Founders + Funders: Getting Ready for Fall Fundraising

​Monthly Founders & Funders hosted by Early Stage Labs and Women in Healthtech

​Fireside chat with Priyanka Jain, CEO Evvy and Emma Silverman, Partner TMV, discussing the fundraising environment ahead of the Fall raising season. Priyanka has raised over $19M for Evvy and TMV boasts incredible portcos like Kindbody, Parsley Health, Cityblock and Fabric Health.

​Priyanka is the co-founder & CEO of Evvy, a precision women’s health startup discovering overlooked biomarkers, starting with the vaginal microbiome. Evvy serves over 50,000 patients and has built the world’s largest dataset on the vaginal microbiome — powering groundbreaking research across infertility, preterm birth, gynecological cancers, and more. Priyanka serves on advisory boards for the XPRIZE Foundation and the United Nations Foundation’s Girl Up campaign. She received her B.S. from Stanford University and has been recognized as Forbes 30 under 30, Inc’s Top Female Founders, and Goldman Sachs’ Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs.

​Emma Silverman is a Partner at TMV, where she leads investments in companies reimagining healthcare through innovation. A former operator with a proven track record of building and scaling early-stage businesses, she brings deep expertise across go-to-market strategy, organizational design, and fundraising. Before TMV, Emma was on the executive team at Truebird Coffee, where she led business operations and go-to-market strategy, and was the first hire at Flamingo, the inaugural brand from Harry’s Labs, where she built the brand from the ground up and led its nationwide launch at Target. She began her career at Bain & Company, advising clients in healthcare, retail, and private equity. Since joining TMV in 2021, Emma has played a key role in growing the firm and expanding its healthcare portfolio, emerging as a trusted partner to founders and a leading voice in the future of care. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania.

Early Stage Labs helps Seed and Series A startups level up with fractional execs in finance + accounting + bookkeeping. We support the best venture-backed founders to help them be better operators, stronger fundraisers, and build bigger businesses. Every founder needs to know their numbers inside and out - we are the embedded team that helps them get there with financial modeling, budgeting, fundraising, m&a and board support, monthly close, cash management, A/P, A/R, finance and accounting leadership.

"Working with Early Stage Labs has been a game-changer for us. In just a few days they rolled up their sleeves, got up to speed, and provided invaluable strategic direction that has significantly improved our approach and readiness. The team is A+: incredibly talented, thoughtful, and moves at the fast startup pace we need."

​-Marina Pavlovic Rivas (Eli Health)