Please enjoy True Wealth Ventures’ news features, research blogs and articles about the Fund’s portfolio companies and founders.
August 18, 2020 – Medium: The Forrest Files: Kerry Rupp Tells Why True Wealth Ventures Focuses on Female Founders
A General Partner at Austin-based True Wealth Ventures, Kerry Rupp says that startups led by diverse teams tend to financially outperform startups led by all-male teams.
May 2020 – Austin Woman: Lean In with Sara Brand & Kerry Rupp
Exactly 3 years after being on the cover of May 2017’s Austin Woman, Sara and Kerry were back to speak about what they’ve been doing since that cover story and how they’re pursuing gender equity as venture capitalists.
Oct 20, 2017 – StrasburgerBOLD: StrasburgerBOLD™ Gets Candid About Mechanics of Mentoring
A CNNMoney analysis shows women hold just 5% of the CEO jobs in the S&P 500, and the pipeline [...]
Jul 18, 2017 – Dell: 2017 Dell WE Cities: Austin, TX Case Study
See report below: http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/corporate/secure/en/Documents/Dell_Global_WECities_Case_Study_Austin_7_12.pdf
October 26, 2021 – Cision: DERMALA, A Consumer Dermatology Company, Announces Issuance of the Second U.S. Patent Covering the Use of Novel Human Microbiome Technology for Treating Acne Vulgaris
Dermala’s 3rd microbiome patent has been granted and 2nd microbiome patent for acne.
September 28, 2021 – CoinGeek: ‘Queen of Raw’ Stephanie Benedetto on turning pollution into profit
TWV Queen of Raw CEO and CTO talk about leveraging blockchain for supply chain and sustainability
Recent News
November 15, 2017 – TheStreet: Why More Women-Led Venture Capital Firms Will Improve Startup Investments
By Ellen Chang Nov 15, 2017 3:56 PM EST The number of venture capital firms led with female partners or by women is rising, a positive [...]
November 15, 2017 – GCVI: True Wealth aims to expand the reach of funding
Newly formed venture fund TrueWealth Ventures is emblematic of a push to increase diversity in the VC world, a [...]
November 14, 2017 – Austin Business Journal: Austin venture capitalist shows why investing in women is a smart play — with the numbers to prove it
By Mike Cronin – Staff Writer, Austin Business Journal Reams of data in recent years demonstrate businesses perform better and returns on [...]
November 8, 2017 – Forbes: Women Get It Done: Fixing The Broken Venture Capital System
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” so the saying goes. Venture capitalists may think it ain’t broke but [...]
October 25, 2017 – Forbes: Sexual Discrimination, The State Of Venture Capital And How To Fix It
Sara is Founding General Partner at True Wealth Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in early stage women-led businesses In this [...]
Oct 20, 2017 – StrasburgerBOLD: StrasburgerBOLD™ Gets Candid About Mechanics of Mentoring
A CNNMoney analysis shows women hold just 5% of the CEO jobs in the S&P 500, and the pipeline [...]
October 5, 2017 – Austin Inno: Inno Blazers: Meet the Category Winners of Austin’s 50 on Fire
Who likes to party? Apparently Austin startups do — because they threw down in style at Wednesday evening’s 50 [...]
September 21, 2017 – Built In Austin: Meet 4 Austin women helping close the gender gap in startup investing
Out of the top 100 ranked venture capital firms in the world in 2016, 7 percent of the partners were women. [...]
September 11, 2017 – Vents Magazine: True Wealth Ventures joins women-owned and operated businesses in supporting ‘She Factory’, presented by Kathy Valentine and The Townsend
Kathy Valentine and The Townsend present “She Factory,” a special series assembling the talent of women in the arts on Tuesday, Sept. 19 from 8 to 10 p.m. The [...]
September 18, 2017 – Thinkery: Wonder Women in STEAM: Kerry Rupp and Sara Brand
Watch the video here.