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Financing Female led Startups: The Funders Stories

Hosted by Tori hanson & OneRise
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Funder Stories: Financing Female led VC & Bootstrapped Startups

If you’re a female founder, you know how extra challenging startup life can be.

So tonight we’ve brought together investors and stewards of growth from across the ecosystem, to help you learn more about how to grow your business, and the implications that different investment decisions can have on your startup.

Topics covered will include:

  • Sources and implications of the different forms eg VC, Angel, debt, Grants etc

  • Sourcing, and relationship building

  • Timelines and planning

  • The unknown unknowns - what we wish we’d known earlier

Expect:

  1. A great panel discussion

  2. Audience Q&A

  3. Networking Break out rooms

  4. Fundraising? Send your deck to tori@theknowledge.shop, with subject line "Female Founder Deck". We'll share the best with any relevant VC's in our network.

Explore the different funding options available, and the implications of each.

Joining us this evening with special guests from across the VC, and alternative investment landscape, as well as experts supporting bootstrapped founders with non-dilutive funding eg grants and competitions etc.

Confirmed speakers so far include:

Jess Schram is the Director of Investments & Incubations at Remedy Product Studio, where she partners with founders to build and invest in technology companies through a unique equity-for-service approach. 

Since 2020, she has gained experience as an investor, operator, and mentor at firms like Lerer Hippeau, 14W, Journey Clinical, and Swiftarc Ventures. A Techstars mentor across two cohorts, Jess was named a NextGen Partners' Rising Star in 2022

Kat Weaver was able to scale and sell her first company, which she started out of her college dorm room. After winning 22 of 23 pitches she applied for, she founded Power To Pitch, to help founders build a winning pitch, deck & fundraising strategy to help them get funded faster. Her programming focuses on supporting pre-seed to seed stage founders in the CPG, Tech, and Health sectors in securing grants and venture capital.

Zehra Naqvi has extensive experience across NYC's startup investment ecosystem. The Consumer space is her sweet spot - as an investor at Headline Ventures and active Angel Investor, as well as being the founder of the Z List newsletter.

This event is organised by OneRise & The Knowledge Shop

OneRise is a non-profit initiative dedicated to leveling the playing field for early-stage immigrant founders in NYC.

We focus on providing ClimateTech, EdTech, and HealthTech founders the knowledge, skills, and networks to succeed, through community building, incubator programs, and public events.

The Knowledge Shop is the founder community in NYC, prioritising in person collaboration above all else.

Whether your new to NYC or the US as a whole, we welcome founders from every industry - especially those with remote teams.

From cofounder speed dating to financial modelling, AI deep dives or finessing your pitch, each event helps you get that bit further along your founder journey.

For more Startup events, visit www.foundereventsnyc.com

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