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February 27, 2024
Embarc Collective’s Investor Fly-In
Connect with national investors for an exclusive program during Tampa Bay Innovation Week.
February 21, 2024
In Check with Fintech
From dance to Fintech entrepreneurship: Breaking barriers with Katie Palencsar, Partner at Anthemis
February 10, 2024
33rd Annual Women in Business Conference
As one of HBS's largest student-run events with over 1,000 attendees, the conference aims to inspire the next generation of leaders by inviting inspirational women to share their valuable life experiences and lessons with its participants.
January 31, 2024
Converge Podcast
The VC fintech environment in 2024: Pragmatism and the art of playing the long game
November 29, 2023
Financial Times Global Banking Summit
Embedded finance offers many opportunities for banks. With fintech valuations declining, embedded finance provides banks with the chance to advance more aggressively into the sector as they seek to broaden their business offerings to consumers and keep pace with competitors.
November 8, 2023
SuperVenture North America 2023
Latest market dynamics have caused firms to focus on seed-stage investment according to H1 data on deal activity. But is tunnel vision developing among GPs, causing them to miss high returns from late-stage investments? How much appetite is there for investment across the different stages?
December 7, 2021
Finding Funding for Female FinTech Founders - Fearless in FinTech
The Paradigm Shifting Business Strategy Event for FinTech Leaders Who Recognize that Innovation Begins with Inclusion
November 12, 2021
Diversity, Inclusion & Impact on Consumer Fintech Innovation
We wrapped up the The Big Bank Theory Conference with an esteemed panel: Katie Palencsar, Investor and Global Head of Venture Studio at Anthemis Group, Donald Hawkins, Co-Founder & CEO at First Boulevard, and Rob Curtis, Co-Founder & CEO at Daylight. They discussed diversity, inclusion, and the impact on consumer fintech innovation.
October 13, 2021
How Diversity and Inclusion Drives Superior Innovation
This session will explore how focusing on diversity and inclusion is not only the right thing to do but it’s the smart thing to do as sculpting-in diversity and inclusion across the enterprise drives superior product innovation, customer experiences and the bottom line.
October 9, 2021
Women of Power Symposium
The Women of Power Symposium is designed to heighten young women’s awareness and confidence regarding their academic potential and ability to effect change on multiple levels. The Women of Power Symposium believes that every young woman can develop aptitudes to innovate, transcend barriers, and become trailblazers.
October 4, 2021
Fintech Insider - Ep.568 - Barclays and Anthemis backing female founders in the UK
Gwera Kiwana and Benajmin Ensor are joined by some great guests from Anthemis and Deel to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Barclays and Anthemis bring female-focused fintech fund to the UK, Citi launches tech hub in Bahrain, and a crypto-trading hamster outperforms Warren Buffett. All of this and much much more on today's show!
September 29, 2021
British Chamber of Commerce /Tomorrow Street Women in Tech
It is no secret that having a balanced workforce in terms of gender at all levels is key for a business to flourish. However challenges remain. The BCC in partnership with Tomorrow Street are pleased to invite you to a Live event: "Layers of Expertise: Do you foster an environment which allows all to thrive?"
June 23, 2021
De Montfort University - Female Leadership and Innovation
Women represent a powerful market segment more than twice as big as China and India combined, with $20tr of consumer spending, and they own or operate between 25-33% of private business at any one time. However, while some companies target women as end-users, few effectively leverage their talent fully, or unlock the innovative potential of women.
April 28, 2021
Falls Fintech VC Panel
A panel to discuss and give advice to founders on best practices when trying to raise funds in the early stages and the best way to work with VCs.
February 25, 2021
Finimize - How to Diversify with Diversity
A conversation with Anthemis and Union Square Ventures on the frameworks of investing in diversity.
February 22, 2021
Women in Entrepreneurship Panel
The Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre are pleased to continue their panel series, focussing on industries in which women are typically underrepresented. By introducing these panels into the WLC events’ programme, our aim is to explore the opportunities for women working in, or hoping to work in, these specific industries.
