Studentski poduzetnički inkubator (SPI), WIP Coworking and U.S. Embassy Zagreb are organizing a guest lecture – “How to get investment” by Ms.Tracy Gray on Tuesday, September 19th.

Location and time of event:

WIP coworking, Velebitska 147, Split

Tuesday, September 19th, 18h

Ms. Gray is the Founder and Managing Partner of The 22 Capital Group (The 22), a social impact, growth venture capital and advisory firm with a job creation mission to increase the export capacity of Southern California manufacturing companies, targeting women- and minority-owned businesses. In addition, Ms. Gray is the founder of the non-profit We Are Enough (WAE). WAE’s only mission is to increase the flow of capital to women entrepreneurs by educating ALL women on how and why to invest in women-owned for-profit businesses or with a “gender lens.” Ms. Gray was recently named one of the 50 “Women of Influence” in business in Los Angeles.

Prior to starting The 22, Ms. Gray was Senior Advisor of International Business and Marketing to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Senior Advisor to the Mayor’s Small Business Office. Ms. Gray was also a managing director at a venture catalyst consulting firm, where she raised over $30 million in equity capital; an investment professional at Zone Ventures, where her first investment decision, DivX, had a market capitalization of $435M at IPO; a director at an economic development non-profit; and a systems engineer/mission monitor on the NASA Space Shuttle program.

Ms. Gray is currently on the advisory board of Exergy Systems Inc. and Isidore Electronics Recycling (sold to Homeboy Industries). She also serves on several non-profit boards of directors and an advisory board and is a frequent speaker at various conferences and events. Ms. Gray holds a B.S. in Mathematical Science with an aeronautics emphasis from the University of California, Santa Barbara and dual MBAs from Columbia University and University of California, Berkeley.

Following presentation by Ms.Gray, attendees will have time to present their startups and/or projects and get feedback from Ms.Gray.

The number of participants is limited, so please sign up in time via email at: [masked]