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Women, Capital & Confidence: Building the Triangle's Investment Ecosystem
Episode 67
Friday, 10 April, 2026
Host Trevor Schmidt chats with five powerhouse voices — Abha Bowers, Head of Strategic Partnerships at CED; Anna Tharrington, Partner at Hutchison PLLC; Zakiya Alta Lee, Principal at Idea Fund Partners; Seema Nand, CEO and Co-founder of South Sim Biotech; and Elizabeth Kelly, Managing Director at Pappas Capital — about what it truly takes to close the gender gap in entrepreneurship and venture capital. Recorded live on the eve of the Venture Connect Conference at the Strength in Numbers mixer, this episode captures an ecosystem mid-momentum: a community of founders, investors, and allies who are done waiting for the conversation to change and are actively changing it themselves. From Zakiya's practical framework for diversifying VC deal-flow sourcing, to Seema's first FDA meeting milestone, to Liz's candid admission that early-stage investing is lonelier than people think, the episode is a rare, unfiltered look at the real infrastructure being built to support underrepresented founders in the Triangle. Plus, Zakiya Alta Lee reframes the "only woman in the room" dynamic entirely — flipping the script on a familiar frustration into a pitch-room superpower, reminding founders that the unicorn in the room is exactly who everyone is looking for. Hosted by Trevor Schmidt, Founder Shares is brought to you by Hutchison PLLC.