December 3, 2020
High Water Women - Emerging Managers: Delivering a Diverse Economy
Studies show that emerging managers often deliver superior, risk-adjusted returns but these investors have traditionally had limited access to capital. In this session we will discuss investments from the fiduciary perspective of the asset allocators who work to outperform the broader indices through truly unique investment opportunities with the emerging managers they fund.
November 18, 2020
Ladies who Launch Summit - Show Me the Money
In Show Me the Money: Financing Strategies for Founders we got an up-close-and-personal look at the relationship between Founder and Investor. Over the course of the 45 minute chat, Katie and Kaeya specifically covered financing strategies that have been successful or failed for women-owned businesses.
November 17, 2020
Achieving Gender Equity in the FinTech Community
The vast majority of FinTech founders and professionals are men. Company formation and fundraising activity over the last decade suggest that these trends will continue. A collective effort among three key stakeholders - investors, founders and financial institutions - is needed to improve diversity within the FinTech founder community.
November 12, 2020
Breaking Banks Podcast - A Brave New World
Chloe chats with Katie Palencsar Venture Studio Lead at Anthemis and Eli Polanco, Founder of Nivelo, about a recent report published by Anthemis, Empowering Female Founders – Moving from a Vicious Cycle to a Virtuous Cycle. Our guests reveal the difference between talk and action and discuss what TRUE change really looks like.
October 20, 2020
How did a dancer turn VC? A Journey from Founder to Funder - Jersey Shore Women in Tech
Katie Palencsar’s path to VC was anything but traditional. A first generation college grad, a dance & theater major turned edtech founder, she joins us to discuss the how she landed in venture capital after selling her own company in 2017. Leading the Female Innovators Lab by Barclays and Anthemis, she shares how launching a venture studio has engaged every part of the ecosystem from startups to investors to corporate partners and why she believes this convergence is necessary to move the needle for female founders.
October 7, 2020
Inclusive Entrepreneurship - NYC Media Lab Summit 2020
Katie Palencsar is an investor and venture studio lead at Anthemis Group. In this NYC Media Lab Summit 2020 workshop, Katie leads a conversation about diversity, inclusion, and equity in the workplace. She unpacks how Anthemis is working to shift the paradigm on diversity in fintech and level the field for underrepresented entrepreneurs. Additionally, she shares insights on navigating corporate partnerships. As a successful startup founder, Katie shares her experiences as an entrepreneur from concept to exit, as well as obstacles and opportunities learned along the way.
September 30, 2020
Taking up Space: Women and their presence in FinTech
With conversations about diversity, inclusion, and equity within the workplace on top-of-mind for all company leaders, how has the changing face of financial technology and services impacted the women working every day to build in the FinTech ecosystem, and why are there so few?
August 17, 2020
HLB Audit-Tax Advisory Conference 2020
As the pandemic continues on, reconfiguring the future of the global economy, a great divide between industries that are faring well and those that are struggling is emerging. We witness how technologies that help us translate from physical to digital world excel in these difficult times. But what will be technologies that will shape the next chapter of the future and the way we conduct business for the time to come? And what are the emerging trends that will transform the business going forward?
July 30, 2020
Founders and Funders Digital 2020
Founders + Funders (F+F) is a one-day digital gathering, focused on startup growth, fundraising, and investing for women, non-binary people, and allies.
June 30, 2020
Ladies who Launch/Diversity VC Female Founder Office Hours 2020
Bringing together 30+ venture investors from across the US, this virtual event is something we have been working on for the past two months, inspired by Playfair Capital’s Female Founder Office Hours hosted in the UK. We are incredibly grateful to Playfair Capital for collaborating with us to bring Female Founder Office Hours across the pond! This support truly validates the power of a global collective as we all work together to combat statistics that can no longer be ignored.
May 6, 2020
BMO & 1871 WMN in Fintech fireside chat
A mentoring program for women-led startups. The program is designed for startups that have created services or solutions for the financial sector, offer insights and advice to customers, or help identify customer needs.
November 8, 2019
Founders and Funders 2019 NYC
Founders + Funders (F+F) is a one-day conference in New York, focused on startup growth, fundraising, and investing for women and other underrepresented groups.
June 6, 2019
NYU 2020, Outsell 2019
Industry leaders address the gender gap, share stories of mistakes and successes, all leaving you with thought-provoking ways to have a gender diverse company.
