Holly Flanagan

Investment Committee Member

Biography

Holly is a Partner & Member of the Investment Committee of AWE Funds. She has significant early stage investment and operational experience. She is Managing Director of Gabriel Investments, an investment firm focused on investing in technology startups in the Philadelphia region. Her career includes 20 years of business development experience including senior sales roles at 4 venture-backed companies, 1 of which had a successful IPO and another that was acquired by Barclays Bank for close to $300mm. She has deep experience in channel / partnership sales and was responsible for signing and managing many multi-million dollar customers. She is a member of the Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs, the Forum of Executive Women, and represents Gabriel Investments on the board of DailyWorth, LLC. She serves on the Board of FS Investments' Total Return Energy Fund and Credit Income Funds. She is a member of Circle of Aunts and Uncles Investment Group which provides low-interest loans & social capital to under-resourced entrepreneurs. As an Eisenhower Fellow, Holly has focused on women entrepreneurs and investment in China.

Holly has worked with Seema as a US Mentor, on Project All India Roadshow for Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship (AIRSWEEE), a US State Dept. funded women entrepreneurship initiative in India. (women.tie.org)

Holly holds a BA and MBA from the University of Delaware.