Romita Mazumdar's transformation from an i-banker and a venture capitalist to a 'proud woman founder' is a fascinating and gritty tale of how women entrepreneurs are forced to acknowledge their gender and then fiercely protect the tag
It was an uncomfortable question. “It bothered me a lot,” recalls Romita Mazumdar, alluding to her maiden conversation with an angel investor around raising money for her fledgling direct-to-consumer skincare brand Foxtale, which was started in February 2021. “Are you married?” was the first question. “What happens whenever you have kids?” was the follow-up query. Mazumdar, who had stints with Harbor Ridge Capital, Provident Healthcare Partners and Bank of America Merrill Lynch as an investment banker for three years and then joined A91 Partners as a venture capitalist (VC) in May 2019, was feeling suffocated.