The Purse Podcast #108: Show Her The Money - A Documentary
Catherine Gray is the producer of the groundbreaking new documentary “Show Her The Money”- featuring rock -star female investors who invest in diverse women entrepreneurs with innovations that will change the world. Gray is doing a 50 city grassroots tour of the film to encourage more women to invest in female founded funds to move the needle on women getting less than 2% of venture capital.
She is also an author, TEDx speaker, podcast host, founder of She Angel Investors and co-founder of the non profit She Angels Foundation. Catherine also hosts and produces the popular podcast series Invest in Her, distributed on Apple, Spotify, IHeart Radio and wherever you listen to podcasts. Ms. Gray has produced, co-produced and directed several documentaries including I Can’t Marry You, with Ellen DeGeneres’ mom Betty as narrator for PBS, Millionaires True Stories and several LGBTQ films for LOGO. She also helped start a gay cable network and produced a series called Way-Off Broadway with trailblazing entertainers and recording artists. Currently, she is co-producing Millenials Are Killing Musicals, with plans to go to Broadway. This female driven show focuses on motherhood and the impact of social media. The team behind it is 80% women- and the show and music was created by a woman- Nico Juber.
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Marcia Dawood is an early-stage investor who serves on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, a venture partner with Mindshift Capital, a member of Golden Seeds, and the Chair Emeritus of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), the global professional society for angel investors.
She is also an Associate Producer on the documentary film Show Her the Money, which debuted at the Women’s Film Festival in Philadelphia in September of 2023. She is a founding member and chair of the ACA’s Growing Women’s Capital Group, which is building syndication and collaboration among US investment groups focused on women-led companies.
A TEDx speaker and the host of The Angel Next Door Podcast, Marcia walks the talk and holds investments in over 50 early-stage companies and funds. She is committed to expanding support for diverse companies that overcome the world’s biggest problems and accelerate positive change.
Her upcoming book, Do Good While Doing Well – Make A Difference, Get Financial Rewards and Increase Your Happiness, is due out in 2024.
Marcia is on a mission to empower and educate everyone to realize their potential to invest in positive change. She is passionate about bridging the gap from early-stage inception to building thriving, profitable companies.
A proponent of diversity in startups, which have proven to yield better outcomes, Marcia supports companies that are working on solutions to big problems in the world, like hunger, clean water, medical advances, and climate change.
She is also a co-author of the book You Can, You Will, which was an Amazon bestseller in 39 categories in four countries.
Previously, she was the COO of Portfolia as well as a managing partner at BlueTree Capital Group, where she was responsible for investment strategy, diligence research, and member education.
Prior to that, Marcia won numerous awards as a top sales executive for Kaplan Education for ten consecutive years.
Marcia received an MBA from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Catherine Gray is the producer of the groundbreaking new documentary “Show Her The Money”- featuring rock -star female investors who invest in diverse women entrepreneurs with innovations that will change the world. Gray is doing a 50 city grassroots tour of the film to encourage more women to invest in female founded funds to move the needle on women getting less than 2% of venture capital.
She is also an author, TEDx speaker, podcast host, founder of She Angel Investors and co-founder of the non profit She Angels Foundation. Catherine also hosts and produces the popular podcast series Invest in Her, distributed on Apple, Spotify, IHeart Radio and wherever you listen to podcasts. Ms. Gray has produced, co-produced and directed several documentaries including I Can’t Marry You, with Ellen DeGeneres’ mom Betty as narrator for PBS, Millionaires True Stories and several LGBTQ films for LOGO. She also helped start a gay cable network and produced a series called Way-Off Broadway with trailblazing entertainers and recording artists. Currently, she is co-producing Millenials Are Killing Musicals, with plans to go to Broadway. This female driven show focuses on motherhood and the impact of social media. The team behind it is 80% women- and the show and music was created by a woman- Nico Juber.
Listen On Spotify
Marcia Dawood is an early-stage investor who serves on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, a venture partner with Mindshift Capital, a member of Golden Seeds, and the Chair Emeritus of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), the global professional society for angel investors.
She is also an Associate Producer on the documentary film Show Her the Money, which debuted at the Women’s Film Festival in Philadelphia in September of 2023. She is a founding member and chair of the ACA’s Growing Women’s Capital Group, which is building syndication and collaboration among US investment groups focused on women-led companies.
A TEDx speaker and the host of The Angel Next Door Podcast, Marcia walks the talk and holds investments in over 50 early-stage companies and funds. She is committed to expanding support for diverse companies that overcome the world’s biggest problems and accelerate positive change.
Her upcoming book, Do Good While Doing Well – Make A Difference, Get Financial Rewards and Increase Your Happiness, is due out in 2024.
Marcia is on a mission to empower and educate everyone to realize their potential to invest in positive change. She is passionate about bridging the gap from early-stage inception to building thriving, profitable companies.
A proponent of diversity in startups, which have proven to yield better outcomes, Marcia supports companies that are working on solutions to big problems in the world, like hunger, clean water, medical advances, and climate change.
She is also a co-author of the book You Can, You Will, which was an Amazon bestseller in 39 categories in four countries.
Previously, she was the COO of Portfolia as well as a managing partner at BlueTree Capital Group, where she was responsible for investment strategy, diligence research, and member education.
Prior to that, Marcia won numerous awards as a top sales executive for Kaplan Education for ten consecutive years.
Marcia received an MBA from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.
