From Real Estate to Angel Investing: Katie Dunn on How Women Build Real Leverage

April 7

52 mins

Episode Description

Some women learn money in a classroom. Katie learned it in her dad's real estate office. On Getting Rich Together, host Syama Bunten talks with investor, advisor, and former commercial real estate finance executive Katie Dunn about angel investing for women and the path that led her there. Katie grew up around deals, properties, and practical lessons about ownership, then built a career financing major commercial real estate transactions before moving into startup investing and founder advisory work.

This episode is for anyone curious about women founders fundraising, a smarter startup fundraising strategy, and how to become an angel investor without pretending the process is simple. Katie's story makes angel investing for women feel concrete. She connects early money lessons to real estate investing for wealth building, then shows how that experience shaped the way she evaluates founders, opportunities, and risk.

What makes this conversation worth hearing is Katie's honesty about money and power. She is clear that angel investing for women is not just about access or confidence. It is also about ownership, decision-making, and making money without apology. Hearing how Katie built her edge over time makes angel investing for women feel more grounded, more doable, and much less intimidating.

Episode Breakdown:

00:00 From Commercial Real Estate to Angel Investing

02:45 Katie Dunn's Early Money Lessons and Real Estate Upbringing

16:31 Breaking Into Commercial Real Estate Finance After College

24:22 First Investments and Real Estate Investing for Wealth Building

30:37 How Katie Dunn Learned Angel Investing and Startup Deal Flow

40:11 Using AI and Founder Advisory to Improve Startup Fundraising Strategy

46:53 Why More Women Need to Invest and Close the Female Founder Funding Gap

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