a second time this year! This time, we’re spotlighted alongside other venture-backed LGBTQ+ led companies, thanks to our partners at Gaingels. For our founder, Quin Wills, this recognition is especially meaningful as it reflects his personal and professional journey in founding Ochre Bio. We believe diversity is the secret sauce of every high-performing team, and moments like these celebrate our efforts to foster a diverse culture within Ochre. Each of our teams in Oxford, New York, and Taipei brings together unique experiences and perspectives – a strength we believe is crucial for advancing research into complex, late-stage liver diseases and RNA therapies. Learn more about Quin in his Gaingels interview: https://lnkd.in/eHMkVW_y #TeamOchre #Biotech #Genomics #LiverDisease

Femtech funding is on the rise!! So far this year, $980 million has been deployed across 64 deals, up from the previous year’s total of $840 million from 94 deals. There is still a lot more work to be done, but it’s great seeing the momentum move in the right direction. It’s an honor to see Gaingels listed! Thank you PitchBook and Jacob Robbins, for the recognition. #femtech  https://lnkd.in/g9-9nZcD

Supercool ai-powerup for ad content creation from Gaingels portfolio company CIPIO.ai

"Visibility and representation are important. They inspire and prove to someone out there that anything is possible, for them too - no matter where they come from, the color of their skin, the body they feel themselves in, or the gender they love". — Lorenzo Thione, Managing Director at Gaingels. The #Gaingel100 isn’t just a list—it’s a celebration of inspiring LGBTQIA+ founders shaping the future of #venture-backed companies worldwide. From seed stage to IPOs, these leaders are pushing boundaries, driving change, and breaking stereotypes. Their journeys offer a roadmap for others to follow—and surpass—and we’re excited to share these powerful stories with the world. Want a closer look at the incredible 100? Request a copy of book through the link our the comments—it’ll be a great addition to your coffee table. ☕📚 #Representation #LGBTQIA #VentureCapital

Every year, we eagerly unveil the Gaingels 100, a curation of 100 exceptional and inspiring #LGBTQIA+ founders from across the world who are shaping the future of business. This year, on #NationalComingOutDay, we celebrated the launch of our third edition at Nasdaq HQ—with a special view of the bell-ringing and a billboard feature! Then, we headed to the EDITION Hotel for a celebratory brunch. ✨🏙️ Here’s to all the visionaries honored this year — and to those yet to come! If you're one of the featured 100, let everyone know in the comments. ☺️ 👇 #Gaingels100 #NASDAQ #Entrepreneurship #VCBacked #GaingelsWeek2024

Seeing Higher Powers on the Nasdaq billboard was surreal! Last week, our startup-which Nicole, Ayan, and I founded to revolutionize mental health care through innovative psychedelic therapies-lit up Times Square alongside a handful of other phenomenal startups. A huge shoutout to Gaingels, Lorenzo, Brian, and Amanda for making this happen and for all their support. If you haven't already, check out my profile in this year's Gaingels 100: https://lnkd.in/gtvDux8G #psychedelics #mentalhealth #gaingels100 #startups #nasdaq

When we were starting AirOps, we had basically no traffic. Our solution? Long tail keywords. Why? Less competition. Easier way to develop authority. So we created 500 pages answering the top 500 questions people had when writing SQL. Within three months, we had over 100,000 uniques a month coming to our website because Google recognized no one else was efficiently answering the user’s search intent. No tricks. Just authoritative content searchers were looking for. Long tail keywords don’t necessarily have the highest search volume, if you’re looking to start somewhere, it’s a great place.

Last week Higher Powers was featured alongside a handful of other phenomenal startups on the Nasdaq billboard in Times Square. Being showcased in such an iconic way amplifies the excitement around our mission and highlights the disruptive impact we're making! Huge shoutout to Gaingels, Lorenzo Thione, Brian Lucksinger, Amanda Abbe for making this happen and for all their support. #gaingels #gaingels100 #psychedelicsindustry