Linnea Roberts
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- Milken Institute1h 0m
Strengthening Pathways to Capital: The Business Case for Inclusive Growth | Global Conference 2025
Troy Duffie, Wally Adeyemo, David Hall, Cassandra Lichnock, Linnea Roberts, Jim Shelton
The Milkenitz to Global Conference 2025 panel led by Walea Adeyemo, Cassandra, and other sector leaders argues that unlocking the economic potential of rural and historically redlined communities requires a strategic alignment of public, private, and philanthropic capital. Speakers detailed structural barriers such as the geographic concentration of venture capital and rigid institutional investment thresholds, while proposing solutions like bipartisan legislative support and the coordination of family offices to fill scaling gaps. The discussion concludes that bridging the widening mobility gap and preparing for an AI-driven economy demands a new infrastructure of education and capital stacking comparable to historical national investments in railroads and defense.
- Milken Institute1h 6m
The $700 Billion Opportunity: Women Investors Unlocking the Female Dollar | Global Conference 2024
Anna Mason, Tonya Allen, Erin Harkless Moore, Kwanza Jones, Sallie Krawcheck, Linnea Roberts
Representing a collective force managing over $15 billion, panelists from the McKnight Foundation, Pivotal Ventures, and Ellevest argue that the actual financial opportunity in women-led ventures reaches $2.5 trillion, driven by the intergenerational transfer of $80 trillion. The discussion highlights empirical data showing that women founders require less capital to achieve profitability and that emerging managers consistently outperform later-stage vintage years, challenging the stigma surrounding women in investment. To bridge structural biases and the "feminization of wealth," the panel proposed actionable frameworks like the McKnight Foundation's four levers of power and urged investors to shift capital toward female-led funds to realize superior risk-adjusted returns.