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Are you a female founder, investor, or aspiring entrepreneur? Join us on Friday, March 25th via Zoom for this year's Female Founders Forum.
Join us on Friday, March 25th via Zoom for this year's Female Founders Forum, powered by NYU. The Female Founders Forum will bring together female founders, investors & members of the New York University Community, for a half day of inspiration, conversation & networking, in order to expand opportunity & community building for current & future female founders. This event is open to all female founders, investors & supporters (both NYU & non NYU affiliated).
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Agenda:
1:00-1:15pm - Opening Remarks w/
Rebecca Silver, Director, NYU Entrepreneurial Institute
1:15-2:00pm - Women in VC Panel: Building the Road to Equity
Lisa Burton O'Toole, PhD, Vice President, HearstLab
Melody Koh, Partner, NextView Ventures
Samara Hernandez, Founder Partner, Chingona Ventures
Moderated by Emily Baum, Venture Associate, NYU Entrepreneurial Institute
2:00- 2:30pm - Networking Break
2:30-3:15pm - Women Who Venture Panel: Challenges & Breakthroughs
Alexia Akbay (CAS '17), Founder & CEO, Symbrosia
Lia Winograd (Stern '19), Co-Founder & COO, Pepper
Gauri Manglik, (CAS '10), Co-Founder & CEO, Instrumentl
Amina Yamusah, Co-Founder & CTO, Sector
Moderated by Dana Mauriello, Co-Founder & CEO, Mighty
3:15-3:50pm - Keynote Speaker: Rachel Ten Brink, General Partner & Founder at Red Bike Capital
About Rachel: Named to Entrepreneur Magazines' 100 Powerful Women of 2020, Rachel ten Brink is a data driven Founder, Board Member, Investor & a Top Latinx in Tech leader. She was co-founder & CMO of Scentbird, a Y-Combinator backed fragrance subscription service that raised $29M in venture funding who went on to open her own investment fund in Red Bike Capital. She is one of just 90 Latinas to have ever raised over $1M in Venture Capital funding.
3:50- 4:00pm - Closing Remarks
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For NYU students & staff, please also join us also the evening before (Thursday, March 24th from 4-6pm ET) for an In-Person Networking event at the Leslie eLab (16 Washington Pl, Manhattan). Connect with NYU founders & entrepreneurially curious peers on campus, & meet some of NYU's Female Founders Fellows & Circle members, who will be showcasing their ventures at tables throughout the space. Refreshments will be provided.
RSVP here for the networking event on March 24th.
At this time, NYU is still restricting in-person on campus gatherings to those with a green NYU COVID Daily Screener Pass or active Vax Pass. We will be checking all attendees passes as they arrive. We hope to open future events to the broader public, pending NYU guidance.
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If paying the price of a ticket to the Forum presents a financial hardship, email entrepreneur@nyu.edu to request a free ticket.
The NYU Entrepreneurial Institute provides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Requests for accommodations for events & services should be submitted at least two weeks before the date of the accommodation need. Please email carol.ourivio@nyu.edu for assistance.
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