“So you’re ready for the juicy details, huh?”

So began my Instagram Live session on the Ellevest account late last week. There are just too many stories from my time raising Ellevest’s $53 million Series B funding round to keep to myself. And too much glossing over the realities of fundraising, and too little frank talk about the you’d-better-laugh-so-you-won’t-cry reality of what it’s like.

Sorry-not-sorry for my rants on:

How start-ups run by women post better results but only get 2% of venture capital dollars.
The time a well-known venture capitalist tried to explain to me what financial advisors do (lol).
The woman investor who chose not to invest because we hit 14 of her 15 criteria, but not all 15. (Spoiler: It turns out she had invested in exactly 0 women start-up CEOs.)

The good news: There’s an increasing number of ways women can navigate the funding world.

The other good news: If you missed the IG Live, you can still read an edited transcript or watch the replay.

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“Greenwashing. 😭”

– Elle Raiser @roxirosa2103 on the challenges of aligning money with values

Ugh — you can say that again. Come to this Thursday’s Values-Driven Personal Finance workshop! We’ll share some tips for researching the companies your money’s supporting.

Two street signs at an intersection, one that says “rent” and one that says “buy.” Collage.

Should you rent or should you buy?

Rising mortgage rates have everybody buzzing about the housing market again. (Did they ever stop?) As we enter “homebuying season,” here’s some help answering the big Q.

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Trying to pay off debt ahead of summer?

There are two popular approaches you could follow: the debt snowball and the debt avalanche. Here’s a handy spreadsheet you can use to track your debts, sort them, and plan to pay them off.

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A tweet that reads “Pilot (to my 5-year-old daughter a few days ago): Do you know you could be a flight attendant when you grow up?

5: I could also own the plane.”

What’s your go-to advice for women+ when it comes to their money?

“You have the capabilities to make powerful decisions about your money that will have life-long impacts on the financial future of yourself and generations after you.”

— Ellevest investor Kate Brodock of the W Fund

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Career breaks can sound too good to be true — but they can be possible. Come learn how.

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Links we couldn’t put down this week

•	Eye-popping stats here about how, for women, inflation is hitting different. Example: “Single women spend as much as 30% more than single men on most grocery items — the same items that are among those with the highest inflation increase.”
•	Sociologist Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom’s inaugural New York Times column — on the difference between stigma and shame — is such a banger we couldn’t pick just one quote to share.
•	No college degree? No problem. (It’s about time.)
•	When we were 26, we were living with three roommates and eating cereal for dinner, so color us doubly impressed with 26-year-old fund manager Eva Shang.
•	We stan this Indigenous Bolivian skater-girl crew.

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“So you’re ready for the juicy details, huh?”

“Greenwashing. 😭”

Should you rent or should you buy?

Trying to pay off debt ahead of summer?

What’s your go-to advice for women+ when it comes to their money?

NEW! Ellevest Explains

Links we couldn’t put down this week

Invest for returns and good with Ellevest Impact Portfolios. 🌎

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