When Women Invest, You Make More Money! - Diversity is Strength with SARAH KUNST | CLEO CAPITAL

Peter Saddington interviews Sarah Kunst of Cleo Capital, revealing key insights into venture capital investment strategies. Kunst highlights two significant gaps in the VC landscape: the underutilization of female scouts and the lack of dedicated pre-seed funding. Cleo Capital addresses this by employing a network of female founders as scouts, empowering them to invest in companies they believe in without a specific diversity mandate. This leverages their unique networks and perspectives. Kunst elaborates on the difficulty founders face in securing pre-seed funding from venture firms, even those claiming to offer it. Cleo Capital actively fills this gap by focusing on pre-seed investments, allowing the scout network to invest in companies at very early stages. Kunst's approach gives investment autonomy to her scouts to invest in what they want.