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March 2018 Edition 

March 8 was International Women's Day and there was no shortage of events and conversations on the topic of diversity, women's leadership, and finance.
  • Following the publication of their report on building inclusive organizations, Outcomes Over Optics, Deloitte - the firm where I started my career - hosted an event showcasing and celebrating women leaders in Vancouver.
  • Pique Fund portfolio company, Beanworks, launched #womenpayitforward, an initiative to encourage leaders to pledge at least 5 hours to mentor a young woman in STEM.
  • My day on #IWD2018 was bookended by a breakfast event hosted by Smythe Advisory about preparing businesses for exit and an evening event hosted by Canadian Women in Private Equity featuring Michael Gokturk, CEO of Einstein Exchange, a made-in-Canada cryptocurrency exchange. Because sometimes the best International Women's Day events are simply opportunities to learn and further our knowledge and skills in our respective industries.
What were your most memorable events or activities on International Women's Day this year? 

All the best,
Bonnie Foley-Wong
Founder, Pique Ventures & Pique Fund
Author, Integrated Investing
2017 Year in Review
Every year we do a Year in Review infographic, recapping our successes and impact from the previous year. We were a bit late in completing our 2017 Year in Review, but better late than never!

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Via Pique
Invest in Zebras, Not Just Unicorns
Suzanne Biegel, founder Catalyst At Large and Senior Gender Lens Investing Advisor at Wharton Social Impact Initiative shares some of the shifts she believes would have a profound impact on the amount of capital flowing towards women entrepreneurs and gender lens investing.

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Via LinkedIn
Integrated Investing on Law of Startups
Joe Wallin and Michael Schneider are startup and technology lawyers based in Seattle, WA. They invited me to a conversation about Integrated Investing on their Law of Startups podcast. I did a deep dive on Access to Essential Resources and how that helps me, as an investor, decide what startups we still need and where on the spectrum of impact startups lie.

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Via Law of Startups
BC's Most Influential Women: 2018 STEM Feature
In BCBusiness' fourth annual recognition of the province’s top female influencers highlights leaders making an impact in science, technology, engineering and math. A number of Pique Fund portfolio company CEOs were featured including, Dr. Alexandra Greenhill, CEO of MyBestHelper and Jessica Pautsch, CEO of FoodMesh. Catherine Dahl, CEO Beanworks, Christine Sommers, CEO ePACT Network and Pique Fund founding investor Bonnie Foley-Wong were also featured.

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Via BCBusiness
Private Capital is Still a Network
Although the private capital landscape is changing, particularly with technology-enabled solutions to help investors and entrepreneurs find each other, who you know is still critical when it comes to finding investment opportunities in ventures and in ensuring it is properly capitalized.

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Via Pique
On Diversity and Innovation
"There will always be a need to balance the two inputs: human and technological. Belonging is still an essential piece; we all need to feel like we belong to an organization. That qualitative human side is something that technology cannot easily replace." Pique advisor, Dr. Sarah Saska, CEO of Feminuity was recently featured in the Fintros magazine.

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Via Fintros
What We Read in 2018
March reads:

Currently reading:

What's on your reading list? What resources have you come across to help you make better, more sustainable investment decisions, or to help you integrate impact into your investing activities?
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