This article originally appeared on AustinInno.  True Wealth Ventures, an Austin-based venture capital firm focused on women-led companies, has raised $4.7 million of a planned $20 million fund. The firm has already begun vetting several Austin-based startups, and it will likely announce its first investment sometime this fall, Founding General Partner Sara Brand said. True [...]

This article originally appeared in Austin Business Journal. True Wealth Ventures, an Austin venture capital firm set up to invest in women-led startups that focus on growth markets in consumer health and sustainable products, has raised the first chunk of capital for its debut fund. The firm has raised $4.7 million of a planned $20 [...]

McKinsey&Company Alumni biography on Sara Brand and her career in science, venture capital, gender equality and beer.

This article originally appeared on BizWomen. AUSTIN — There’s no shortage of pundits who sound the alarm about tech worker shortages or the need for more STEM graduates to fill those jobs, except that they don’t typically offer a solution. Then there’s Sara Brand, who has her own action plan to help solve the problem. Brand [...]

Greg Barr of the Austin Business Journal interviews True Wealth Ventures founder and partner Sara Brand. Find out everything from her first childhood job, to the behind-the-scenes look at how she and her husband run their brewery, to what inspired her to start the fund. Check it out!

This article originally appeared on Silicon Hills  In Austin, entrepreneurs get funding from a wide variety of sources to launch or accelerate a new venture. Those sources include friends, family, fools, banks, grants, incubators, angel investors, strategic partners, venture capital, private equity and other sources. A panel of funding experts gathered Wednesday afternoon in an 11th [...]