Michelle Kennedy

@lapresmidi Mad loss for TF - Does anyone else smell Burberry calling for PH?? 🇬🇧♥️

Scoop: Peter Hawkings is out as creative director of Tom Ford. More details in Monday’s Line Sheet @puckdotnews puck.news/author/lauren-…

@melissacash_ @SarahPerezTC @TechCrunch @playpokpok @adjacent @ncsh So excited to be part of this journey with you ♥️

Today we joined forces with @SarahPerezTC at @TechCrunch to announce @playpokpok's $6M Series A, led by @adjacent! And, if you want to know what it's like trying to get a smidge of that 2.2% of global VC dollars allotted to women founders, keep reading... @ncsh from Adjacent is awesome. He has incredible expertise and we're so glad to have him lead this round. Plus, he's unlike any other VC I've met (that's a compliment). Perhaps just as important, with him comes the expertise from his kids, too! His daughter has been playing with Pok Pok for over two years, and has an opinion just as important as her dad's. 😉 Same goes for @TurnerNovak's kids at @BananaCap_ and @shiftb's family. And all of the kids at @metalab — shout out to @davidtapp and @Desdeke! We're also thrilled to have the folks at @konvoyventures participating again too, and just love that with every passing year, more kids (and future playtesters) are being born into the Konvoy klan. The TLDR: we are so grateful to have a bunch of amazing investors be part of Pok Pok. But, we had a really tough time finding female investors for this round, something that was not the case in the past. It turns out that way fewer women VCs invest beyond Seed stage. After all that pitching, we found ourselves at a tipping point. We were so thrilled to have some really awesome investors in our corner, but it just didn't sit right to close without a single woman on the cap table (especially given our product and customer)! So we paused. @EstherH_ and I debriefed, allocated a chunk of capital and vowed to prioritize women investors in a second close. We were grateful to have had the unwavering support of our board and Nico in this decision. It took more time, but we found some incredible women like @shellkennedylon and tons more who aren't on X. One even started a new VC just to make this investment... These women are strategic, valuable and simply awesome. I’m sharing this story to hopefully inspire even just one woman to start investing and one founder to push a little bit harder for a diverse cap table. 💛 And maybe in 2024 we can make that 2.2% a 3% and finally quantify how many female investors there really are out there so we can prioritize adding more! Now, back to building! 💪 techcrunch.com/2024/06/18/now…

@AlexZac @Snapchat @Linktree_ Yessss love this ❤️❤️💪💪💪

New @Snapchat x @Linktree_ partnership just dropped 🔥 Linktree was born to democratise digital presence. Milestones like these mark an awesome reflection point as we make our vision a reality. Beyond proud of the team. Just scratching the surface - excited for what's to come!

Better late than never. Introducing, Barbie Posters: The Motherhood Edition. 💁‍♀️⁠ Which Barbie are you?⁠ ⁠

We’ve got a confession to make. 👀 There is no Motherhood Manual. 📕❌

Hi don’t say happy IWD, just invest in women. It’s simply good business. That’s it. That’s tweet. ft.com/content/c1d4b7…

Still pinching myself 🥜🥜🥜🥜

And thank you to the millions of women who trust @peanut to to be their safe space. This also wouldn’t be possible without you! ♥️ Want to see what all the fuss is about? Get on @peanut. 😉

Well done to Team @peanut who work tirelessly every day to provide a safe space for women to connect and share their unfiltered stories. You deserve it! Being in the company of @disney, @youtube, @nasa and @reddit is no mean feat. 💪

Little reminder for any founders on your dynamic with investors #soundadvicepodcast @sageuk

@millieclinic @MarijaButkovic @ForbesWomen Yay! Congratulations ❤️🙌

Thanks to @MarijaButkovic and @ForbesWomen for sharing our story! Our Berkeley clinic's doors open on September 26th ✨ Join our mailing list for more updates at millieclinic.com! forbes.com/sites/marijabu…

Woman. Monarch. Wife. Mother. Hero. ♥️

@LiberareCo obsessed with this

It was never ‘just’ a US issue… The war on women is global, and it’s happening on your doorstep

For shame. If you write checks, invest in women. Let us build solutions. If you care about your children’s future, support women, help us build solutions. If you have any single drop of humanity, help us sort this dystopia out, be the solution.

With a far-right majority in the Supreme Court throwing away 50 years of precent, women are in danger. We know you may be feeling many emotions right now—shock, confusion, hurt. Know that your feelings are valid and we’re here for you, always.

@alexisohanian Fortnum & Mason

What's the best High Tea in London for a 4.5 year old with a limited attention span? Something fun, not too proper, but still special for a little girl who likes tea parties.

@JuneAngelides @norabavey1 @jannekeniessen Highlight of the day ❤️

Found @shellkennedylon, @norabavey1 and @jannekeniessen in Sweden!

@elizabday @britishmuseum Built a whole business around this anger. Beautifully articulate as always, thank you ❤️

I've had quite a few (very generous) people wanting to see the full text of a speech I gave @britishmuseum to mark the opening of their Feminine Power exhibition. It's on a topic very close to my heart - female rage. So I thought I'd put it on here.