Clayton Erwin

Gaingels is a leading venture investment syndicate in support of and representing the LGBTQIA+ community and allies in the venture capital space. Gaingels also supports its companies with a diverse talent and capital pipeline and provides an internal diverse board member recruitment advisory to help bring more diversity and representation within private boards. Gaingels invests in companies with diverse/LGBTQIA+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in other high-growth companies resolved on building more inclusive teams. Gaingels is an ardent supporter the Diversity Term Sheet Rider Initiative to increase access to venture funding events for non-traditional check writers, and regularly co-invests with select VC leads across a variety of sectors, from technology, to B2B, healthcare and consumer, in competitive and over-subscribed rounds from Seed to Growth/pre-IPO. For more information visit www.gaingels.com.

Collected Strategies is a communications and investor relations firm specializing in high-stakes situations, including M&A, shareholder activism, corporate reputation, litigation and bankruptcy. Our firm combines decades of experience with unique media insights and financial communications expertise to advise clients. Our founding principle is that the best advice comes from the deepest relationships. As such, our commitment to clients is to work as perpetual partners, offering senior-led counsel on the full range of corporate, operational and social issues that come with running a business. We have advised on more than $3.5 trillion worth of hostile and friendly transactions, counseled hundreds of companies through engagements with shareholder activists and bring to each assignment unique insights from having broken and covered the biggest stories in business.

Gaingels is a leading venture investment syndicate in support of and representing the LGBTQIA+ community and allies in the venture capital space. Gaingels also supports its companies with a diverse talent and capital pipeline and provides an internal diverse board member recruitment advisory to help bring more diversity and representation within private boards. Gaingels invests in companies with diverse/LGBTQIA+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in other high-growth companies resolved on building more inclusive teams. Gaingels is an ardent supporter the Diversity Term Sheet Rider Initiative to increase access to venture funding events for non-traditional check writers, and regularly co-invests with select VC leads across a variety of sectors, from technology, to B2B, healthcare and consumer, in competitive and over-subscribed rounds from Seed to Growth/pre-IPO. For more information visit www.gaingels.com.

Joele Frank is a leading strategic financial communications and investor relations firm recognized for our intellect, integrity and intensity. We help our clients take control. Since our founding in January 2000, we have pursued a clear purpose: to deliver excellent, effective and accountable communications counsel and support to enable our clients to achieve their goals. We have a well-established track record of helping our clients assess their situation, weigh options, establish objectives, and quickly arrive at a strategy that enables them to move forward with strength and confidence. We immerse ourselves in our clients’ business and stand by them. And we hold ourselves accountable for performance. The firm has offices in New York and San Francisco and serves clients all over the world.