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Ask JBH #32: Sara T Brand, Ph.D. Ask JBH
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- Entrepreneurship
Dr. Sara Brand is the Founding General Partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in women-led companies improving environmental and/or human health. She is also the co-founder of (512) Brewing, the largest draught-only, self-distributing microbrewery in the U.S. before COVID, after co-founding it with her husband with the mission to be a green and clean brewery (e.g., organic grain, spent grain to local farmers).
Sara is an active member of the entrepreneurial ecosystem to support gender diversity (e.g., founding investor in the Rising Tide Portfolia Fund, advisor to DivInc, Founding Steering Committee for Beam) within the health tech and green tech sectors (e.g., board member of the Austin Healthcare Council, Advisory Panel Member of Texas Health Catalyst at UT’s Dell Medical School, mentor for the Cleantech Open). Sara also serves on the Host Committee for the Austin Community Foundation’s Women’s Fund Keyholder event every year. She is a frequent startup competition judge and accelerator mentor, as well as an active speaker on topics such as the financial outperformance of women-led companies, the unique advantages women entrepreneurs have in improving environmental and human health, and the critical impact women have as investors from everyday purchases and healthcare decisions to managing multiple generations of family wealth. She is also a board director for UnaliWear, Dermala, Oralucent, and Queen of Raw, True Wealth Ventures’ portfolio companies, in addition to Pollack & Weitzner.
Dr. Sara Brand is the Founding General Partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in women-led companies improving environmental and/or human health. She is also the co-founder of (512) Brewing, the largest draught-only, self-distributing microbrewery in the U.S. before COVID, after co-founding it with her husband with the mission to be a green and clean brewery (e.g., organic grain, spent grain to local farmers).
Sara is an active member of the entrepreneurial ecosystem to support gender diversity (e.g., founding investor in the Rising Tide Portfolia Fund, advisor to DivInc, Founding Steering Committee for Beam) within the health tech and green tech sectors (e.g., board member of the Austin Healthcare Council, Advisory Panel Member of Texas Health Catalyst at UT’s Dell Medical School, mentor for the Cleantech Open). Sara also serves on the Host Committee for the Austin Community Foundation’s Women’s Fund Keyholder event every year. She is a frequent startup competition judge and accelerator mentor, as well as an active speaker on topics such as the financial outperformance of women-led companies, the unique advantages women entrepreneurs have in improving environmental and human health, and the critical impact women have as investors from everyday purchases and healthcare decisions to managing multiple generations of family wealth. She is also a board director for UnaliWear, Dermala, Oralucent, and Queen of Raw, True Wealth Ventures’ portfolio companies, in addition to Pollack & Weitzner.
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