VTWIN HerStory: Heather Henyon

VT WIN HerStory: Heather Henyon, Mindshift Capital
October 16, 2025
12pm to 1:15pm ET
Zoom | Free

HerStory: Heather Henyon, Founding Partner, Mindshift Capital

Join us for a lunch hour HerStory with Heather Henyon on October 16th at 12pm ET. We’re excited to hear Heather’s personal money story and how she came to her work as a champion of women led organizations!

Heather is Founding Partner of Mindshift Capital, a global venture fund that invests exclusively in early stage women-led technology companies. Mindshift Capital has backed 19 companies led by 26 female founders in 6 countries. Heather is Founder of the Women’s Angel Investor Network (WAIN), the first and largest women’s angel investor group in the Middle East. An active venture investor with a passion for women’s health and sports, Heather has over 200 direct and fund investments in the US, Europe and Middle East. She started her career on Wall Street and has almost 20 years of experience in finance, technology and strategy in emerging markets including as founding CEO of Grameen-Jameel Microfinance Ltd.

Heather is a member of the Investment Committee of the Next Wave Impact Fund and is a founding member and former Board and Investment Committee member of Dubai Angel Investors and Cairo Angels Syndicate Fund.  Originally from the US, she has lived in the Middle East for 15 years and speaks Arabic and French. Heather holds an MBA in Finance & Entrepreneurship from the Johnson School at Cornell University where she was a Park Leadership Fellow and a BA in Economics & Political Science from Oberlin College.

Agenda for Zoom Online Event:

12:00pm – VT WIN intros and meeting guidelines
12:10pm – HerStory: Heather Henyon
12:50pm – Time for Q&A with Heather Henyon
12:15pm – Open Discussion / Wrap Up

As always, there will be time for discussion and sharing ideas.

Vermont Women’s Investors Network believes strongly in being an inclusive and diverse network.  While we appreciate our male allies, this event is free and open to all WOMEN, no matter their path, life experiences or relationships, to discover and achieve their economic goals in alignment with their values. 

PLEASE NOTE: We will email you the Zoom link the afternoon of the event.