Louisa Schibli
Milk Money
Louisa Schibli is an experienced entrepreneur, forward thinker and creative problem solver. She’s used technology as a way to introduce new online communities and markets. Her role as co-founder and CEO of Milk Money Vermont, an online equity crowd-funding platform connecting all Vermonters with opportunities to invest in Vermont businesses, included not only creating the platform but also the development and education of a new market.
In 2017, Milk Money won Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility’s (VBSR) Innovation and Inspiration Award. Her recent area of focus has been in the funding ecosystem for Vermont businesses by connecting the players while educating businesses of their funding options in a centralized place. Passionate about the people and businesses of Vermont, in particular female founded/led businesses, Louisa led the charge to bring iFundWomen to Vermont as an alternative source of funding.
In 2020, Louisa was a fellow at RSF Social Finance’s Integrated Capital Institute (ICI). With a focus on creating financial activists, the program teaches how using different forms of financial and social capital can be used as tools for positive change to complex social and environmental problems. She’s also a founding member of the Vermont Women’s Investor Network (WIN) that supports female investors and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Vermont with goals of pooling skills, expertise, and capital to help close the gender gap in funding; supporting local businesses; creating positive environmental and social impact; and generating positive financial return. Louisa is a current graduate of the Vermont Leadership Institute where she learned more about herself as a leader, the workings of complex systems and how to build awareness and authentic engagement with those of diverse backgrounds and viewpoints.
Louisa will be a panelist on the Funding Your Business at Any Stage panel on November 1st.
How can you help other womenpreneurs with your expertise?
I welcome the opportunity to talk to any womanpreneur and can help with funding, crowdfunding, general support, mentoring and being an ear to bounce ideas off of.
