Lisa Frusztajer

We get it… Fundraising is hard. With us, you don’t have to do it alone! The Capital Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to changing the narrative of who receives funding. We’re better together: You know your business - and we know fundraising. Through fundraising education, programming, community, mentorship and our network of 300+ investors we are creating a more inclusive and accessible funding ecosystem to support female and first-time founders of early stage startups. Founders! We’re here to help you OWN YOUR RAISE!

Its time to stop hiding from your ambitions and to go after what you want. As successful women, its all too easy to find ourselves stuck in a cycle of burnout and feeling held back. We know there must be something more for us, but were unsure how to get there or exactly what our goals are, so we put off making a change. Get Unstuck is a supportive community of women who uplift and empower one another. Led by Lisa Frusztajer, a certified coach, together, well overcome obstacles and embrace the next steps of our careers. By providing group coaching sessions, free resources, and a community of support, Get Unstuck shows women how to figure out exactly where they are headed and why so they can create a future that energizes and inspires them.

Investing in UNIQUELY QUALIFIED founders through global agency and smart capital. We deploy 3 forms of capital across all sectors of Healthcare: 1) Human Capital 2) Financial Capital 3) Cultural Capital 3CC invests in global-minded future leaders of industry who combine ingenuity with sound business practices to create breaches to the status quo and currently established markets. We use a heuristics-based approach to narrow down the future of Healthcare. Target: pre-seed, seed, and Series A

We get it… Fundraising is hard. With us, you don’t have to do it alone! The Capital Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to changing the narrative of who receives funding. We’re better together: You know your business - and we know fundraising. Through fundraising education, programming, community, mentorship and our network of 300+ investors we are creating a more inclusive and accessible funding ecosystem to support female and first-time founders of early stage startups. Founders! We’re here to help you OWN YOUR RAISE!

One of the driving goals of Next Wave Impact is to increase diversity in angel investing and high growth entrepreneurship. Our first pilot programs sought to narrow the gender gap in angel investing by providing nearly 200 women a unique learning opportunity that allowed them to build a diversified portfolio of investments, receive mentoring by women who are experienced angel investors, and an education & training program around angel investing. We completed two pilot programs: a US program in partnership with Portfolia and Go Beyond Investing and a Europe program in partnership with Go Beyond Investing and the European Business Angel Network. The Angel Capital Association also partnered with us on the education and training piece, which was supported by the Kauffman Foundation. Second funds are now underway in both the US and Europe. We have also set up a 501c(3) nonprofit organization, the Next Wave Foundation, which will focus on building out the education and training programs, as well as a global network of women investors and entrepreneurs (and the men who support them). The Next Wave Network is a global movement to increase women’s participation in angel investing as an asset class. It has been developed to provide an enriching investment experience; including an investment portfolio in start-ups, an education of the investment process, and the development of a global angel community of successful business women across the US, Europe, Africa,Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.

Pipeline Angels is changing the face of angel investing and creating capital for founders who are trans women, cis women, agender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and two-spirit. In 2023, Pipeline Angels became part of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL). Our members serve as the friends and family round for entrepreneurs who may not already have support at that critical stage. Learn more: pipelineangels.org