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Hosted by Naseem Sayani · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 25 episodes
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We’re codifying the capital playbook—because no founder should have to learn the hard way. Hosted by Naseem Sayani, VC and unapologetic truth-teller, The Capital Flex unpacks what really happens when female founders raise money inside systems not built for them. From bias in the room to predatory term sheets, these are the stories we usually hear in DMs not headlines. Each episode offers unfiltered insight, real strategies, and a new playbook where we write the rules. Because the system won’t fix itself. But we will.
Naseem Sayani hosts The Capital Flex Podcast, a business show with 25 episodes published.
A New York City subway agency called Thinx’s period underwear ads too inappropriate. The same stations were running ads for erectile dysfunction pills. In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Maria Molland,
She drew the blueprint for the gig economy in 2008. Uber. Lyft. DoorDash. They all came later. In the moment, though, she navigated significant disbelief and had an investor call her “babe” mid-pitch. . She built it anyw
She had the science, the credentials, and a market that encompassed half the population. The people with the capital just didn't care enough about women's health to bet on it. So she stopped trying to convince them. In t
He was never interested in investing. He just liked feeling powerful. So he took Aagya Mathur to dinner, told her why her company would fail, and picked up the check because he was “older and richer.” Nobody warns you ab
The most dangerous part of fundraising is not the bad term sheet. It’s the room. And when you’re early-stage, with no HR, no legal shield, and no institutional backup, the only protection is you . In this episode of The
You have the product, the paying users, and the proof. But the men with the money keep saying no. What then? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Corinne Vargas, founder and CEO of SmartCHARTS, a healthte
She had a solid product that solved a real problem, plus unshakeable conviction. And yet, before she could get down to business, Meredith McAllister still had to prove she belonged in the room. In this episode of The Cap
She had nine commercial partners, FDA clearance, and a 25-year medtech track record. Still an investor stopped her mid-pitch to ask whether breast cancer was “still a thing.” In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit do
After two decades in practice, keeping her company profitable through COVID, and building a patient base that spanned 35 states, Dr. Somi Javaid still walked into investor meetings where people looked around the room ask
100 meetings. One summer. Not a single dollar raised. In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Denielle Finkelstein and Thyme Sullivan — co-founders of Unicorn, the company putting period product dispensers i
The venture capital system is not broken. It is working exactly as designed. And that is precisely the problem. In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Cindy Gallop — founder of Make Love Not Porn, builder o
What happens when you walk into a raise with receipts, relationships, and a real product, then realize the only thing slowing the deal is how polite you are being? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Emi
Every founder has encountered that “maybe investor”, the one who needs weeks to decide, asks endless questions, and quietly burns your timeline. In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Alison Greenberg, form
What happens when the round is “closed” on paper, but your runway is still waiting on a wire? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Sona Shah, CEO and co-founder of Neopenda, a med tech company building we
What happens when the hardest part of fundraising is not the pitch, but the structure behind the check? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Cecilia Tse, CEO and co-founder of hey freya, a science-backed
What happens when your company is strong, your tech is real, and the only thing “missing” is a man in the room? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Jenni Ogden, founder of Eye Q Productions, a creative p
What happens when your technology is solid, your traction is real, and the problem is not your company, but the system deciding whether to trust you? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Annie Brown, Foun
What happens when you stop trying to convince investors and start qualifying them instead? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Mical Jeanlys-White, CEO and founder of WealthMore, an AI-native wealth tech
What happens when you are building a life-saving women’s health company and most of the pitch is spent convincing investors the problem is real? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Kaitlin Christine, bre
What happens when you have world class credentials, real traction, undeniable market size and the room still reduces you to a “brand”? In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with @Dr. Maria Uloko, a board certif
Somi Javaid
board-certified OB-GYN, surgeon, founder · HerMD
1 appearance on this show
Denielle Finkelstein
Co-Founder and President · TOP The Organic Project
1 appearance on this show
Cindy Gallop
Founder and CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn · Make Love Not Porn
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Maria Uloko
board certified urologist, sexual health expert, founder and CEO · VUVLAi
1 appearance on this show
Somer Baburek
President and CEO · Hera Biotech
1 appearance on this show
Leah Solivan
TaskRabbit
1 appearance on this show
Corinne Vargas
SmartCHARTS
1 appearance on this show
Marissa Fayer
Deep Look Medical
1 appearance on this show
Emily Maginn
EXO Technologies
1 appearance on this show
Alison Greenberg
Ember Health
1 appearance on this show
Sona Shah
Neopenda
1 appearance on this show
Cecilia Tse
hey freya
1 appearance on this show
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