Elaine Bolle talks Sidecar Funds and More

This week on The Angel Next Door, Marcia Dawood interviews fellow ACA board member, Elaine Bolle! Elaine is very active in the angel community and acts as an advisor to early stage companies after the many years she spent being a CEO and senior executive. She has quite the track record leading domestic and global organizations from venture-backed start-ups to $750M+ enterprises. In addition she is a marketing extraordinaire who has truly done it all! Currently she is the investment chair at RTP Capital Associates located in the Triangle area.

Elaine has a unique story - from the role she played in Chewy Granola Bars 41 years ago, to building a business to compete with Western Union, to deciding to branch out and become an entrepreneur and investor and move to Silicon Valley, she has been a CEO and COO for multiple companies over the years. Elaine has worked fiercely to grow companies that she truly felt passionate about.

Elaine also shares with our audience how angels today are building the world they want to see one investment at a time, by investing in companies that they truly care about and are making a difference. She tells us all about her work with Portfolia and her role as a lead venture partner on the Active Aging and Longevity Fund.

In addition, Elaine talks a bit about RTP Capital Associates and the 60 members that make up their organization. She tells us how they currently invest, how many deals they average per year and how a sidecar fund is a much simpler way of managing investments today. She also tells us about her part in the Angel Funders Report and why that is so important each year in looking at key companies, trends, and what's happening within Angel Capital Association groups. 

Tune in to listen to the full episode! Enjoy the show!