​In honor of International Women’s Day, FIC (Female Investors Club) and Founderverse present an inspiring day exploring Applied AI & Tech through pitches, an investor panel, networking, and a highly-curated guest list. All genders welcome!

​Female Tech Founders Apply to Pitch Here!

​(Submission Period Now Closed)

​$1,000 to the best pitch sponsored by Space Beach Law Lab.

​Event Sponsored by GSE Impact Group of Raymond James and TMX.

​Hosted by: 

​Deep Tech Entrepreneur & FIC Co-Founder Kate Lynch

​Grit Capital Partners GP, FIC Co-Founder Jenn Byrne

​WE Global Founder/CEO Fernanda Carapinha.

​Film Producer & Tech Entrepreneur Liz Heller

​Chia seed pudding bar, snacks, drinks, and good vibes will be provided

​Address will be given out the day before the event

​This event is mostly outdoors

​Investor Panel:

​Elsa Mou, VC at Orion Opportunity Fund, Director of Investment Hannover Pacific Family Office

​Carmen Palafox, Founding Partner, 2045 Ventures

​Jennifer Byrne, GP, Grit Capital Partners

​Nikkole-Charlene Wilkerson,  Founder of DTI, Dual Use Investor

​Talk:

​Health and age reversal health expert Julie E Health will teach simple health solutions so you can kick butt in the world and as a founder so you can always stay on top of your game.

​​​WHO ATTENDS?

• ​​Tech Founders

• ​Institutional investors

• ​​​Venture fund managers

• ​​​Private equity investors

• ​​​LPs

• ​​​Family Offices

• ​Wealth Managers

​FEATURING:

​​Jennifer Byrne is Co-Founder of The FIC and is a General Partner at  Grit Capital Partners. She launched the world's first and largest Female Founders in FinTech & InsurTech accelerator -over 500 women-led startups participated, raising over $1.8B.

​Fernanda Carapinha is the Founder and CEO of WE Global Studios, a pioneering AI-driven SaaS platform and comprehensive super ecosystem designed to enhance capital allocation and accelerate business growth for emerging entrepreneurs. A seasoned serial entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, author, and elite business strategy and mindset coach.

​​ Kate Lynch is a deep tech entrepreneur with a focus on the convergence of deep tech, the future of on Earth and off-world infrastructure, negotiation, geopolitics, and finance. Her technical focus has been in aerospace, AI, blockchain, and novel forms of compute. Kate is also co-creator of Female Investors Club.

​Elsa Mou invests across tech and AI hardware. After building and exiting a manufacturing business, she returned to venture capital as a Venture Partner at Orion Opportunity Fund, focusing on growth stage investments in deep tech and AI hardware. Elsa is also Director of Investments for Hannover Pacific Family Offices, a multi-family office investing across PE/VC funds, real estate, crypto, and public markets with a focus on semiconductors.

​Carmen Palafox brings over two decades of finance expertise to her role as Founder and Managing Partner at 2045 Ventures, where she leads investments in early-stage technology startups across climate tech, fintech, health tech, enterprise SaaS, and consumer sectors. She previously served as Vice President at Dimensional Fund Advisors, scaling their global investment operations. She now shares her expertise as an Adjunct Professor at USC Marshall, teaching venture capital.

​Liz Heller is a tech and media innovator, entrepreneur, investor, and producer. With a career in cultural creation, global brand marketing, and social good, Liz is a digital alchemist working at the nexus of tech, culture, brand, community, and purpose.

​Julie E Health is a top female holistic health and age reversal specialist. She uses Simple Health Solutions, to unlock Unlimited Healing and Boundless Possibilities for you in a way that is holistic, natural and in a way that agrees with your body.

​Impact focused wealth planning for athletes, entertainers and innovators.

​At GSE Impact Group Impact Group of Raymond James, we deliver modern wealth planning for today's entrepreneurs and creatives. We align values with vision, co-creating comprehensive, impact investment strategies that reflect your unique goals.

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​ACCESS GROWTH CAPITAL THROUGH THE PUBLIC MARKETS

​Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange are unique growth platforms for U.S. high growth companies. Companies creating their long-term funding strategy should consider all options including traditional venture capital, private equity … and the public markets.

​Special Thanks to SVLL for sponsoring our pitch prize! SBLL offers insight into the ever evolving legal and regulatory landscape of space exploration, including international governance, private sector commercialization, and intellectual property rights in space technology.

​Special thanks to the FIC's team: Investor/Founder Jessie Somekh, VC Stephanie Nwokolo, VC Dina Khattab.

​​FIC is here to support, educate and encourage more Female investors on their tech investment journeys which includes sharing insights, learnings and investment opportunities.

​We are tech-oriented investors: Angels, LPs, GPs, Family Offices, Asset Managers, Allocators, Wealth Managers, Funds of Funds, Endowments, Pensions, and women starting their tech investment journey this year.

​​​​We are committed to empowering, building community, breaking down barriers, and advancing women in investing.

​The value of our meetings is that we can share what we are working on, ask for or offer help (or both), have some fun with a supportive community who understands, while celebrating one others’ successes.

​​​​​Please fill out this intake form to help us create a more meaningful experience for you.

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​The WE Global Founderverse is here to transform the innovation ecosystem by offering entrepreneurs and allocators an all inclusive smart innovation building and scaling platform that can assess, mitigate and drive top-line growth for emerging businesses while optimizing allocator decision making with AI-behavioral data driven solutions. 

​Please visit our site https://www.weglobalstudios.com to learn more.