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Smart matching for startups: Transforming how founders access leadership, capital, & expertise. https://thefourtheffect.com/platform-tours/

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10/28/2025

A huge thank you to Andy Walsh for having our founder, Breen Sullivan, on the Startups Decoded podcast!

This episode dives deep into how the right advisory board can become a true growth engine, helping founders raise smarter, scale faster, and build stronger.

Tune in to hear Breen and Andy unpack:
⚙️ Why traditional networks leave too many founders behind
🚀 How boards can drive growth, not just governance
💸 How smarter, dynamic advisory models expand access to capital and strengthen resilience

🎧 Listen & watch now using the link in the comments.

09/30/2025

Women’s health has been underfunded, overlooked, and underserved for decades. But with AI and biotech breakthroughs, it’s becoming clear: care is not just a moral issue, it’s economic infrastructure.

At The Shift: Our 2025 Annual Summit this October in NYC, we’ll examine how closing gaps in research, funding, and access can unlock resilience, growth, and impact in our fifth breakout room:

🩺 Care as Capital: The New Economics of Women’s Health.

📍 October 21 | New York City
🎟 Register using the link in our bio
🔗 Speakers to be announced soon
📖 Details in our blog, linked in comments

09/25/2025

At The Shift: Our 2025 Annual Summit this October in NYC, our next VIP room will explore Climate Capitalism: Investing in the Planetary Shift

Capital flows aren’t just shaping markets—they’re shaping the planet’s future. The question is:
– How do we fund resilience instead of risk?
– What role does innovation play in building adaptive, equitable systems?
– Where does responsibility sit when growth collides with planetary boundaries?
This isn’t ESG theater, it’s strategy for the next economy.

🎟 Register using the link in our bio
🔗 Speakers to be announced soon.
📖 Learn more in this week’s blog, linked in the comments

09/23/2025

What happens when AI stops being a tool and becomes the invisible operating system behind business, investing, and decision-making?

At The Shift: The Fourth Effect’s 2025 Annual Summit this October in NYC, we’ll explore the risks, inequities, and possibilities of algorithmic systems, and what it takes to build human-aligned intelligence at scale.

🎟 Register now using the link in our bio.
🔗 Speakers will be announced soon.
📖 Check out this week’s blog post in the comments for a deeper dive into The Shift.

09/18/2025

Fintech, embedded finance, and investor innovation are redrawing the map of access, ownership, and governance. But as capital flows faster than regulation, how do we design equitable systems in an AI-driven, networked economy?

This is the first VIP Room of The Shift: Infrastructure, Intelligence & the Future of Growth — The Fourth Effect’s 2025 Annual Summit, hosted by Kirkland & Ellis, happening October 21 in New York City.

🎟 Register now using the link in our bio.
🔗 Speakers to be announced soon.
📖 Check out this week’s blog post in the comments for a deeper look at The Shift driving these conversations.

09/09/2025

We’re thrilled to announce The Fourth Effect’s 2025 Annual Summit: The Shift—Infrastructure, Intelligence & the Future of Growth, happening this October in New York City.

From AI as infrastructure to climate capitalism, financial power, cyber resilience, and women’s health as core economic infrastructure, this year’s summit goes beyond conversation. It’s where leaders, founders, and investors actively design the frameworks of the future.

📖 Read more about what makes this year different in our blog post in the comments.
🎟 Register now using the link in our bio.

09/01/2025

Today we celebrate the collective power of work — the effort, ideas, and dedication that move industries and communities forward. Wishing you a meaningful Labor Day from all of us at The Fourth Effect. 💡

08/28/2025

When Kendra Koch, founder of Divergently, posted on The Fourth Effect platform, she thought she was looking for a clinical advisor. What she found instead was something even more transformational, the right strategic partner at exactly the right moment.

That’s where Luca Oake came in. What started as an “imperfect” post turned into the perfect match, the kind of connection that illustrates how The Fourth Effect’s SmartMatch goes beyond skills to align vision, values, and timing.

✨ Read the full story on our blog post in the comments and see how advisory boards become a source of leverage, not overhead.

08/21/2025

VOTE NOW!
We’re thrilled to share that Future Forward: Women who Venture, Build and Lead has been submitted to SXSW 2026. This session brings together 13 powerhouse organizations driving real change for women in venture, business, and leadership.

The Fourth Effect is honored to join this incredible coalition, alongside:
✨ Fierce Foundry
✨ Luminary
✨ Masthead Strategies
✨ How Women Lead
✨ FundHER
✨ AngelHive
✨ Angel Next Door
✨ Xmartlabs
✨ Alternative Wealth Partners
✨ WE Global | Founderverse
…and more inspiring leaders advancing equity and inclusion.

👉 Cast your vote here or using the link in our bio: https://lnkd.in/eMBqrXnz

Why it matters → The SXSW® Conference & Festivals bring together the world’s leading minds across tech, film & TV, and music. Each March, Austin becomes the hub for discovery, networking, and breakthrough ideas.

With your vote, our event can shine a spotlight on how women who invest, build, and lead are reshaping the future. Let’s bring this conversation to the SXSW stage!

08/11/2025

A glimpse into our recent Systems of Scale: Climate, Capital & Collective Intelligence discussion 🌍⚡
We explored how leaders can drive scalable climate solutions by leveraging AI, private capital, and cross-sector collaboration. Tactics included using advanced analytics to model climate risk, funding platform-level solutions, and building shared data ecosystems 🔗

Curious how The Fourth Effect connects innovators, investors, and changemakers to act at scale?

Start your 30-day free trial today by joining a platform tour to see what membership unlocks 👥

08/08/2025

We're thrilled to support mission-aligned organizations like .etf in driving equity and impact from the top.

Patricia Lizarraga, Chief Investment Officer of Hypatia Women CEO ETF, shared her experience with The Fourth Effect's advisory board matching service—and we couldn’t be happier to support her team.

The WCEO ETF is actively investing in publicly traded U.S. companies led by female CEOs, from small cap to mega cap. We’re honored to help them continue building a powerful brain trust to advance their mission.

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