ABOUT
Leslie Feinzaig is the founder and Managing Director of Graham & Walker, a $10M venture capital fund and community on a mission to reshape the Nasdaq by investing in tech companies founded and led by women. In 2017 she started a Facebook group for women CEOs of tech companies, which quickly grew to become the most prominent network for women-founded startups and aligned investors in America. In the years since, her company has connected thousands of women founders with hundreds of VC firms across the US.
Born and raised in Costa Rica, Leslie moved to the US to attend Harvard Business School. She has since been named one of Forbes Most Powerful Women from Central America, the Puget Sound Business Journal 40 Under 40, and Seattle Magazine's Most Influential People. Leslie serves on the Boards of the Harvard Business School Equity and Entrepreneurship Initiative, the Washington Technology Industry Association and the Girl Scouts of Western Washington. She is a contributing writer for Fast Company, Techcrunch and Entrepreneur and Fortune Magazine.
OPEDS
Two girls walk into a job fair (or why I raised a VC fund)
Why it's incredibly rare for companies led by women to IPO
New data shows the number of women-led VC funds is exploding
Three ways VC firms can construct sustainably diverse portfolios
The pandemic is deterring women from becoming entrepreneurs
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing feels like millions of women have lost their bubbie
Startup accelerators don’t work for female founders. Here’s how to fix that
I run an accelerator. Here are 4 things startups can learn from rejection.
I am a working mom and CEO who’s worked under pandemic conditions. Here’s why productivity is a myth.
SPEAKING
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
100 most powerful women
Forbes Central America & Caribbean
40 Under 40
Puget Sound Business Journal
Most Influential People
Seattle Magazine
CONTACT ME
Contact me for partnership, press, and speaking engagements.