Meet Pipeline Angels, presented by IWLC and Iowa Startup Accelerator

For:

• Female accredited investors
• Female entrepreneurs

IWLC and Iowa Startup Accelerator are hosting an informal meeting with Pipeline Angels founder and CEO Natalia Oberti Noguera about the launch of the Pipeline Angels program in Cedar Rapids. The rapidly growing new program is an angel investing bootcamp for women, and is building a network of new and seasoned women investors. This will be the first chapter in Iowa. Female entrepreneurs are invited as well.

What's an accredited investor?

Accredited investors have earned income that exceeded $200,000 (or $300,000 together with a spouse) in each of the prior two years, and reasonably expects the same for the current year,

OR

have a net worth over $1 million, either alone or together with a spouse (excluding the value of the person’s primary residence).

About Pipeline Angels
Pipeline Angels, a network of new and seasoned women investors, is changing the face of angel investing and creating capital for women social entrepreneurs. Pipeline Angels holds a signature bootcamp for new investors and a signature pitch summit for startups looking for funding. 200+ women have participated in our angel investing bootcamp, 30+ companies have secured funding from Pipeline Angels members, two portfolio companies have had exits in under five years, and our members have invested over US$2M in women-led for-profit social ventures via our pitch summit process.

About Natalia Oberti Noguera
Founder & CEO, Pipeline Angels
Dubbed "The Coach" by Marie Claire, Natalia (aka Ms. Oberti Noguera) is Founder and CEO of Pipeline Angels, a network of women investors that's changing the face of angel investing and creating capital for women social entrepreneurs. Natalia holds a BA in Comparative Literature & Economics from Yale. She has been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Mashable, Newsweek, Reuters Money, TechCrunch, The New York Times, and Fast Company's Co.Exist Change Generation series. Natalia was named to the Forbes list “Top 20 Women for Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter,” as well as Latina.com's "25 Latinas Who Shine in Tech." Women's eNews recognized her as one of 21 Leaders for the 21st Century for 2012 and Fortune highlighted her as one of the "55 most influential women on Twitter." You can find Natalia on Twitter (@nakisnakis).

About IWLC
Iowa Women Lead Change (IWLC) is the state’s premier leadership organization for women, offering comprehensive leadership resources including events featuring prominent speakers, frequent networking opportunities, and other important services to advance women’s leadership in all aspects of their lives.

About Iowa Startup Accelerator
Iowa Startup Accelerator is an intensive program that matches tech-based startups, especially those in ag, health, education, manufacturing, and transportation technology, with world-class mentors, Midwestern work ethic, seed funding, and development expertise to take them from concept to successful launch in 90 days.