Hispanos en Pgh: Rachel ten Brink | Raising $28 Million | #LatinoPittsburgh Digital Speaker Series

LIVE @ 1 pm TODAY August 25th on Facebook

Join us today at 1 pm live with Rachel ten Brink, a Latina founder who raised over $28 million for Scentbird, is a Y Combinator Alum and former executive at multi-billion dollar companies like Estee Lauder and is now changing the world through her VC Fund, Red Bike Capital (full bio below).

The conversation will take place LIVE on our Facebook Page at 12pm but may be streamed following the event. It will be followed by a Q&A Session. The video may be viewed following the event.

Don't have Facebook? We are now streaming on YOUTUBE and LinkedIn as well.

Named Entrepreneur Magazines' 100 Powerful Women of 2020, Rachel ten Brink is a Data Driven, Product/Consumer Obsessed Founder, Board Member, Investor and a Top Latinx in Tech leader. Rachel was Partner at Five Four Ventures LLC, a VC and Start-up Studio in New York and San Francisco. Previously, she was co-founder and CMO of Scentbird, a Y-Combinator backed fragrance subscription service that raised $28MM+ in venture funding. Rachel led Growth, Brand and Business Development, scaling the company to over 500,000 subscribers. Before this, she spent 20 years building billion dollar brands at top consumer companies including Elizabeth Arden, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., Gillette, L'Oréal, and Bacardi. She is a Y Combinator alumnus, #500 strong, and was recognized as Top 50 Latinx Tech Leaders in the US ($10B in exits). She is passionate about supporting women and Latinx in tech.

Rachel is an early stage investor and advisor to several consumer-tech companies. She frequently writes and speaks about consumer technology, growth, influencer marketing, venture capital, entrepreneurship, and diversity, and has been featured in Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Latina, Refinery29, Inc. and Forbes. A native of Costa Rica, Rachel holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and graduated magna cum laude from Babson College with a B.S. in International Business.

Connect with Rachel HERE

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Red Bike Capital is a Latina-led seed-stage fund based in New York investing in US-based consumer fintech, e-commerce infrastructure and consumer tech. Capitalizing on their 30 years of operating and investment experience including scaling a Y Combinator-backed startup to $100M in revenue, and sourcing deals via relationships with top founders and leading accelerators

Red Bike Capital believes that we are in the midst of a permanent shift in what and how we buy

Covid was an accelerant for e-commerce with a huge influx of new buyers and new needs for ecommerce infrastructure
Permanent shifts in consumer behavior include focus on health and wellness, community driven marketplaces, and conscious consumption
Large categories are facing consumer-driven disruption with new category-defining companies having a clear path to profitability and successful exit.
Red Bike Capital believes that diverse teams are a competitive advantage. They focus on categories that are changing and founders whose backgrounds uniquely position them to create massive businesses. With access to the most talented founders, and the ability to leverage their operational expertise, Red Bike Capital is uniquely positioned to find and help build the next billion dollar startup.

#LatinoPittsburgh Digital Speaker Series is an initiative of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. It's goals are to share relevant information, inspire growth and foster opportunity.

Speakers include community leaders and member as well as other individuals who have a positive impact not only on the Hispanic community, but Pittsburgh as a region.

To learn more visit our website.

Interested in Speaking? Contact MelanieMarie@pmahcc.org