When:
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where:
Online
Webcast Link
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Sonia Kim
(847) 467-0446
Group: Innovation and New Ventures Office
Category: Academic
Join the Querrey InQbation Lab for this FoundHer series event with Allison Allen, Founder and Investor, Trail Run Capital
While the FoundHer series is focused on supporting women innovators and entrepreneurs, all are welcome to register.
Learn about:
- Coming up with startup ideas
- Common characteristics of unicorn companies
- What top VCs look for at your first stage of fundraising and beyond
- Tips on raising your first round of capital - from creating a pitch deck to finding investors
- Learnings from 35+ angel investments
About the Speaker:
Allison Allen is a founder, operator, and investor. She has been an angel investor in 35+ companies, including unicorns such as Esusu and Mercury.
Prior to investing full-time, Allison worked at Uber during the early days as the company scaled from 2000 to 25,000 employees globally. At Uber, Allison managed driver payments in 70+ countries and led the launch of its instant payment product to $1.3B in volume in the first year.
After Uber, Allison joined as the co-founder and COO of Fast, the original 1-click checkout company, which raised > $100M before being acquired by Affirm.