Jenny Rudd

I’m a founder and investor. I help founders of early-stage start-ups to go from zero to one, with a focus on women-led businesses.

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Investor in early-stage, women-led and owned start-ups, and businesses in the blockchain ecosystem looking to change the world for the better.

Mentor on Blackbird Venture’s accelerator programme, Startmate.

Entrepreneur-in residence at Techstars, Sydney

Founder of Dispute Buddy

co-author of The Gender Investment Gap

Winner 2021 Enterprise Angels New Member of The Year Award.

On the board of Enterprise Angels in Tauranga, New Zealand’s one of New Zealand’s oldest and most established angel investing groups.

Specialist in the investment ecosystem in Aotearoa, particularly in capital raising, due diligence, product-market fit, pitch decks and marketing.

First female sports spread-betting trader in the City, London.

Member of the Women’s Employment Action Plan (entrepreneurial sub-group) set up by the Ministry for Women.

BUSINESS

DISPUTE BUDDY

Founder of legal tech SaaS startupwww.disputebuddy.co

UNO

Successful exit of media business in 2021.

SHEEO

Launched in 2020, featuring women-led businesses (funded by female investors) in USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. These women are working on the world’s biggest problems, like inequality and the environment. We flew our editorial team to Los Angeles to shoot the cover at Hollywood star Selma Blair’s house, and had Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the launch in Toronto, Canada. Fun and impact. The best!

BOARD MEMBER

Entreprise Angels, Tauranga

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Theresa Gattung -

Former CEO of Telecom, co-founder of My Food Bag, chair of boards, entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist

“I have known and worked with Jenny for several years. She has a first class intellect and a solid understanding of the investment ecosystem, especially as it impacts on female founders.

She has a passion for reading and assessing pitch decks and listening to founders talk about their businesses. Always moving at speed, she does her own research and due diligence.

I am often amazed at what she is able to compile in this process, and I rate her analysis and insights very highly.

Generous of spirit, Jenny has a learning orientation , and lives as if life is a continuous feedback loop! Stimulating and insightful, she is a joy to work with and spend time with.”

Andrea Blair -

CEO Upflow, president of the International Geothermal Association

“Jenny provides brilliant clarity of thought in complex, nascent spaces. She has assisted Upflow in understanding the opportunities that geothermal energy has for energy-intensive cryptocurrency operations.”

Tenby Powell -

Hunter-Powell Investments, former Tauranga mayor

“A powerhouse of positive energy and integrity, Jenny is successful across multiple brands. She enables founders by sharing her influence, knowledge and contacts to make positive change.

Jenny is an intelligent and mindful woman who is an astute investor. And she is great fun to be around.”

Sue de Bièvre -

CEO + founder of global fintech, beany.com

“Beany used Jenny to help make sense of our strategic direction, and more importantly, help us communicate it to investors in our recent successful capital raising round.

She is hugely insightful, has amazing contacts in the capital ecosystem and above all creates confidence in what you're doing. As a founder, I highly recommend her to help build and refine your pitch, practise it and be supported as you go through the painful process.”