She Has Leverage

Private markets education for the women you serve.

Bring practical venture capital education to your employees, members, or investor network.

She Has Leverage helps financially successful women understand how venture funds work, what investing involves, and which questions to ask before making a commitment. Through interactive sessions, practical frameworks, and tools, participants build the knowledge and judgment to make their own informed decisions.

Designed for women. Allies welcome.

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What participants take away

Understand venture. Decide with confidence.

  • Venture fluency

    Understand funds, LP commitments, and risks, with context for startup and innovation conversations at work.

  • A clear view of fit

    Weigh liquidity, time horizons, and capital commitments against their financial priorities.

  • Investment priorities

    Define what their capital should support and their criteria for evaluating opportunities.

  • A repeatable diligence process

    Find funds, assess managers, and review terms using practical tools.

  • A support network

    Identify trusted advisors, learn with peers, and build relationships in venture.

  • A personal decision record

    Keep their research, criteria, and reasoning together in one place.

Talks and workshops cover one or two outcomes. Private cohorts cover all six.

Education tailored to your audience.

  • For employers

    Private markets education for women and allies, open to all employees. Available through benefits, wellness, ERGs, and leadership programs.

  • For communities and membership organizations

    Help your members explore venture capital through clear, structured sessions with practical takeaways and open discussion.

  • For venture capital firms

    Independent education for your LPs and women in your network on fund mechanics, diligence, commitments, and the LP experience.

Ways to work together

  • Interactive talks and workshops

    Focused educational sessions tailored to your audience’s interests, questions, and starting point.

  • Private Aligned Capital Program cohorts

    Bring the four-week program to your employees, members, or community for a shared learning experience.

  • Sponsored access and ongoing education

    Sponsor participation in a workshop or program, or explore an ongoing education partnership for the women you serve.

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Who leads the sessions

Christine Cornellier, founder of She Has Leverage

I’m Christine Cornellier, founder of She Has Leverage and a limited partner in venture funds investing in women-led companies and women’s health. I hold an MBA from Northwestern Kellogg and bring more than a decade of experience across technology, strategy, internal audit, and sustainability.

Through She Has Leverage, I turn firsthand LP experience into practical education that helps women and allies understand venture funds, evaluate the commitment, and make their own informed decisions.

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Education partnerships & speaking engagements

  • Libra Leaders

    Tailored investor education

  • Portfolia

    Investor Summit speaker

  • Her Circle Co. London

    Guest speaker

Education that builds independent judgment.

The curriculum helps participants understand their options and make their own informed decisions. It does not recommend or promote specific funds, managers, or investment products.

Sponsors are clearly identified, and educational programming is kept separate from fundraising and product promotion.

Let’s build something tailored for your community.

Tell me who you serve and what you’d like them to understand. Together, we can explore the right topic, format, and scope.

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