Nami Baral

Harvest Platform

Founder & CEO - Techstars Barclays 2019

Nami Baral is the Founder and CEO of Harvest Platform, a fintech startup that utilizes artificial intelligence to eliminate bad consumer debt, from fees to credit card charges to student loans and more. Harvest Platform is headquartered in New York and is backed by investors including Barclays Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Lakehouse Ventures as well as founders of Warby Parker, Acorns and more.

Prior to Harvest Platform, Nami was building cutting-edge Real Time Bidding products and leading revenue partnerships at Twitter. Before Twitter, Nami built her financial sector expertise as an investment banker in New York. As a founder working in the intersection of finance and technology, Nami is excited about creating solutions that are consumer friendly and elevate the financial lives of all consumers.

Nami graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics and Mathematics.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM MDT

Breaking Down Gender Bias in Entrepreneurship

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Claudia Reuter

Techstars, General Manager, Americas East

Sara Bates

MamaMend, Co-founder & CEO - Techstars MetLife 2018

Nami Baral

Harvest Platform, Founder & CEO - Techstars Barclays 2019

Michele Atkinson

Contract Cloud, CEO & Founder - Techstars Chicago 2020

One set of barriers to increased entrepreneurship is the underrepresentation of women entrepreneurs. With women half as likely to become entrepreneurs compared to their male counterparts, the world economy is missing out on potential innovation and economic growth. Join us to learn about the gender biases that exist in entrepreneurship and the workplace and what can be done to help decrease the obstacles women entrepreneurs are facing.