Int'l Women's History Month with Female Founders, Investor Panel & Networking
Female Investors Club, iHeartMedia & FD Global Connections, and Vector Invite you to celebrate International Women’s History Month
All funds go to the benefit of the Female Investors Club.
Agenda
5:30-6:00pm Networking
6:00 Welcome by Jennifer Byrne/GP,Grit Capital Partners + Co-Founder, FIC), Trena Blair Founder/CEO, FD Global Connections + iHeartMedia, and Molly Yakubian/Vector
6:10-6:50 Investor Panel + Audience Q & A (time permitting).
Topics: What is the state of the venture capital market in 2025: fundraising environment, investing trends by stage - early to growth, exit trends etc.
What should founders know about pitching investors
Specifically from each fund, what does each panelist look for in making an investment decision
Moderator: Trena Blair
Panelists: Jennifer Byrne, Lenore Champagne Beirne/Founder + MP, Bright Ventures, Sutian Dong/Multitudes Ventures, Rashida Bobb/Mastercard Ventures, Sarah Vinall, iHeartMedia Ventures
6:50-7:15 Female Founder Presentations + Q&A
Hyfen8 - Kirstin Schneider
Humble Bee Bio- Veronica Stevenson
WealthMeUp - Feli Oikonomopoulou
7:15-8:00 Networking
Jennifer Byrne is Co-Founder of The FIC and is a General Partner at Grit Capital Partners. Former executive at American Express, Verizon, & Co-Founder, Quesnay, Female Founders in FinTech/Insurtech global accelerator.
Kate Lynch is a deep tech entrepreneur with a focus on the convergence of deep tech, the future of terrestrial and off-world infrastructure, negotiation, geopolitics, and finance. Her technical focus is in aerospace, AI, blockchain, and novel forms of compute. Kate is also co-creator of the Female Investors Club.
Special thanks to the FIC's team: Investor/Founder Jessie Somekh, VC Stephanie Nwokolo, VC Dina Khattab. Contact: info@joinfic.org
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.
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Event Sponsors
Vector is the new wave of fund administration.
With a commitment to building the next generation of fund administration, Vector offers closed-end, alternative investment fund managers top-tier talent, innovative workflows, and a comprehensive suite of integrated fund services, enhanced by our proprietary Valence platform.
FD Global Connections is a boutique consultancy based in Sydney, Australia on a mission to make the US expansion aspirations of ambitious entrepreneurs a reality. We offer in-depth market analysis, strategic planning, ongoing support and mentorship and a vast network of valuable contacts to help our clients accelerate their global growth with minimum fuss and also run FD Global Academy.