Katherine Homuth is an angel investor, serial entrepreneur, and author. Katherine created Female Funders - an organization dedicated to helping women fund and get funded to solve a massive gap in the marketplace. Previously, Katherine founded ShopLocket, acquired by PCH in 2014. She has been named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women and one of 5 Women to Watch in Wearable Technology.
When Female Funders launched in 2015, the goal and challenge was to help 1,000 women become angel investors. #FemaleFunders1000. The education goal was to create two online schools Angel Academy (for startups and for investors).
Female Funders was acquired by Highline Beta (VC Firm) within two years. The online course was instrumental in community building to high net-worth individuals while also becoming an evolving tangible asset that added value to the acquisition.
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