GOLDEN SEEDS NEWSLETTER

Summer greetings from Golden Seeds.  In this issue, see advice from Golden Seeds Managing Director Barbara Yastine about the many reasons entrepreneurs should carefully cultivate relationships with their investors.  And we provide tips from Managing Partner Peggy Wallace for successfully serving on the board of directors of a start-up company. Read about our recent investment in Grasshopper Bank. And have a look at three articles about promising women-led Golden Seeds companies:  Kalion, Inc., Industrial biotechnology provider of high-purity chemicals from biomass; Haxiot, which enables enterprises to connect and optimize distributed assets; and MeetElise, an AI company that is on a mission to control housing and property management costs.
HOW ENTREPRENEURS CAN TURN INVESTORS INTO CHAMPIONS

Entrepreneurs invest their hearts and souls in their businesses. Golden Seeds Managing Director Barbara Yastine shares how a modest but disciplined investment in communications and engagement can turn investors into champions.

TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFULLY SERVING ON A START UP BOARD

Being offered a position on a board of directors can be flattering, exciting and even offer new opportunities, but it’s a big commitment.Golden Seeds Managing Partner Peggy Wallace shares tips on how to successfully serve on a board .

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GOLDEN SEEDS INVESTS IN GRASSHOPPER BANK, A DE NOVO BANK FOCUSED ON INNOVATION ECONOMY COMPANIES, AS PART OF $116 MILLION CAPITAL RAISE

We are pleased to be among the early investors in this new bank, offering a full array of commercial banking products. Congratulations to Judith Erwin, CEO of Grasshopper Bank, and her team.

HOW DID SHE DO IT? A Q&A WITH KRISTALA JONES PRATHER, PH.D., CHIEF SCIENTIST AND CO-FOUNDER OF KALION 

Kristala Jones Prather, shares how her company created a more biologically-friendly, cost-effective way to produce a compound that has even greater potential than ever imagined.

HOW DID SHE DO IT? A Q&A WITH YOUYI KITSON, CO-FOUNDER AND COO OF HAXIOT   

Youyi explains how her company uses low power wide area (LPWA) technology to facilitate end-to-end IOT connectivity.  

HOW DID SHE DO IT? A Q&A WITH MINNA SONG, CO-FOUNDER OF MEETELISE

With a mission to make housing more affordable for all, Minna explains how MeetElise is leveraging AI to reduce property management costs, picking up major real estate players as customers and investors along the way. 

The early-stage investment firm with a focus on women leaders

Golden Seeds pursues investment returns through the empowerment of women entrepreneurs and those who invest in them. We offer an environment in which exciting women-led businesses receive capital and connections to grow and successfully exit.  The group is headquartered in New York City, with active chapters in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston and Silicon Valley. One of the largest angel networks in the United States, Golden Seeds has more than 275 members nationwide and has invested over $120 million in more than 150 companies. Plus, the organization has a relationship with three funds with committed capital of $36 million. We aim to achieve market returns for our investors while at the same time creating lasting impact.

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