Leading the world’s two largest venture funds supporting women-led tech businesses — as Managing Partner of BDC Capital’s Thrive Venture and Women in Technology Funds — Michelle is levelling the playing field: laying the steady foundation for a more inclusive, creative and resilient future.

Heartened by her grandmother’s motto to “push on, regardless,” she crafted a vision that would anchor her life’s work: travelling the world, starting a family, and helping people. Now a published author, mother, equity champion, international corporate lawyer and founder of her own firm, Bree has realised her dreams — and then some.

Decarbonizing heavy industry with deep tech prodigy CleanInnoGen, investing in future-focused startups, and empowering everyone to join the charge with i4Green League, Victoria is helping reset, regroup and shore up the resources we need to face climate change.

Humble, visionary and relentlessly optimistic, here’s how she does it.

Leaving her beloved small town to explore the world. Pursuing an MBA despite being “bad at math.” Scaling health tech darling Fullscript’s less than 30-person team to over 1,000 employees. Choosing to grow her family at the height of her career.

How’d she do it? By not trying to “do it all,” and getting focused instead.

Sherrell Dorsey is the founder and CEO of The Plug—a digital news and insights platform covering the Black innovation economy.

Dimple Thomas wants you to embrace the opportunity in uncertainty. In this episode, Dimple shared why she’s never charted her career path, why you should take risks at work, and tech’s potential for transformational good.

To drive meaningful change, we need equitable representation among the leaders driving its evolution. That's why Solmaz Shahalizadeh, Shopify's former Head of Data Science and Engineering, became a Founding Partner of Backbone Angels. She joins us to share why great career paths aren't linear, what you need to know to impress investors, and the difference between sponsors and mentors (and why you should have both).

With her diverse team of experts, Co-founder and CEO of Archipel Research and Consulting Inc. Sabre Pictou Lee is harnessing them to help organizations change for the better. Today, Sabre shares why anti-colonial ways and concepts aren’t radical, how she built her business from the ground up, and the frameworks you can apply to make yours more inclusive.

Touching the most complex organ in the human body, concussion treatment continues to evolve as experts learn more about the workings of our brain—to mitigate the debilitating, long-term consequences of mistreatment. That’s why Dr. Ashleigh Kennedy co-founded health-tech startup Neurovine AI: combining deep tech, machine learning and the art of neuroscience to empower concussion patients and optimize their recovery process.

Stacey joined us to share the greatest lessons she’s learned as a serial entrepreneur: from overcoming failure and channeling your purpose, to finding the right people for guidance, and raising money during a pandemic (with the power of crowdfunding).

Sergio Ezama is Netflix’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). He joined the team in September 2021 and has started strong — doing his best to support all things talent and development at Netflix. Previously, Sergio spent 20 years at PepsiCo — where he explored opportunities to serve and do meaningful work.

Anthony Frasier (@anthonyfraiser) is the CEO and founder of ABF Creative (www.abfc.co) – a data-driven podcasting production company that leverages machine learning technology to reach very specific audiences. Anthony is also the author of Don’t Dumb Down Your Greatness, a young entrepreneur’s guide to thinking and being great. Anthony is a global speaker on topics related to technology, media and entrepreneurship.

Mutiat Bello is a real estate wealth strategist and soon-to-be private lender and developer. Mutiat’s goal is to close the real estate equity gap by helping people make strategic decisions that suit their goals without having to sacrifice their time and financial resources.

Trishala Pillai (@_TrishalaPillai) is an Indian-Canadian, born & raised in the Middle East, and she currently lives in the US. Over the past 5+ years, she has contributed to building some of North America's avant-garde, leading social technology start-ups/scale-ups with her skills in new product development, research, business strategy & development.

Murdock (@amurdock_ii) is a purpose-driven, action-oriented, servant-leader and proud product of Indianapolis, Indiana. He’s passionate about leveraging the power in his story and other Black stories to create opportunities for economic & community development. He's in the business of becoming the greatest "powerpreneur" Indianapolis has ever seen.

She’s the President & Co-founder of Hyperion Global Energy — a world-leading climate tech startup up developing the world’s first carbon recycling system. But this impact-focused entrepreneur wasn’t always a carbontech leader.

In the midst of losing her job, Bobbie Racette set out to build a platform that would economically empower others. As the Founder and CEO of Virtual Gurus, this Cree-Metis champion for Indigenous and the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities is doing just that through her inclusivity-first talent and services solution.

With an eye to ushering a new generation of financially empowered youth, Tecla K. Kalinda, a Senior Analyst at the Bank of Canada, founded ZalaSmart: a financial education company geared towards teaching kids and teens financial literacy by helping them develop personal finance skills to better manage their money.

She raised $1.4 million and co-founded Black Women Talk Tech along the way. Today, Esosa Ighodaro-Johnson wants to help you get out of your own way.

Makini Smith is an award-winning entrepreneur and the founder of A Walk in my Stilettos. As a mindset coach and Proctor Gallagher certified consultant, Makini helps you turn your goals into accomplishments.