Capital is a language problem.
I'm teaching the system
to read every founder.
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Founder
Fundraiser
Ecosystem Builder
© 2026
Kansas City
I've sat on both sides of the lending desk, raised capital the system said two Black women wouldn't, and learned that good businesses rarely lack merit. They lack translation.
I'm a two-time exited founder and nearly ten-year Army veteran who came up through data analysis and SBA lending, and saw up close how good businesses get turned away because the system can't read them.
I build the infrastructure that connects small businesses and capital. Currently Co-Founder & CEO of Cyphr, an AI-native fintech in Kansas City.
I want a world where money moves freely, and where the next founder who looks like me doesn't have to fight as hard to be funded.
Investors fund outcomes, not ideas. Whether you're raising your first round or building the ecosystem that funds the next hundred founders, I help you prove yours.
For founders, pre-seed to Series A
Get investor-ready before you get in the room. We pressure-test your story, model and data room, size the round, build the target list, and run the raise together.
For accelerators, ESOs, universities and CDFIs
Founders get funded when the whole system is ready for them. I help program leaders design capital-readiness pathways, lender partnerships and outcome metrics funders trust.
Keynotes, firesides, panels and workshops
Talks on fundraising, the capital gap, AI in lending, and building companies the system wasn't designed for.
“I want our language model to be the operating system of money movement across every vertical in finance.”
Co-founded Cyphr
Customer discovery before code
Kansas City Entrepreneur of the Year
For Cyphr, believed to be the largest pre-seed round by two Black women in Missouri fintech.
Bootstrapped and exited two companies, including The Market Base, acquired in 2022.
Cyphr selected for the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.
Voted Entrepreneur of the Year in Kansas City.
Cyphr recognized by the Keystone Innovation District.
Named a NextGen Leader by the Kansas City Business Journal.
One of six winners from 100 applicants in the LaunchKC grants competition.
Cyphr joined the Techstars Tulsa 2023 cohort.
From 3 people to 16 in the six months after the raise.
U.S. Army military intelligence analyst before building companies.
Founded a publication for underserved, underbanked and underfunded founders.
Serves on the Leadership Board of Out In Tech and mentors founders nationwide.
A Cyphr publication for the underserved, underbanked and underfunded. Issue 001 explores how relationships unlock access to capital, from main street to startup.
Getting investor-ready: sharpening the story, the model and the data room, sizing the round, and running a focused raise.
Share where you are, what you're raising or the event you're planning. I reply within two business days.