Got Her Back Campaign

The Got Her Back Campaign is the initiative from DyMynd Angels to engage in closing the funding gap for female founders. As women take the lead in funding female entrepreneurs, MEN play a vital role in ensuring that she is supported and empowered to transform the entrepreneurial ecosystem here in Chicago and throughout the Midwest.

All contributors will be acknowledged on the DyMynd Angels website, and all signers will be listed on this page within 72 hours.

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Step 2:

Contribute $97

This contribution level represents the 97% gap in gender funding. Be recognized as a contributor to the DyMynd Angels initiative to economically back female founders throughout Chicago and the Midwest.

Make my $97 Contribution

Contribute $970

Be recognized as an exceptional man supporting female entrepreneurs. Our exceptional men will be acknowledged as a part of the Top 100 Contributors through Chicago media outlets.

Make my $970 Contribution

Sign Only

Contributions are not required for you to show your support for female founders! As long as you've signed the petition, your support is recognized and appreciated.

We've got her back!

We the undersigned, proudly assert our support, as men, of this women’s initiative and we encourage other men, in particular those in the entrepreneurial, venture capital, and broader financial communities, to join us and help to make those communities stronger for having women in them and playing the roles they so richly deserve.
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Exceptional Men

Tomer Yogev
Chief Synergist
TandemSpring
 
 

Got Her Back Contributors

Tom Alexander
COO
1871

Jeff Herbert
Realtor
Urban Living Properties
John Perry
Co-Founder
Four Hour Society Inc.

Julio H. Rodriguez
Finance Director
PHIMC

Got Her Back Supporters

Colin Carr
Senior Project Manager
Epiq

Damian Carville
SAS Institute Inc

Ami Copeland
Principal
Copeland Strategies, LLC

Paul Cowgill
Founder & CEO
Tasit Labs

Seyi Fabode
Consultant
Asha Labs

Paul Fehrenbacher
Co-founder & CEO
Mutt Jackson

Bob Gillespie
Executive Director
Elmspring Accelerator

Aaron Gillum
Managing Partner
Caerus Investment Partners

Marc J. Grens
Co-Founder & President
DigitalMint

Mark Harris
President & CEO
Illinois Science & Technology Coalition

Jason Henrichs
Chairman
FinTEx

Scott Issen
President & CEO
Future Founders

Andreas Jaeger
Director of Operations
ShedWool

Leonard Kang
Principal
Kleoworks

Jacob Kerr
Associate
TRANSEARCH

Howard Lee

Ken Leonard
Principal
Leonard Associates

Phil Nevels
Director, Utility of the Future
ComEd

Krishna Tateneni
Principal
Tateneni Consulting LLC

R. Darryl Thomas
Artrepreneur
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Cory Warfield
CEO
ShedWool

Ben Weiss
Founder & CEO
Zcruit

Franklin Wiener
Founder & Partner
Venture Kitchen

Dr. Keith Zander
Senior Director of Evaluation
OneGoal