Katherine Olives
The next installment in our Standard Chartered Women Entrepreneurs' Speaker Series will be a panel on alternative ways to raise capital. It will be held on Wednesday, November 11th, from 5:30-6:30pm in Shepard Hall room 107.
The panel will discuss how enterprises can finance their companies using alternative funding mechanism such as rewards, donation, and crowdfunding. They will also consider how policy reform through The JOBS Act has created opportunity for issuers and investors by leveraging equity and debt crowdfunding.
Moderator
Geri Stengel
Geri Stengel is founder and president of Ventureneer, a content marketing, marketing research, and education company that helps companies reach small businesses. As a writer (author of Forget the Glass Ceiling: Building Your Business Without One and Stand Out In the Crowd: How Women (and Men) Benefit From Equity Crowdfunding, Forbes contributor writing about the success factor of women entrepreneurs, and QuickBooks contributor writing about finance), consultant, teacher (Kauffman FastTrac facilitator and former adjunct professor at The New School) and speaker, Geri has helped thousands of entrepreneurs take their vision to reality, develop their business plan, and learn the strategies and tactics they need to grow their businesses.
Panelists:
Douglas S. Ellenoff
Recognized as a thought leader and expert on the nuanced legalities of the JOBS Act, Douglas S. Ellenoff, a member of the firm of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, has been a key representative and advocate for the industry and has actively engaged with the SEC to discuss many aspects of the proposed new law. Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP is the leading law firm serving the securities crowdfunding industry and is one of the top IPO law firms in the US. EG&S has pioneered several alternative finance programs, including SPACs, Registered Directs, PIPEs and Reverse Mergers. Additionally, EG&S is working with securities professionals internationally to assist them with shaping smart legislation to foster investment crowdfunding in their jurisdictions. EG&S is actively engaged with clients in the crowdfunding industry, including funding portals, broker-dealers, technology solution providers, software developers, investors and entrepreneurs.
Julia Maltby
Julia serves as the Director of Business Development at Plum Alley, a tech platform that helps entrepreneurs raise funds via crowdfunding and increases the base of individuals that invest in female founded companies. For the last year Julia has headed all of the campaigns on Plum Alley, providing over one hundred entrepreneurs with expert advice on how to best set up their companies for successful crowdfunding campaigns and additional capital raises down the line. Julia additionally speaks frequently at events on topics such as startups, raising capital, and women in tech. Prior to joining the Plum Alley team, Julia served as the Director of Operations at R.E.A.L Skills Network Inc., a teachers assistant at the International Center of Photography, and a gallery manager at Mountain Fold Gallery. Julia earned her BA from Vassar College.
Kim Wales
Kim Wales is the Founder and CEO of Wales Capital and CrowdBureau. Wales Capital is a leading strategy, risk management, and regulatory compliance €“ consulting firm focusing primarily on policy reform such as the JOBS Act (equity/ debt based securities crowdfunding) across the financial services, real estate, consumer product and IT industries. CrowdBureau provides an unbiased and transparent view into P2P Lending and small-medium enterprise (SME) and emerging growth company (EGC) market analysis, ratings, research, and portfolio tools. The firm serves investors, emerging growth businesses and platforms by providing a centralized hub for real-time private public securities.