


Backstage: Journey of a Female Founder
PNW Female Founders in Tech invites you to our kickoff event!
This will be an intimate gathering of active female founders in tech who want to have a real and unfiltered conversation about the journey of a female tech founder.
Who should attend?
PNW-based women founders of tech-focused startups who aspire to reach large scale and are looking to hear from and meet other women founders with similar ambitions.
What to expect
Moderated and interactive panel with multiple early-to-mid stage female founders with outside fundraising
Audience Q&A
Networking
Panelists
Grin Lord, CEO and Founder of mpathic.ai
Grin is the CEO & Founder of mpathic, an AI monitoring platform for clinical trials and medical conversations. With over $25M raised across Seed to Series A rounds, she brings deep expertise in psychology, therapy, and AI. She is passionate about improving mental health care and clinical quality at scale.
Sarah Bird, CEO of Canvas
Sarah is a two-time venture-backed CEO who led Moz through $30M+ in funding and its acquisition by Ziff Davis. Now CEO of Canvas, she recently closed a $10M Series A. A seasoned B2B SaaS leader, she’s also an angel investor, VC LP, and Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow.
Claudia Natasia, CEO and Co-Founder of Riley AI
Claudia is the CEO & Co-Founder of Riley AI, a customer intelligence platform. She previously led product and data teams in enterprise and fintech, scaling companies to multi-million dollar revenue. In January, she raised $3M to grow Riley. Claudia is passionate about making data-driven strategies collaborative and accessible to all organizations.
Susanna Niu, CEO and Co-Founder of MeeBoss
Susanna is a serial entrepreneur, global business leader, and investor with deep expertise in global ventures, talent strategy, and early-stage startup growth. She previously co-founded College Daily, a leading Chinese news media platform that grew to over 5M users and raised $4.2M. Today, Susanna is the co-founder of MeeBoss, a tech-driven with direct-chatting hiring platform.
Amy Yan, Co-Founder of Nowadays (YC S23)
Amy is the Co-Founder of Nowadays, the first AI platform for corporate events. Part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2023 batch, she raised $2M in seed funding and has since grown the company to profitability with over $10M in booked revenue. Nowadays has planned everything from intimate executive dinners in NYC to a full buyout of the White Lotus Season 3 hotel in Thailand.
Special shoutouts!
We’d like to thank J.P. Morgan for sponsoring this event, AI House for hosting and Nicole Doyle for collaborating with us!
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About PNW Female Founders in Tech
Caitlin Rollman and Adrienne Murga, college friends turned tech founders, reconnected in Seattle and quickly realized the value of having each other for support. Wanting to create that same sense of connection for others, they launched the PNW Female Founders in Tech community.
Mission Statement
PNW Female Founders in Tech is a community built by and for women founders in tech with ambitions to scale. Grounded in trust, real conversation, and meaningful connection, we host a variety of founder-focused events designed to encourage candid dialogue, shared learning, and authentic peer support. Whether through dialogue-driven panels, roundtables, or intimate founder dinners, every gathering is created with intention—to foster honest exchange, build lasting relationships, and grow together in a supportive, founder-first environment.
Backgrounds
Adrienne is the CEO & Co-Founder of a stealth AI startup in its discovery phase. She previously led data science and analytics at Meta, Palo Alto Networks and TextNow. Adrienne built high-performing teams and developed AI strategies for growth, fraud, and acquisition—blending technical expertise with business insight to build scalable, software-driven AI solutions.
Caitlin is the CEO & Co-Founder of Talvita, a modern talent management platform. She has 15 years of experience leading Product at Microsoft and Highspot, and is known for driving complex initiatives and uniting teams to deliver impact. Her passion for creating supportive environments where everyone can thrive directly shaped Talvita’s mission.
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About J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan serves startups and venture-backed high-growth companies, founders and venture capital firms across the globe in industries like technology, fintech, disruptive commerce and internet, life sciences, climate tech and healthtech. The firm provides deep industry expertise, local support, comprehensive solutions and services and a robust network of investors and partners to meet clients’ commercial, investment and private banking needs. Learn more at jpmorgan.com/innovationeconomy.
