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August 27, 2026

A room full of moms understood it instantly. VCs didn’t.

Same founder, same deck, completely different outcome.

Last week’s newsletter was about interpreting silence after a pitch. That silence can be a byproduct of who was in the room, so let’s take a look at that this week.

I get asked a lot about how people can get involved in moving the needle on capital access. The honest answer is that you don’t need a title or a movement behind you. You simply need to act on what you see needs fixing. I’m going to share a story of what that looked like recently.

A friend of mine, Nathalya, has been building Anywhere Dx, an at-home molecular test, starting with strep throat, that connects straight to a telehealth doctor.

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