Nathalie Molina Niño

Nathalie Molina Niño

Co-Founder & Managing Director at Known Holdings, Builder Capitalist, Author of Leapfrong

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Nathalie Molina Niño is the co-founder & managing director at Known Holdings, a builder capitalist, and the author of Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs.

She’s an entrepreneur and tech globalization veteran focused on high-growth businesses that benefit women and the planet. She co-founded the trade organization for Builder Capitalists, an alternative asset class to VC. A technologist and coder by training, she’s a consummate entrepreneur and a storyteller at heart.

Nathalie Molina Niño advises the WOCstar Fund, FullCycle, and the Accion Opportunity Fund. She serves on the advisory board of the National Institute for Reproductive Health, WE NYC, Launch with GC (Goldman Sachs), and Vote, Run, Lead. In 2019, she was honored with Schneps’ inaugural Women of Wall Street Awards for her influence in banking and finance and was named among People magazine’s “Most Powerful Latinas.”

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Nathalie Molina Niño suggests that while big cities offer opportunities, businesses can thrive by targeting underserved markets in smaller areas and adopting a scrappy entrepreneurial mindset to find low-cost resources and build strategic partnerships for scalable success.
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Venture capitalists do not invest in female and minority entrepreneurs in any significant way. Nathalie Molina Niño explains several viable fundraising alternatives that won't require founders to give up control of their companies.