Cheryl Kellond will get you to write your first angel check.

Cheryl Kellond is a 3x founder, 3x Ironman, 4x mom, and active angel investor with more than 50 companies in her personal portfolio. As an operator, she has delivered over $750M in version-one products and raised more than $20M in capital. Because she sits on both sides of the table, she brings straight talk and deep insight to the realities of early-stage investing.

She is currently the founder and CEO of Play Money, the operating system for early-stage capital. Her mission is to open the asset class to entirely new communities, turning regional ecosystems, professional networks, and affinity groups into the next generation of investors.

Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Inc., and Fast Company. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and a BA from the University of Chicago.