Women's Investment Club

On Friday, we hosted our biggest event yet 🚀🌟 In celebration of Women's History Day, Women Founders Bay and Women's Investment Club partnered with SHACK15 to host a panel on raising early-stage funding for women founders and trends in AI 🎉 The room was packed, and the energy was off the charts as we connected over our shared passions and aspirations! 🔥 Here are the incredible panelists who stole the show: 🌟 Susan Akbarpour: Managing partner at Candou Ventures and founding LP at How Women Invest, Susan is paving the way for female entrepreneurs in the Bay Area! 🌟 Edith Yeung: Partner at Race Capital, investing in pre-seed and seed infrastructure startups. Formerly with 500 Startups, Edith's insights are gold for any startup looking to make it big. 🌟 Julie Liao: Partner at Yes VC, investing in pre-seed and seed-stage companies; she's also a board member and a former operator. Julie knows what it takes to succeed in the tech world! 🚀 We also had an AMAZING lineup of women in attendance who are shaking up their industries: 🌟 Anna Yuan, also the co-organizer of the event and founder of Scale AI, a no-code platform enabling businesses to build AI-powered networks and marketplace Apps 🌟 ★Komal Ahmad, founder of Copia, a YC startup with turn-key logistics solutions to solve food waste and hunger 🌟 Janet Gehrmann, founder of Scoop Analytics, Inc., a business monitoring application designed to monitor, track, and visualize data across an organization 🌟 Erika Bahr, founder of Invest Capital AI, a full-stack data-driven platform integrating human insights with machine learning-based models 🌟 Ivy Liu, founder of Ivy Insights, an AI-powered navigator for e-commerce growth 🌟 McCall Brinskele, founder at Mense, the first-of-its-kind solution for period care 🌟 Sára Nožková, founder of FLOX Robotics, the world's first autonomous wildlife management provider helping humans and wildlife coexist 🌟 Neda Emami, founder of SAAG, is building a global marketplace for outdoor enthusiasts with an Airbnb-like interface beyond just gear rental 🌟 Natalie Pan, founder of Facets, a self-awareness wellness platform 🌟 Katie Fenner, CFA, part of Women Founders Bay, and investor at Lavelle Capital This event was more than just a gathering — it's a movement. The passion, the innovation, the drive—it was all there, and it's just the beginning! #WomenInTech #AI #Innovation #WomenEmpowerment #BreakingBarriers #womenfounders #WomensupportingWomen

On Friday, we hosted our biggest event yet 🚀🌟 In celebration of Women's History Day, Women Founders Bay and Women's Investment Club partnered with SHACK15 to host a panel on raising early-stage funding for women founders and trends in AI 🎉 The room was packed, and the energy was off the charts as we connected over our shared passions and aspirations! 🔥 Here are the incredible panelists who stole the show: 🌟 Susan Akbarpour: Managing partner at Candou Ventures and founding LP at How Women Invest, Susan is paving the way for female entrepreneurs in the Bay Area! 🌟 Edith Yeung: Partner at Race Capital, investing in pre-seed and seed infrastructure startups. Formerly with 500 Startups, Edith's insights are gold for any startup looking to make it big. 🌟 Julie Liao: Partner at Yes VC, investing in pre-seed and seed-stage companies; she's also a board member and a former operator. Julie knows what it takes to succeed in the tech world! 🚀 We also had an AMAZING lineup of women in attendance who are shaking up their industries: 🌟 Anna Yuan, also the co-organizer of the event and founder of Scale AI, a no-code platform enabling businesses to build AI-powered networks and marketplace Apps 🌟 ★Komal Ahmad, founder of Copia, a YC startup with turn-key logistics solutions to solve food waste and hunger 🌟 Janet Gehrmann, founder of Scoop Analytics, Inc., a business monitoring application designed to monitor, track, and visualize data across an organization 🌟 Erika Bahr, founder of Invest Capital AI, a full-stack data-driven platform integrating human insights with machine learning-based models 🌟 Ivy Liu, founder of Ivy Insights, an AI-powered navigator for e-commerce growth 🌟 McCall Brinskele, founder at Mense, the first-of-its-kind solution for period care 🌟 Sára Nožková, founder of FLOX Robotics, the world's first autonomous wildlife management provider helping humans and wildlife coexist 🌟 Neda Emami, founder of SAAG, is building a global marketplace for outdoor enthusiasts with an Airbnb-like interface beyond just gear rental 🌟 Natalie Pan, founder of Facets, a self-awareness wellness platform 🌟 Katie Fenner, CFA, part of Women Founders Bay, and investor at Lavelle Capital This event was more than just a gathering — it's a movement. The passion, the innovation, the drive—it was all there, and it's just the beginning! #WomenInTech #AI #Innovation #WomenEmpowerment #BreakingBarriers #womenfounders #WomensupportingWomen

Get ready for our biggest event yet, and you're invited! 🚀 In celebration of Women's Day, Women Founders Bay and Women's Investment Club have teamed up with SHACK15 for an electrifying panel discussion on the intersection of startup funding and the future of AI Join me as I sit down with three powerhouse female partners from prominent VC firms in the Bay Area as they share their expertise on early-stage funding and the evolving landscape of AI innovation. . 🌟 Meet our incredible panelists: 🔹 Edith Yeung - General Partner at Race Capital, and seed investor at groundbreaking companies like Solana, Lightning Network, Agora AI, Placer AI, RapidAPI, and 60 other amazing startups. 🔹 Susan Akbarpour - Managing Partner at Candou Ventures, and LP at How Women Invest, Practical Venture Capital, and Venture University 🔹 Julie Liao - Partner at Yes VC, an SF-based pre-seed and seed-stage VC firm backing amazing companies like Snappr, SuperHuman and Adept AI. This is an event you won't want to miss! Grab your ticket now before they're gone! Limited spots available! Let's keep empowering, and recognizing the outstanding achievements of women in tech! 👩💻🌟 #WomenInTech #FemaleFounders #StartupSuccess #AIInnovation #womeninvestors #SHACK15