Katie Palencsar is a founder-turned-investor who built and sold her own data SaaS company before becoming a Partner at Anthemis Group, where she launched and leads the Female Innovators Lab Fund—a ~$50 million fund dedicated to female-founded fintechs that's widely described as the largest early-stage fintech fund focused on women founders. She holds a USPTO patent for AI-driven education technology and brings a venture studio approach to investing, having served as Head of Venture Studio at Anthemis while building programs that provide both capital and hands-on operational support to founders at the earliest stages. Katie Palencsar is a founder-turned-investor who built and sold her own data SaaS company before becoming a Partner at Anthemis Group, where she launched and leads the Female Innovators Lab Fund—a ~$50 million fund dedicated to female-founded fintechs that's widely described as the largest early-stage fintech fund focused on women founders. She holds a USPTO patent for AI-driven education technology and brings a venture studio approach to investing, having served as Head of Venture Studio at Anthemis while building programs that provide both capital and hands-on operational support to founders at the earliest stages.