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Karen Jawl
Investor, WEL Victoria
Each WEL group consists of a diverse mix of 20+ amazing women from local communities who invest together in early stage, innovative companies.
Woman each contribute between $5,000-$6,000 to create a pooled investment fund.
Over a year, each group collaboratively vets investment opportunities and decides on how to invest the funds.
Often, individual WEL investors also co-invest with WEL investments and/or introduce companies to other women-led funds.
We believe that equal active participation of women in venture investing will result in gender balance on corporate leadership and boards of directors as well as more equitable capital availability for women led companies.
Financial Criteria
Venture investing is higher risk. For that reason the government sets out financial criteria to protect investors.
Participants must satisfy ONE or more of the following:
- Have at least $1 million in financial assets (cash and securities – like stocks and bonds) before taxes (either alone or with spouse), or
- Have an income before taxes that exceeds $200,000 (or $300,000 combined income with spouse) in each of the two most recent calendar years, or
- Have at least $5 million in net assets (either alone or with spouse), or
- Corporations, limited partnerships, trusts or estates having net assets of at least $5 million.
Joan Wiggins
Investor, WEL Victoria
Get involved and level the playing field in venture investing
Bronwen Campbell
Investor, WEL Victoria