LearnVest: LearnVest's Alexa von Tobel wants to boost NYC's VC scene with new fund

Von Tobel has teamed up with former U.S. secretary of commerce Penny Pritzker to start Inspired Capital, which could be one of the largest women-led funds.Last fall, Alexa von Tobel was mulling her next move. In early 2015, von Tobel had sold her personal finance startup LearnVest to Northwestern Mutual for $250 million; following the acquisition, she had taken a role at the financial services company, where she had spent three and a half years and had been promoted to chief innovation officer. Now it was time for something new.Read Full Story