Are Angel Investors Right for You? The Reality of Fundraising for Retail and Consumer with Sapna Shah

​Angel investors come together for an unfiltered discussion on finding your dream investor, what to expect from angels, how to catch them, and who angels are right for.

​As an angel investor and CEO of Female Founder Collective, Alison Wyatt is the perfect person to navigate a conversation with Sapna Shah on her recommendations for founders at all stages.

​Sapna Shah is an angel investor, retail expert and three-time entrepreneur. Through Red Giraffe Advisors, Sapna makes pre-seed investments in in the future of retail and consumer, which includes retail tech, ecommerce, marketplace and consumer startups.

​Sapna is also the founder of Retail X Series, an ecosystem for retail/consumer startups, featuring webinars, events, a podcast, Slack community and resources for early-stage founders. Sapna mentors and judges in the startup competitions at the Wharton School, NYU Stern and Columbia Business School. She has also mentored at a number of New York-based accelerators. Sapna currently serves on the Board of Directors of the NY Tech Alliance.

​Previously, Sapna co-founded independent equity research firm Retail Eye Partners and menswear ecommerce startup Mind the Chap. Sapna has also held executive strategy roles at Linens 'n Things & Ann Taylor, and began her career in retail at Gap, Inc.

​Previous to her career in retail, Sapna worked in investment banking at Punk, Ziegel & Knoell and in credit at Morgan Stanley. Sapna is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (BS & BA) and Columbia Business School (MBA).