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Ask an Angel Investor

12 p.m. - 1 p.m. May 26, 2021

How often do you say to yourself, “If only I could get more funding for my business.” If raising capital is in the future for your business, join VCU Alumni for a webinar featuring Bethann Kassman, D.B.A. (M.S.W.’74/SW), where you will have the opportunity to ask questions on what angel investors are looking for when making an investment along with detailed information on what NOT to do when raising capital.

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About the speaker

Bethann Kassman, D.B.A., is a business angel investor and, until recently, a professor of marketing and entrepreneurship in Switzerland and the UK. Following a successful executive career in the U.S., she has been employed as a consultant focusing on global expansion issues, strategy, competitive marketing and acquisition strategies for companies located in Europe, Asia and the U.S.

Over the past 15 years, she has owned and invested in a number of companies, both in the States and in Switzerland. She is the co-founder of Go-Beyond AG in Zurich, Switzerland, as well as the co-founder and CEO of Go Beyond Network in Naples, Florida, both angel investment companies. As a business angel, Kassman serves on a number of selection and investment committees in Europe and the U.S. She is the chairman of the board of Go Beyond Investing in Switzerland, on the Portfolia advisory board and on the NextWave Foundation board, both in the U.S. She serves as a deal leader in four micro-funds for Portfolia, is a frequent speaker at Angel Capital Association and recently was named as one of the top entrepreneurial women investors of 2018 (Bridging the Global World of Investing award). 

She has a B.S. in psychology from Iowa State University, a master’s degree from VCU and a D.B.A. from Business School Lausanne, Switzerland. 

 

Location

Online

Contact

Latisha Taylor
Lntaylor2@vcu.edu
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