Female founders and funders breakfast - #NYTechWeek
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Kick off your morning with an exclusive breakfast gathering dedicated to New York’s ecosystem of female entrepreneurs and investors. This event brings together the city's brightest minds to connect, share resources, and build the relationships that drive venture success.
Designed to be high-impact and intentional, this gathering provides a dedicated space for founders to meet funders in an authentic, supportive environment.
Event panel speakers:
Ella Molony Cook — Serial Entrepreneur & InvestorElla is a 4x founder, investor, and ecosystem builder currently serving as the VP of Investor & AI Relations at Creative Capital and Co-Founder of DFX. With a proven track record of scaling and exiting startups—including building a direct-to-consumer wellness brand from the ground up—she specializes in capital raising strategies, operational AI workflows, and strategic networking infrastructure for underserved founders.
Liesel Vaidya — Co-Founder & CEO, ImeraLiesel is a highly decorated technical founder who moved from Kathmandu, Nepal, to the U.S. and successfully raised millions in venture capital to build mission-driven tech platforms. Currently the Co-Founder and CEO of Imera, and formerly the co-founder of Leda Health, her work has earned her recognition on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Fortune’s "Change the World" list, and Crain’s "20 in Their 20s."
Pam Kavalam — Community Leader & Venture FellowPam is an ecosystem builder and startup operator specializing in community management and early-stage venture mechanics. She currently serves as a fractional Community Leader at The Pitch Fund and Not Another CEO, the NYC Chapter Lead for Angel Squad, and a Venture Fellow at Hustle Fund, drawing on her deep operational and product experience at high-growth platforms like ClassPass, Chief, and Lucid Green.
Susie C. Trujillo — Founder & Managing Partner, STRUC Ventures. Susie is a fund manager, operator, and advisor dedicated to backing early-stage consumer startups. As the founder of STRUC Ventures, she invests in consumer founders leveraging culture and distribution, centered around Behavior Market Fit™. An active ecosystem leader, she stewards the Angel Squad chapter in Berlin, serves as a startup mentor for Plug and Play Tech Center accelerators, and is a founding member of Dreamers // Doers.
Panel moderator - Assel Seitova, CFA: Founder of Sisters, Female founders initiative. Assel Seitova is a finance and investment professional with over 20 years of experience across corporate finance, private equity, and M&A. She holds a Master’s degree in Finance and is a CFA charterholder, graduate of VC Lab. Assel is the founder of Women investors club and SISTERS, a community supporting female founders from Central Asia and beyond through local and online events, mentorship, and investor access.
Event highlights:
Curated Breakfast: Enjoy a seasonal breakfast while engaging in meaningful conversations with peers and potential partners in the heart of the city.
Founder-Funder Networking: A structured yet open environment designed to facilitate introductions between pre-seed/early-seed founders and active investors.
Strategic Connections: Exchange insights on the NYC tech landscape, share recent wins, and discuss the challenges and opportunities of scaling in today's market.
Who Should Attend?
We invite female founders across all industries and stages—with a specific focus on the pre-seed and seed community—and investors dedicated to backing women-led innovation.
Note: We are keeping this gathering intimate to ensure every attendee has the opportunity to make quality connections. Please RSVP early to secure your spot.
Hosted by:
Sisters, a female founders community empowering women founders to build globally competitive startups. We connect founders to Silicon Valley expertise, capital, and networks through curated events, mentorship, and pitch opportunities. Please join our community | Follow us on IG & Linkedin | info@sistersfemalefounders.com
EVO VC & Startups is a global, venture-driven ecosystem connecting 18,000+ founders and investors across 33 cities and 13 countries. Miami, NYC, Zurich, Riyadh, London, Dubai... We bridge the gap between capital and high-growth innovation by turning casual connections into long-term strategic partnerships. evovcstartups.com
Oasis Collective, the premier AI ecosystem built by women for women and allies, fosters collective intelligence and equitable innovation excellence. Oasis advances women's leadership in AI and is working to close the funding gap for female founders. From running The Women in AI Pitch Competition series, to founding the first-ever all-women’s AI hacker house, to hosting unique educational and networking events, Oasis Collective creates spaces and experiences that ensure the vital leadership advancement & directing of capital to women in AI.
Founders Bay is a membership community of 150,000+ founders, executives, investors and operators coming together to grow their market through curated weekly events, expert-led virtual workshops, mentorship programs and educational resources. Proudly woman-owned and operated by Mariane Bekker, we are dedicated to empowering a diverse and inclusive startup ecosystem.
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With gratitude to our generous sponsors:
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, is the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and investors. SVB provides commercial banking to startups in the technology, life science and healthcare, private equity, and venture capital industries. SVB operates in centers of innovation throughout the United States, serving the unique needs of its dynamic clients with deep sector expertise, insights and connections. Learn more at svb.com.
This event is held as part of the local New York tech community's week of activities.
Veris AI provides the experiential training ground for the autonomous enterprise workforce. By running thousands of parallel simulations, Veris helps organizations deploy reliable, compliant, and highly accurate AI agents in days instead of months.
Start-wise.io is an AI-powered platform and venture studio dedicated to helping entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into real businesses. StartWise eliminates months of traditional planning by utilizing specialized AI tooling to rapidly generate comprehensive business plans, accurate financial models, high-fidelity pitch decks, and lean MVPs.
You.com is a leading enterprise AI platform and infrastructure provider powering the next generation of AI with real-time web intelligence. You.com delivers specialized AI Search APIs that provide LLMs, autonomous agents, and enterprise applications with real-time, accurate research and grounded citations.
This event is a part of #NYTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
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