#38: Emerging female fund manager: how to launch a VC fund with Paulina Tenner

<p>Paulina Tenner is an entrepreneur, an angel investor, an author, a TEDx speaker and a founder of <a href="http://granttree.co.uk" target="_blank">GrantTree</a>, which started with a purpose to help tech startups navigate the complex world of government funding. Since 2010 the team grew organically from 2 to 50 and raised over £200M for more than 600 technology startups and scaleups using solely government funding schemes such as <a href="http://granttree.co.uk/tax_credits" target="_blank">R&amp;D tax credits</a> &nbsp;and Innovate UK grants.&nbsp;</p> <p>GrantTree is also an open culture company which pioneered a self set salary scheme, and an empowering culture governed by holacracy.</p> <p>Paulina is also a seed investor, a startup mentor and an author of 'Laid Bare: what the business leader learnt from the stripper' describing leadership lessons she learnt as a burlesque dancer.</p> <p>Pre-order:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.paulinatenner.com/laid-bare-what-the-business-leader-learnt-from-the-stripper" target="_blank">http://www.paulinatenner.com/book</a></p> <p>We cover the following in our conversation:</p> <ul> <li>The world of startups</li> <li>How to launch a venture fund</li> <li>Engaging with investors</li> <li>The startups she is likely to invest in</li> <li>Investing for social impact</li> <li>Paulina's journey as an angel investor</li> <li>How she personally invests her money (outside of angel investing)</li> <li>Advice for women who want to become an angel investor or a fund manager</li> </ul> <p><br></p>