About Brand

Founding General Partner of True Wealth Ventures, Dr. Sara Brand is passionate about investing in women-led businesses in consumer health and sustainable products and technologies to deliver true wealth.

October 22 & 29, 2020 – Judge: Ignite Madness 2020

Women in healthcare startups will be competing for customer connections, investor prizes, and cash in an event that promises to provide a unique experience for a national audience, and Kerry Rupp will be a judge. Since 2020 is a year like no other, we’ve created a pitch competition like no other!  Welcome to IGNITE Madness. [...]

2020-10-15T13:05:15-05:00October 30th, 2020|

October 5-8, 2020 – Faculty: Women Entrepreneurs Boot Camp (WEB)

Project W’s Women Entrepreneurs Boot Camp (WEB) aims to close the distance fromSeed to Series A for female founders. WEB has a demonstrated track record of moving the needle for women entrepreneurs and has graduated five impressive cohorts through our programs. This year, we are taking WEB virtual and have three cohort opportunities: FinTech, Cybersecurity | [...]

2020-09-23T16:51:53-05:00October 9th, 2020|

October 6, 2020 -Panelist: Austin Startup Week – Fundraising for Texas Startups in 2020

Join Kerry Rupp and fellow Austin VC panelists Krishna Srinivasan, Charlie Plauche, Mike Dodd and Tom Ball as they discuss “Fundraising for Texas Startups in 2020″as part of AtxStartupWeek. This session will cover the recent trends firms are seeing in the Texas venture market, and how it’s impacting their approaches.Founders will have the opportunity to [...]

2020-09-23T16:52:00-05:00October 7th, 2020|

October 5, 2020 – Mentor & Judge: Women in Tech Summit with Epic Office Hours & Startup Showcase

True Wealth Ventures will be doing Epic Office Hours and helping to judge the Startup Showcase at the Women in Tech Summit on Oct 5th during Austin Startup Week as well as “donating” an investor meeting for the Startup Showcase prize package. Epic Office Hours are a series of lighting speed mentoring sessions with serial entrepreneurs,corporate [...]

2020-10-13T16:24:00-05:00October 6th, 2020|

September 18,2020 – Panelist: The Anatomy of a Deal with Nancy Hayes, Sara Brand, Stephanie Benedetto, Kristina Montague, Sevetri Wilson – Serendipity 2020

SERENDIPITY is coming back this year in a virtual format with a personal and professional development summit hosted by the digital networking platform GUILD. This virtual summit will unite more than 1,000 entrepreneurial women and leaders across experiences and industries with personalized online workshops, curated networking meetings, engaged discussions, talks, a startup alley and the yearly virtual founder funder lounge.  Conference Week(9/14-9/18) Who Should Attend? [...]

2020-10-13T16:21:35-05:00September 19th, 2020|

August 17-28, 2020 – Investors: 36|86 Festival

36|86 goes global with a fully interactive digital experience. Join us as we meet with start-ups via Brella’s AI-powered matchmaking platform that allows you to request and book recommended 1 to 1 meetings based on your needs and preferences. Join us for 10 days of digital storytelling from dozens of innovative leaders, investors, and community builders [...]

2020-08-07T16:25:42-05:00August 29th, 2020|
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