Fiftyfaces Focus - The Last Frontier: Diverse Founders and VCs

Fiftyfaces Focus - The Last Frontier: Diverse Founders and VCs

Aoifinn Devitt

Episodes 29
Avg. Duration 27m
Activity Sporadic
Since Apr 2021
Latest Episode Oct 2025

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
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adevitt.podomatic.com

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About This Podcast

It has been said that "access to capital is the last frontier of the civil rights movement". This podcast series tells the stories of diverse founders and venture capitalists across the business landscape, their experience with accessing capital and growing their businesses and the networks that have enabled them to thrive.

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Recent Episodes

Episode 24: Violeta Noya of bebot digital - Out of the Box Thinking for Out of Home Media in Brazil - Latin American Voices

Oct 14, 2025 32m

Violeta Kertesz Noya is Chief Executive Officer and Partner at bebot digital as well as a board member at PG Advogados and Coohnect. She launched and sold Otima, an Out of Home Media Company in…

Episode 5: Courtney McColgan, Founder and CEO of Runa, Tech for Small and Mid-Cap Businesses - when to de-risk and when to rebuid

Oct 03, 2025 12m

In this special episode - part of our Latin American voices series, we return to our discussion with Courtney McColgan,  for a new discussion. We spoke in June 2023 about her role as founder and CEO…

Episode 23: Anthony Amunategui - On Leadership and Capturing the Factory of the Future

Aug 15, 2023 36m

Anthony Amunategui is founder of CDO Group, a women owned business that provides general Contracting and Construction Management.  He now spends most of his time as podcast host of The Future Factory…

Episode 22: Isabella Mandis of Girls Who VC: Setting the Stage for A New Generation

Jul 12, 2023 24m

Isabella Mandis has just finished her freshman year at Harvard College and the founder of “Girls who VC” an industry affinity group which offers resources, content and community to women interested…

Episode 21: Courtney McColgan of Runa: Navigating Tech in Latin America and What they Don't Teach you in Stanford Business School

Jun 20, 2023 30m

Courtney McColgan is founder and CEO at Runa, a Mexico City based firm that offers a complete cloud-based HR and payroll software solution designed for small to medium-sized companies in Latin…

Episode 20: Courtney Russell McCrea of Recast Capital: Moving Down the Capital Stack and Finding Gold

Jun 07, 2023 31m

Courtney Russell McCrea is co-founder and Managing Partner at Recast Capital, a platform supporting and investing in emerging managers in venture.  She was most recently a Managing Director of…

Episode 19: Andy Ayim, MBE - Setting the Standard at Angel Investing School

May 17, 2023 28m

Andy Ayim, MBE is an investor and founder based in the UK, and runs an Angel Investing School designed to “teach people how to invest small tickets in start-ups effortlessly." He has run the School…

Episode 18: Betsy Cohen of Cohen Circle: Creating Impact through Fintech and Beyond - a Life of Seizing Opportunities

May 10, 2023 32m

Betsy Cohen has built financial businesses for her whole career. She is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Cohen Circle, a growth stage investment firm focused on the fintech and impact spaces.  She was…

Episode 17: Bonus: Laura Sage - The Power to Chill Anywhere

Feb 04, 2023 25m

Laura Sage is CEO at Chill Anywhere, and Co-Founder of the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation.  She has previously held a series of advisory and business development roles at different financial…

Episode 16: Adam Demuyakor of Wilshire Lane Capital: on Ghost Kitchens, Self Storage and other PropTech opportunities

Nov 14, 2022 31m

Adam Demuyakor is the founder and managing partner at Wilshire Lane Capital, a venture capital and private equity firm that focuses on PropTech solutions based in Los Angeles California.  Born in the…

Episode 15: Constance Freedman of Moderne Ventures - A Modern Masterclass in Innovation through Networking

Nov 08, 2022 24m

Constance Freedman is Founder and Managing Partner at Moderne Ventures as well as Moderne Passport – an early stage investment fund and industry immersion program which is focused on investing in…

Episode 14: Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes of Aruwa Capital Management: Investing Through a Gender Lens

Nov 02, 2022 26m

Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes is the founder of Aruwa Capital Management, a growth equity impact fund investing in untapped opportunities across Nigeria and West Africa.Founded when she was only 29, Aruwa…

Episode 13: Frans van Eersel of dopay: On the Frontier of Empowerment and Impact

Oct 25, 2022 21m

Frans van Eersel is the CEO and Founder of dopay, a payments company headquartered in London but with a primary market of Egypt, where Frans lived for 4 years.  He has had a long career in industry,…

Episode 12: Ahryun Moon of Goodtime.io - Scheduling Efficiency and Analyzing the Female Founders Discount

Oct 18, 2022 30m

Ahryun Moon is Founder and Head of Company Strategy at GoodTime.io a company designed to boost employee productivity by making scheduling meetings easier. This is not her first time founding a…

Episode 11: Ashwini Asokan of Mad Street Den - Demystifying AI through Anthropology and Insight

Oct 11, 2022 38m

Ashwini Asokan is the founder and CEO of Mad Street Den, an Artificial Intelligence company, powering Retail, Education, Healthcare, Media, Finance & more with its image recognition platforms,…

Episode 2: 2022 Diverse and Frontier Founders and VCs - The Road Ahead

Oct 07, 2022 5m Trailer

In our second series focused on founders, allocators and investors on the Frontier – we hear from a diverse group of professionals who share their vision for investing, impact and change.  From…

Episode 10: Sherrese Clark Soares of HarbourView Equity Partners: Keeping a Steady Beat in Private Capital and Life

Oct 04, 2022 11m

Sherrese Clarke Soares is the founder and CEO of HarbourView Equity Partners, a global investment firm focused on niche markets and esoteric investments in the media and entertainment space.  She…

Episode 9: Kike Oniwinde Agoro: Taking Flight - From Javelin Throwing to Network Building

Sep 13, 2022 23m

Kike Oniwinde Agoro is the Founder and CEO of BYP Network, a platform that connects Black professionals to each other and corporations. She is a BSc Economics graduate of The University of…

Episode 8: Yvonne Bajela - Innovating through Impact

Sep 03, 2021 18m

Yvonne Bajela is an investor in early stage companies at Impact X Capital, which invests in start-ups across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She has worked across the globe in investment banking,…

Episode 7: James Norman - A Collective Response to Piloting Change

Aug 27, 2021 33m

James Norman is CEO at Pilotly, a market research platform for creative content, based in the Bay Area. He is a Partner at Transparent Collective, a group of founders dedicated to increasing exposure…

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