The51
Judy Fairburn has extensive work experience in various industries and roles. Judy co-founded and serves as the Co-CEO and General Partner at The51, a financial feminism platform and women-led venture fund. Judy is also a Committee Chair on the Board of Directors at PETRONAS and a Board Director at VEERUM, a venture-backed digital technology firm. Judy has served as a Board Member at DeNova Inc and as a Fellow in Energy Transition and Agriculture at the Creative Destruction Lab. Additionally, they have been a Selection Panel Member for the Canadian Global Hypergrowth Project and a Board Director at MEG Energy Corp. Judy has also held positions as a Board Director at Sustainable Development Technology Canada and as a Table Member for the Resources of the Future Economic Strategy Table. Judy has also served as the Board Chair at Alberta Innovates, where they facilitated the merger of four crown corporations into one. Judy'sexpertise spans finance, sustainability, technology, and resource sectors.
Judy Fairburn holds an MBA in Business Administration and Management, General from the Ivey Business School at Western University, which they obtained from 1999 to 2001. Judy also possesses an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, which they completed from 1986 to 1988. Additionally, they have obtained certifications such as the Directors Education Program from the Institute of Corporate Directors in 2020, Mastering Negotiations: Building Agreements Across Boundaries from Harvard Kennedy School in 2014, and Professional Engineer from The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) in 1995.
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The51
The51 is a Financial Feminist™ platform where investors, entrepreneurs and those who aspire to be, come together for democratized access to women-led capital for women-led businesses—to build mutual wealth and social/environmental impact, share knowledge and experiences, and become influential investors, innovators and consumers, and build the financial feminist economy. Founded in Calgary, we are building a new movement to create value, tapping into Canada’s underutilized female wealth and investing it in talented female entrepreneurs and venture funds. Women make up 51 per cent of the population… and women control 30 per cent of the world’s wealth. Forty per cent of us out-earn our male partners and statistically, companies founded by us outperform our male counterparts by 63 per cent. Despite all of this, we make up less than 25 per cent of directors on Canadian boards. Only 15.2 per cent of partners at Canadian venture capital firms are women. As a result, only 10 per cent of Canadian VC investment deals since 2014 went to companies founded by women. How can Canada’s economy reach its true potential if 51 per cent of the population isn’t fully participating? By uniting Canada’s untapped female wealth, we can create a new critical mass of female investors that will drive the next economic wave and make Canada the centre for female-powered capital. With 30 per cent of Alberta’s tech start-ups founded or co-founded by women, our province is well on its way to achieving that critical mass, but our vision is bigger than just Alberta. Female-founded start-ups: By 2030 we want to see the rest of Canada increase the percentage of female-founded start-ups from 13 per cent to Alberta’s 30 per cent. Financing: We want to see Canada increase financing for female-founded start-ups by 30 per cent, year over year.