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I tweet about: 📣 startup marketing 💸 venture investing as a first-time fund manager 💗 founder mental health 👑 rooting for overlooked founders 🚀 bootstrapping 🥰 being a parent to 4 small kids 💯 positivity and transparency I also have a newsletter:

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2:18 PM · Jun 10, 2022

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My story 📖 I founded a SaaS company in 2013 after teaching myself to code. I couldn’t raise capital, even after 82 pitches. Instead of giving up, I bootstrapped to 8K customers, 25 employees, 14% MoM for 3yrs, and exited in 2019. During that time, I had 4 kids!

After my exit, I angel invested & mentored founders who didn’t have connections or a network to get VC dollars like their privileged peers. I met thousands of founders and found the overlooked ones had grit + tenacity, and billion-dollar ideas but didn't have access to capital.

Crunchbase reported that in 2021: 2.3% of VC went to all women-founded teams 15.6% of VC went to women/men-founded teams 1.3% of VC went to Black founders 2.1% of VC went to Latino founders

I wanted to make a bigger impact for startups that struggled to get funding so in May 2021,

@OverlookedVC

was born! 🥳

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May 18, 2021

LAUNCHING TODAY! Overlooked Ventures and its debut fund

I’ve been holding in a secret for far too long and it’s finally time to share.…. I STARTED A $50MM VENTURE FUND WITH @OfficialBBrooks!

myfriendjanine.medium.com/introducing-ov

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we invest in and empower historically ignored founders building for humanity, wellness, and technology in industries lacking innovation. To apply for investment or interest in joining the fund (506c) you can apply here: overlookedventures.com

In the first year,

has made great progress: 💰 Secured 25% of our $50MM Fund 🚀 8 investments (pictured!) 💥 2500 inbound applications 🏢 Closed

investment

While building OV in public, I was also building a founder-first app in stealth to help entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground! I formed an incredible team to take this idea of mine to fruition and after 1 year of building, we just recently launched

! 🚀

Using

, founders can find all the resources, mentorship, and tools required to help them start up. 💼 Biz Plan 📣 Marketing Strat 💰 Financials 📝 Pitch Deck 🤖 Product Roadmap 🗣 Personal CRM 💸 Fund finder (coming soon!) Sign up for FREE: gocobble.com

As if this wasn't enough, I've also been writing a book. It's a story of my journey as a bootstrapped entrepreneur. I'll be sharing more when the time comes but for now, I'm in editing mode, which apparently takes just as long as writing! 😮‍💨

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Feb 21, 2022

Founders: Document your journey. Write your startup story. You never know who might need to hear it.

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For fun, I love to: ☕️ drink coffee 📚 read *a lot* (all genres) 💝 focus on my mental health 🌴 go on vacation with my hubby 💦 play in the pool with my kids 💻 build businesses 📖 walk around bookshops 😍 laugh with my friends and family 🦋 watch my kids grow and learn