Elizabeth Kraus is the co-founder of MergeLane, an accelerator for women-led startups. Kraus started her career as an intern for a fast growing startup and has been founding, consulting for and investing in startups ever since. She is an active angel investor, startup mentor and advisor, and has been very involved in the state and national effort to improve the entrepreneurial ecosystem and mobilize angel investors. Prior to founding MergeLane, Kraus founded and grew the Impact Angel Group to 50 active angel investors before negotiating a successful merger with Investors’ Circle, the largest and most active impact angel investing organization in the U.S.