Invest In Her with Catherine Gray – Details, episodes & analysis

Today on the Invest In Her Podcast, host Catherine Gray interviews Nomiki Petrolla, a product leader and tech founder on a mission to close the access gap for women in technology and entrepreneurship. With more than 15 years of experience leading product, design, and strategy across healthcare, fintech, artificial intelligence, and enterprise SaaS, Nomiki has built and scaled products in some of the most male-dominated sectors of tech. She is the founder of PDS Lab, an accelerator launched to help women build and launch tech companies from the ground up, and the creator of Theanna, a data-networking platform designed to bring transparency, insight, and connection to the female founder journey. Based in Ohio and a mother of four, Nomiki is also an active mentor, educator, and speaker, working with organizations such as Techstars and speaking at institutions including Harvard.

In this conversation, Catherine and Nomiki explore the structural barriers women face in tech entrepreneurship and why access to product knowledge, data, and networks remains one of the biggest challenges for women founders. Nomiki shares what she observed firsthand while advising startups—how women are often excluded from critical early-stage information—and how that insight led to building platforms that democratize knowledge and connection. The discussion also dives into the importance of community, the role of data in leveling the playing field, and what investors, accelerators, and ecosystems must do differently to support women-led innovation at scale. This episode is a powerful look at how intentional infrastructure and transparency can transform outcomes for women founders—and the future of tech as a whole.

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• https://theanna.ai

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Today on the Invest In Her Podcast, host Catherine Gray interviews Judyanna Yu, Founding Partner of One Six 8 Ventures. Judyanna is a seasoned finance executive and venture capitalist with nearly two decades of experience as a CFO across VC-backed public and private medtech and biotech companies. Based in Calgary, she leads One Six 8 Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on high-growth medtech opportunities in active M&A markets, with a particular emphasis on under-ventured regions. Drawing from a global career that spans eight cities across North America and Asia, Judyanna brings deep expertise in capital formation, financial governance, and scaling breakthrough technologies with real-world, life-saving impact.

In this episode, Catherine and Judyanna explore what it takes to evaluate and scale transformative medical technologies, the importance of disciplined financial leadership in venture-backed companies, and how global networks can accelerate innovation beyond traditional venture hubs. Judyanna shares insights from her transition from CFO to fund founder, discusses the role of physician and operator-led diligence in medtech investing, and offers perspective on how founders can position themselves for sustainable growth and successful exits. The conversation also highlights the critical need to support innovation in overlooked markets and how intentional capital deployment can bring world-changing healthcare solutions to a global stage.

Today on the Invest In Her podcast, host Catherine Gray talks with Dr. Stacy Feiner, a relational psychologist, family advisor, and author who supports founders and family enterprises in resolving conflicts and strengthening team dynamics for long-term success.

In this episode, Dr. Feiner explains how emotional conditions within teams and families can either block or unlock progress. She shares her transformative coaching model that brings clarity and cohesion to business leaders, helping them prepare for succession, growth, and long-term impact.

With experience working across Fortune 500 companies, higher education, and her own firm, Dr. Feiner blends psychological insight with strategic leadership. She also discusses her bestselling books, the power of women's psychology, and how to foster healthy legacies in business and life.

• https://www.showherthemoneymovie.com

• www.sheangelinvestors.com 

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Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews multi-Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress,
Sharon Gless and her best friend, Dawn La Freeda, one of America's largest restaurant franchise owners, owns over 115 restaurants in her career. These profoundly accomplished women are also the executive producers of the documentary, Show Her the Money. The movie addresses how women are getting less than 2% of venture capital funding and demystifies what venture capital is.
Featuring rock-star female investors who invest in diverse women entrepreneurs with innovations that will change the world, Show Her The Money reminds us that money is power and women need it to achieve true equality.

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https://showherthemoneymovie.com/    

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Wendi McGowan-Ellis, the CEO & Founding General Partner at Cassandra Capital - a female-founded venture capital firm Investing in early growth-stage, women-led companies and whose mission is to "Punch Past the 3 Percent Point" of all VC investments. Wendi's investment thesis is that 80% of the firm's capital is invested in multiple other U.S. women-led venture capital firms, and 20% of our portfolio is allocated to early revenue, scaling, and growth-stage women-owned and women-led companies in North Texas.

