"Only 2% of venture funding goes to women, and that has to change!" Preethy Padmanabhan, Investor

The guest speaker is Preethy Padmanabhan, an investor with Portfolia, and How Women Invest.   Preethy serves as a Board Director for Nextstem.ai and board advisor for Sendoso. She is host of the 10X Growth Strategies podcast and has featured popular Silicon Valley CXOs and investors as guests. We talked about - Career transition from engineering to marketing and to investment - Top 4 rules to follow when joining the investment world - How to decide if your AI startup idea offers a unique solution or not - Investors' checklist in choosing the startup to invest - Why and how childhood experience as an immigrant can shape us to become successful leaders in America   Whether you're a first-time investor or an experienced one, this video is packed with valuable insights to guide your journey.   🚀 Don't miss these expert insights—watch now and learn how to position your startup for success! 🔔 Subscribe for more expert investment and fundraising tips! Find Verso Talk on Podcasts Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7uwGvLjylyL80vvDqIm8PG Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/verso-talk-with-aytakin/id1793461877  Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d7f49868-74c9-4025-a48e-59a21f5af80b/verso-talk-with-aytakin iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-verso-talk-with-aytakin-262686366/   Follow Verso Talk with Aytakin on Instagram for exclusive short clips and sneak peeks of interviews with successful immigrant investors. https://www.instagram.com/versotalkwithaytakin/   Follow me on LinkedIn for inspirational stories of successful immigrant leaders and changemakers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aytakin-aliyeva-femigrants/ Subscribe to "Femigrants Connect", a bi-weekly newsletter to be informed about the elegant and unique events that I host to bring together a global community of diverse immigrant leaders in Silicon Valley, New York, and London: https://femigrants.com/subscribe-to-femigrants-connect/ ------------------------------------------------------------------   #invesment #Howtoraisefunds #howtoinvest #howtogetinvestment #howtopitchtoinvestors #pitching #startup #angelinvestors #fundraising #raisefunds #investor #immigrantinvestors #SiliconValley #raisemoney #venturecapital #venturefunding #venturer #investmenttips #investmentdecisions #investing #investor