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We’re codifying the capital playbook—because no founder should have to learn the hard way.
Hosted by Naseem Sayani, VC and unapologetic truth-teller, The Capital Flex unpacks what really happens when female founders raise money inside systems not built for them. From bias in the room to predatory term sheets, these are the stories we usually hear in DMs not headlines.
Each episode offers unfiltered insight, real strategies, and a new playbook where we write the rules. Because the system won’t fix itself. But we will.
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What happens when the hardest part of fundraising is not the pitch, but the structure behind the check? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Cecilia Tse, CEO and co-founder of hey freya, a science-backed women’s health company helping women understand stress, biology, and decision-making through data, systems, and real-world usability. Cecilia is a former management consultant and wellbeing strategy leader at PwC who navigated her own IVF journey and is now one of the most ana...
What happens when your company is strong, your tech is real, and the only thing “missing” is a man in the room? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Jenni Ogden, founder of Eye Q Productions, a creative producer and immersive tech operator building at the intersection of spatial computing, AR, VR and live experience. Jenni is building a new platform that rewards activism through gaming, starting with eco-focused missions designed to turn awareness into real participation. Jenn...
What happens when your technology is solid, your traction is real, and the problem is not your company, but the system deciding whether to trust you? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Annie Brown, Founder and CEO of Reliabl, an AI infrastructure company helping companies improve accuracy and reduce bias in machine learning by fixing what most people ignore: the data labeling layer. Annie is a bias researcher, former UC San Diego AI scholar, and repeat founder whose work h...
What happens when you stop trying to convince investors and start qualifying them instead? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Mical Jeanlys-White, CEO and founder of WealthMore, an AI-native wealth tech platform built to bring expert financial strategy to everyday investors who traditional wealth management overlooks. With more than 20 years in financial services, including a decade at JPMorgan Chase building category-defining products, Mical is now applying her institutiona...
What happens when you are building a life-saving women’s health company and most of the pitch is spent convincing investors the problem is real? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Kaitlin Christine, breast cancer survivor, ovarian cancer pre-viver and the founder and CEO of Gabbi, a digital health platform helping women understand their breast cancer risk and access early detection care faster. Kaitlin built Gabbi after losing her mother to a delayed breast cancer diagnosis ...
What happens when you have world class credentials, real traction, undeniable market size and the room still reduces you to a “brand”? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with @Dr. Maria Uloko, a board certified urologist, sexual health expert and the founder and CEO of VULVAi, a digital health platform building AI-powered diagnostics, education and treatment pathways for vulvovaginal and pelvic pain. Dr. Uloko is one of only seven urologists worldwide trained in comprehensive se...
MILO Human Care is Lisa Hillyard’s answer to a CPG industry built on overconsumption and late-stage capitalism. Drawing on her years in adtech and executive leadership, she’s rebuilding the category through regenerative values — starting with skincare and ultimately aiming to become a venture builder that can go toe-to-toe with today’s beauty giants. Alongside MILO, Lisa is a newly published author of On Behalf Of, a book on corporate dynamics told through the lens of the executive assistant,...
In this episode, I sit down with Kiki Freedman, co-founder and CEO of Hey Jane, a telehealth platform delivering safe, discreet, and accessible abortion care and broader sexual and reproductive health services. Kiki shares how Hey Jane has grown to serving over 85,000 patients across 23 states, why macro moments like the fall of Roe have shaped their fundraising strategy, and how they’ve raised capital without a traditional lead investor by leaning into mission-aligned angels, SPVs, and syndi...
In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Somer Baburek, President and CEO of Hera Biotech, a women’s health company building AI-powered diagnostic tests and devices to transform how conditions like endometriosis are identified and treated. Somer and I talk candidly about what it really looks like to fundraise as a female founder in hard-science women’s health—beyond the polished narratives and into the uncomfortable, often infuriating, realities of venture. We get into the dynamic...
We’re codifying the capital playbook—because no founder should have to learn the hard way. Hosted by Naseem Sayani, VC and unapologetic truth-teller, The Capital Flex unpacks what really happens when female founders raise money inside systems not built for them. From bias in the room to predatory term sheets, these are the stories we usually hear in DMs—not headlines. Each episode offers unfiltered insight, real strategies, and a new playbook where we write the rules. Because the system won’...
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