#2: Angel investing: how more women can invest in start-ups with Sarah Turner

Sarah is a technologist, entrepreneur and angel investor. In 2014 she co-founded the fast-growing and award-winning angel network, Angel Academe. Their mission is to introduce more women to angel investing and to invest in women founded and co-founded technology startups with high growth potential. Investments include: Provenance, which uses the blockchain to provide supply chain transparency; Raremark which uses AI to help patients with rare diseases make informed choices about treatment; and Fiskl, a fintech for micro-businesses.  Sarah is also on the board of the UK Business Angels Association. We cover the following questions in the podcast: What sparked the idea to start an angel network aimed at women? Why do we need angel networks aimed at women, like Angel Academe?  What makes Angel Academe a unique proposition in the market? What is an angel investor? How do you become an angel investor?  What is the criteria & where do you start? What is the process for investing in a start-up and what does an angel investor have to do? At a very high level, how does the maths work? What is Sarah excited about in the world of investing? How do we encourage more women to become angel investors?