Accelerators, Networking, & Business Contests
- Washington DC based accelerator for women.
- Accelerator for women-led startups. Also has a pitch competition and grants.
- Accelerator for women-led startups.
- Women's Startup Lab is a "Silicon Valley based startup and leadership accelerator for women entrepreneurs."
- They state, "SoGal is the largest global platform for the education and empowerment of diverse entrepreneurs and investors. Our mission is to close the diversity gap in entrepreneurship and venture capital."
- Women 2.0 is a "is a media and tech company focused on gender equality and inclusion in the tech space. We serve over 300,000 through content, programming, products and services."
"The Cartier Women’s Initiative is an international business programme created by Cartier in partnership with INSEAD Business School to identify, support and encourage businesses led by women entrepreneurs."
Podcasts, Publications, and Apps
- "BroadMic spotlights accomplished female entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders in hosted interviews."
- Magazine for the woman entrepreneur.
- For-profit app that uses machine learning technology to help business owners find their path by matching them to personalized opportunities and resources. It is unclear how the firm makes money at this point.
Coding
- Use these resources to learn to code.
Funding Sources for Women Entrepreneurs
- Funding and training for women entrepreneurs.
- BBG Ventures "invests in visionary entrepreneurs building the next generation of market-defining consumer products and services. Every company in our portfolio has at least one female founder (yep, it’s a gating factor)."
- Chloe Capital is a seed-stage firm which invests in women-led innovation companies.
- An early-stage fund investing in the women lead businesses.
- Golden Seeds is an early stage investor firm focusing on women lead startups.
- MergeLane "discovers, accelerates and invests in high-potential startups and venture capital funds with authentic leaders. We only invest in companies with at least one woman in leadership."
- Next Wave Impact "working to increase diversity, inclusion, and impact in early-stage investing and our entrepreneurial ecosystem through our innovative learning-by-doing progressive fund model."
- Pipeline is a "network of high-performing entrepreneurs who call the Midwest home."
Tory Burch Foundation Capital Program
- This organization "can only accommodate loans to businesses that are already operating and generating revenue."
- Atlanta-based firm which funds female founders.
Need More Help?
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