Fourthwave: Accelerating Women-Led Tech Companies

Cheryl Beninga is an experienced Venture Capital investor, Board Member and Advisor for technology companies in strategy, financing and M&A for over twenty years beginning with her time at Intel Capital. She has experience investing in and building high growth organizations in clean technology, mobile software, MedTech and enterprise software. She is Managing Director of Wai-Mohala Ventures and Beninga Advisors.  She is also co-founder of Fourthwave, the Sacramento-based accelerator for women-led technology companies.  She joins Mark to talk about her personal career journey that includes a wide range of experiences in the tech and venture space and how that led her to the work she is now doing with Fourthwave.  Then they dive into details about the resources like high quality mentorship, access to capital, and conscious leadership training that Fourthwave provides to the founders and talk about how investing in women is one of the most effective ways to reduce inequality and increase economic growth.   Fourthwave’s third cohort launched in August 2021 and is in full swing!  You can learn more about their cohort here: https://www.fourthwave.io/2021-cohort.

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