EDGE 2025 - Sarah Dusek: Investing In Women To Invest In The World
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When you invest in a woman, she invests in her community, she invests in her family, she invests in the world in which she lives, and everything changes around her. Sarah Dusek shares her experience investing in the women of Africa through her venture capital firm and explores how scaling up women-led businesses helps close societal gaps and uplift local communities.
Key Takeaways:
- Female Entrepreneurial Challenges: Sarah Dusek says that raising capital as a female entrepreneur can be challenging, as women often face dismissal or lack of understanding from venture capitalists.
- Unequal Valuation: Despite building a profitable business, Sarah faced unequal valuation compared to male competitors.
- Overcoming Unfair Obstacles: Sarah persevered through unfair investment terms and even verbal abuse from investors, eventually finding fairer funding.
- Empowering Female Entrepreneurs: Sarah launched her own venture capital fund to invest in and empower female entrepreneurs in Africa, recognizing the importance of closing the wealth gap.
- The Wisdom of Women-Led Businesses: Investing in women-led businesses makes good business sense, as research shows they tend to outperform male-led businesses in revenue and returns.
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