#InvestInWomenFounders
2024 Summit
The #InvestInWomenFounders 2024 Summit is a half day celebration and convening of founders, funders, and corporate executives with the goal of helping women founders secure investment. Who are our FAVORITE investors? Successful individuals with the financial capacity to invest at least $5,000++/year and are committed to fueling growth in women-owned businesses.
Noon
Buffet Lunch
Visit Display Tables
Meet Founders
1pm
Kickoff
Keynote Speaker
2pm
Breakouts
Founder Inverviews
5pm
Cocktails
Toast the Founders
Networking
Keynote Speaker
Rebecca Bormann is the Founder and CEO of RB Consulting Agency, where she leverages over 20 years of corporate leadership experience in sales, marketing, and business development to drive transformative growth for her clients. A dedicated Startup Ladies Ambassador and investor, Rebecca is deeply committed to empowering women entrepreneurs and fostering equity and inclusion in business and STEM fields.
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Rebecca will share her expertise in navigating follow-up conversations between founders and investors. Drawing from her extensive experience, she will provide actionable strategies to help founders articulate their value, answer critical investor questions, and create lasting connections that pave the way for investment opportunities.
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Top 9 Women Founders
Alyssa Antcliff, Co-founder & CEO of IndiAide
Cara Bognar, Founder & CEO of Top Tier Lessons
Chere Cofer, Founder & CEO of Open Books MD
Nithya Kasireddy, CEO of Levisonics Inc
Haley Marie Keith, CEO & Co-founder, Mito Materials
Ishita Majumdar, Co-founder & CTO of Inara AI
Suzanne McKenzie, Founder & CEO/COO of ABLE MADE
Mara Smith, Founder & CEO of Inspiro Tequila
Leslie Young, Founder & CEO of Beautiful Dreamers, LLC
Interviewers
Teresa Danielson – Owner, TJ Northern Michigan Rentals & BDA
Jon Dartt – Councilman, Westfield, IN
Roger Deetz – VP Engineering, Blueprint
Christi Garcia – Talent Recruiting & Business Dev, E-gineering
Jon Gilman – CEO, Clear Software
Mike Hatfield – Chairman, Carium
Eric Prugh – CPO, Authentix
Doug Rammel – Founder & CIO, Abstract Reality Ventures
Travis Tucker – EVP, Meyer Najem
Join our community of SMART women
>>> Our Allies are pretty awesome too!
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Why do YOU need to be at the Summit?
People of every gender are welcome to participate in this Summit and ALL Startup Ladies events and become members. Here are a few good reasons to be part of the experience!
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YOU want to meet a community of smart women entrepreneurs.
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YOU want to connect with people who stretch themselves to think BIG.
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YOU want to meet prospective customers, advisors, investors.
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YOU have capacity to invest $5,000+ and want to invest in female founders.
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YOU are an ally and want to support women as a peer, mentor, and or investor.
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YOU want to have FUN!
Paid members receive 1 complimentary ticket to the Summit! NOW is a great time to join if you are a budding or scaling entrepreneur, want to learn how to invest, or do business with startups.
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We're moving money into the hands of Women
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$850,000+ has been invested into Startup Ladies companies from our Investor Members.
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We ditched the traditional pitch and replaced them with interviews to avoid pattern matching.
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We match founders to exited founders and senior level executives.
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We train founders and interviewers together for 12+ hours.
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We assign homework to strengthen the founders' revenue strategies, slide decks, and presentation skills.
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We invite the types of individuals who want to invest in women at the earliest stages of development.
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We sell Startup Ladies memberships, event tickets, and sponsorships so that 100% of ALL investments go directly into the hands of women founders with zero fees.
Jessica is Saving Lives
Jessica Bussert (L) is the Founder and CEO of Wave Therapeutics. Her company developed the first affordable and effective smart cushioning technology to prevent and treat bedsores, save lives, and reduce a significant healthcare burden for families and facilities alike. Jessica raised $100,000 in funding at the Summit in 2022. Watch her interview with Jon Dartt, Westfield City Councilman, Startup Ladies Board Member.
Diana is Detecting Cancer
Diana Caldwell (L) is Co-founder and CEO of Amplified Sciences, a clinical stage in-vitro diagnostics startup company dedicated to the early detection of debilitating disease with a lead assay in development for pancreatic cancer. Diana raised $100,000 at the 2023 Summit. Watch her interview with Brian Powers, exited Founder of PactSafe.
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Women Founders are Grossly Underfunded
In 2023, women founders received a record low amount of investment.
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$283 billion was invested into all startups globally
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$170 billion was invested in US startups
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$80 million (that's Million with a "M" - NOT Billion with a "B")
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2% of the $170 billion invested into US startups went to companies with all female founders
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Pattern Matching is both a conscious and unconscious behavior preventing women founders from securing investment in the same amounts and frequency of their male counterparts. This event eliminates pattern matching by concentrating 100% of the focus on funding women business owners. Buy a ticket and join us!
Thank You Sponsors!
