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Listen to our co-founder and partner, Elana Berkowitz, discuss opportunities to keep women in the workforce right now, how Springbank is disrupting the way we think about caregiving, and what’s being overlooked when it comes to women’s health and investment today.

Venture capital alone hasn’t funded some of the largest companies. One of today’s most successful tech entrepreneurs was funded by massive infusions of investment from the federal government — Elon Musk received $4.9 billion in public subsidies for his companies, including SpaceX and Tesla.

Springbank Founding Partner Courtney Leimkuhler joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow to discuss how the companies in their portfolio are building the infrastructure to close the gender gap -- addressing the long-overlooked needs of women, caregivers, and working families.

Four Dynamic Areas of Growth, a first-of-its-kind report that puts the size of the care economy at $648 billion, making it $138 billion larger than the US pharmaceutical industry and larger than the US hotel, car manufacturing, and social networking industries combine.

Over the next few decades, one of the largest wealth transfers in history will take place with women taking over more than $80 trillion in assets — that’s more than 3x U.S. GDP.

But this isn’t just a mommy issue, it’s an economic one. A study revealed that by 2030, the U.S. could lose a staggering $290 billion in GDP annually.