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https://CassandraCapital.co

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Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Roslyn Kind and Monique Impagliazzo. They discuss Rosalyn's new music video "The Look of Love/The Island" with her and the director of the music video, Monique Impagliazzo. They also discuss the need for more funding for women in the arts as well as the need for more women to invest in women!

Roslyn Kind's music video is out today, February 2nd anywhere you find music!

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Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Elisa Miller-Out, a business leader, investor, technologist, and mother. She is chair of the board for Singlebrook, a web software development firm she co-founded in 2006 for which she served as CEO until 2016, when she oversaw the acquisition of the firm's largest division. Not one to sit still, 2017 she co-founded Chloe Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund on a mission to bring more women into technology investing and leadership.  To date, Chloe Capital has funded 45 innovative companies and drawn more than 40,000 members to its #InvestInWomen movement. Beyond leading her own companies, Elisa's greatest passion is sharing her business knowledge with others. She actively mentors business leaders every day and has mentored several hundred in recent years through her various roles, such as managing partner for Chloe Capital, Entrepreneur in Residence at Cornell University and Launch NY, Instructor for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Innovation Advisor to the NY State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA). Elisa has served on the boards of numerous commercial enterprises, as well as the NY State Climate Action Council. Her commitment to diversity and her individual achievements have garnered numerous awards, as well as coverage in The New York Times, The Washington Post and USA Today.

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Elisamillerout.com

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Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Susan Moring, an Investment Principal at Cortado Ventures, an Oklahoma City-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech companies. In her role at Cortado, Susan manages all aspects of the investment process including deal sourcing, ] diligence, and post-investment portfolio company support. A startup enthusiast, Susan has spent the bulk of her career supporting entrepreneurs and contributing to the growth of Oklahoma's startup ecosystem through programs like OU's I-CCEW, OK Coders, The Mine, OKEMP, and Techstars Global Startup Weekend.

https://cortado.ventures/

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Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Kelley Arena, an angel investor, consultant for women-founded businesses, and advocate for women in finance. She began her career at a professional football franchise (go Eagles!), rotated through various operating companies at Johnson & Johnson in their Financial Leadership Development Program, and moved to investment banking at Merrill Lynch, specializing in public finance and healthcare. 

Kelley founded Golden Hour Ventures, with one mission in mind: to Make Women Rich. We do this by activating female angel investors, bringing women closer to their finances, realizing the power of our collective consumption, and diverting the flow of venture capital from 98% male-founded companies to the incredible women-founded companies who are ready to scale. Kelley has since consulted with dozens of brands, and loves helping founders find their voice. She has a portfolio of 20 companies, boasting 18 companies founded by women. She is a proud mother of two wild boys, an advocate for students with special needs, and a regular volunteer mentoring formerly incarcerated people reentering the job force.

www.sheangelinvestors.com 

https://goldenhourventures.co/

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Jennifer Jeronimo who is the CEO of Gaingels, an LGBTQIA+/Allied private investment syndicate, and one of the largest and most active private investors dedicated to supporting diversity and inclusion within the venture capital ecosystem.

Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in finance and banking working at large institutions such as Credit Suisse, Bear Stearns, and JP Morgan earning the coveted position of Executive Director.

She has a wide array of local and global experience, servicing institutional and hedge fund clients by running the collateral management, pricing, portfolio accounting, and restricted securities departments. Jennifer was also integral in helping JP Morgan lift the consent order by working in the Compliance Operations organization. Some of her more notable accomplishments include building a KYC organization in India across all the lines of business at JP Morgan, leading the global roll-out of the transaction monitoring system, creating and implementing operational efficiencies for each organization saving millions of dollars a year, and reducing friction for clients.

A passionate advocate for underrepresented leaders, innovators, and founders, she is dedicated to growing the businesses and careers of the leaders of tomorrow. Jennifer is also an award-winning athlete and a proud mother residing in New York City.

www.sheangelinvestors.com 

https://gaingels.com/