Barbara Russell
About Barbara Russell
Recognized authority, thought provoker and frequent speaker on #venturecapital, #early-stage, #startup, #fundraising, #diversity, #inclusivefinance, #FinTech, #entreprenuership, #EdTech, #CleanTech, #finance, #pitchcompetitions, Barbara just completed serving as a judge in her TWENTIETH pitch competition (virtually, of course) since COVID began with such competitive ones as: Rice U. Pitch; NYState Bus Plan Comp; BU BuildLab; and previously, MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge; NFTE; HarvardiLab, U MASS. As a founder of Cap W, she realized her longstanding mission to advance the ability of the most promising early-stage companies to succeed through our model of investing and accelerating women and POC-led businesses in tech and tech-enabled companies, principally focused on the AI, ML, VR, and ed-tech sectors. We provide strategic advice that maximizes the ability of these companies to scale via targeted fundraising from optimal and inclusive strategic, venture, and other capital sources.