The Conference for Female Founders, Funders & Tech Leaders

AND, THE CAPSTONE EVENT FOR CHICAGO VENTURE WEEK

The limits on your potential are the result of your role models, connections, and strategies. This is especially true for women in male-dominated industries such as tech. Our goal is to clear your pathways into tech leadership.

The WTF Conference:

1. Shares the untold stories and wisdom of diverse, award-winning female tech leaders 


2. Connects you to trailblazing female founders, investors, leaders, and advisors


3. Gives you the resources to advance your career

Be in the room where success happens:

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  Hear the stories and secrets of award-winning founders, investors, and tech leaders.

  
  


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  Network with leaders that are leveraging tech; from healthcare to gaming, education to social impact, and more.

  
  


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  Find your mentors and your team.

  
  


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  Gain the wisdom you need to rise in the tech industry.

  
  


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  Connect with women investing in other women, and women leading today’s hottest startups.

  
  


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  Learn how to overcome the leadership obstacles that women in male-dominated industries face.

  
  

The WTF Conference is a platform designed to raise today and tomorrow’s innovation leaders.

AGENDA

MasterPitchers

Watch master-class pitches from leading Chicago female founders as they prepare for their next multi-million dollar rounds. Then, join in a Town Hall Talk that gives you an opportunity to participate in a discussion about the realities of fundraising and challenges that you may face in a male-dominated VC world.

• Desiree Wrigley Vargas, Founder of Pearachute


• Shaily Baranwal, Founder of Elevate K-12


• Julie Novack, Co-Founder of PartySlate


• Eileen Murphy, Founder of ThinkCerca


• Ashley Moy, Co-founder of Cast21


• Moderated by: Riana Lynn, Founder of JouneyFoods

Where are they now? Meet our past Award-winning pitchers including:

• Shante Elliot, Founder of TasselTurn


• Florence Pittman Hardy, CEO of truCrowd, Illinois LLC


• Ty’Lisha Summers, Cofounder of SpenDebt

Funder / Founder Networking

• Female founders, here’s your opportunity to meet your next investors.


• Investors, here’s your opportunity to meet your next investment!

WTF Talks  

What drove award-winning innovators to create battle-ready businesses? You’ll be inspired by the stories, and you’ll profit from the tactical strategies. Meet an army of diverse role models including:

• Delna Straus, Co-Founder of Keyo


• Terri Foudray, Founder of Rumble


• Erica Jefferson, Founder of Black Women in Science and Technology


• Alicia Driscoll, Founder of EvolveHer


• Chanay Walton, Founder of My Pay Circle

Networking and Tech Demos

Make connections that can change your future. See hands-on demos and network in our powerful startup community.

Trailblazer Mental Health and Wellness

Contact sports are defined as “activities that inevitably result in injury.” Tech and Entrepreneurship are contact careers. For women, in these male-dominated industries, they are extreme sports. And like any extreme sport, they take enormous mental health and wellness. Join us as a badass panel of leading founders share the insight they gathered on their tech-entrepreneurship journey. You will be stronger for it. 

• Dr. Aarti Mehta, MD: Psychiatrist and Founder of Aloo.


• Kristi Zulke, Co-Founder and CEO of Knowledge Hound


• Shayna Atkins, Founder and Enterprise Agile Coach at Atkco

Investor Panel: Building New Tables 

Meet a powerhouse of leading female investors building a new table for female founders. Hear their roadmap to success and their insights on the latest trends impacting today’s investment landscape. Plus, learn how you can build your own table by investing in women.

• Jessica Droste Yagan, CEO and Managing Director of Impact Engine


• Dana Wright, Managing Director of MATH Venture Partners


• Rumi Morales, Partner and Head of Venture at Outlier Ventures


• Samara Mejia Hernandez, Founding Partner at Chingona Ventures

***Note: This is a member-exclusive event. ***

To learn more about membership opportunities, please visit: www.WomenTechFounders.com/Join There are limited tickets available for this event and it is expected to sell out.  Early registration is strongly encouraged. Please register above and apply at www.WomenTechFounders.com/Join 

Want to get more involved? Ask about our customized partnership opportunities:

Contact us at info@womentechfounders.com to learn more.

Limited Availability.