Women CAN invest - Sinéad Fitzgerald

Want to learn how to invest? In this episode of Femmebot, we sit down with Sinéad Fitzgerald — Microsoft partnership lead by day, founder of Vested Impact by night, and one of the most quietly powerful forces reshaping how women access capital in Australia and New Zealand.Sinéad joins us in her personal capacity for a raw, generous conversation about money, power and agency, and why women have been locked out of investing conversations for far too long. We unpack everything from employee share schemes and angel investing, to why so many women hand financial decisions to their partners without realising it, and how that lack of education becomes a structural risk.She shares:Why less than 0.5% of VC funding in Australia goes to women founders — and what actually needs to changeHow employee share schemes can quietly become financial landmines if you don’t understand themWhat angel investing really is (and why it’s not just for the ultra-wealthy)Why financial independence is a safety issue, not a “nice to have”How she’s using AI as a personal board of advisors to build, think and lead faster — without losing her valuesThis episode is for anyone who’s ever thought “I should probably understand investing… but it feels intimidating” — and for women who are ready to stop sitting on the sidelines of wealth creation.If you’re investor-curious, founder-adjacent, or just done outsourcing your financial power — this one’s for you.