MARCIA’S STORY

Marcia Dawood is on a mission to empower and educate everyone to realize their potential to invest in positive change. She is passionate about bridging the gap from early-stage inception to building thriving, profitable companies.

A proponent of diversity in startup leadership, which has proven to yield better outcomes, Marcia supports companies that are working on solutions to big problems in the world, like hunger, clean water, medical advances, and climate change.

Marcia serves as the Chair on the Securities and Exchange Commission on the Small Business Capital Formation Committee.

Author of two multi-award-winning books, Unapologetic Wealth & Do Good While Doing Well, TEDx speaker, and the host of The Angel Next Door Podcast, Marcia walks the talk and holds investments in over 50 early-stage companies and funds. She is committed to expanding support for diverse companies that overcome the world’s biggest problems and accelerate positive change.

She is a venture partner with Mindshift Capital and an alum of Golden Seeds, one of the largest angel groups in the US. Both groups focus on investing in women-led companies.

She is Chair Emeritus of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), the global professional society for angel investors.

Marcia received an MBA from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.

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