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The Goldman Banker Who Built a Different Kind of Cap Table
Deborah Jackson left Wall Street to fund the founders it kept overlooking. A decade later, Plum Alley has put $100M-plus into CRISPR, wastewater sensors and autonomous freight - and turned its members into the people writing the checks.
Sylvia Kwan
Dr. Sylvia Kwan is the CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Ellevest, the New York-based investment advisory firm built to help women build and manage wealth. A Stanford PhD and holder of both the CFA and CAIA designations, she designed the gender-aware investing algorithm at the core of Ellevest's platform and, in 2025, succeeded founder Sallie Krawcheck to lead the company. With more than three decades in financial services, including founding-team roles at Financial Engines and a stint at Charles Schwab, Kwan is a leading voice on impact investing, alternatives, and closing the gender wealth gap.
Microwd Inversiones
Microwd is a Madrid-based social fintech that lets ordinary people invest from as little as 50 euros into microloans for women entrepreneurs across Latin America. It pairs field agents on the ground in Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru and Costa Rica with an online platform where investors fund roughly $1,000, one-year loans at interest rates it says run well below the local microfinance market. The pitch is unusual for the space: not charity, but a for-profit business that claims both financial returns for investors and measurable social impact for borrowers.