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☕ Women Backing Women: SF Tech Week Edition
Capital, Conviction, and the Future of Female-Focused Investing
The data is clear, but the funding gap remains wide. True change doesn't come from asking for a seat at the table—it comes from building our own.
Following our high-demand, packed house in Palo Alto, we are expanding this exclusive gathering into a high-impact event series. Next stop: SF Tech Week.
Join Sisters Female Founders Initiative on Wednesday, October 7, for an exclusive morning breakfast gathering curated for female founders, angel investors, venture capitalists, and Limited Partners (LPs). Together, we will explore the immense economic power of women backing women, break down barriers to capital allocation, and actively shape the future of female-focused investing.
Whether you are an experienced check-writer looking to scale your portfolio or a founder actively navigating the fundraising landscape, this room is strictly curated to spark meaningful investment relationships and expand the ecosystem of women supporting women.
🎤 Meet the Panel Speakers • Ann Badillo – Investor at Progressive Ventures and CEO Advisor. A seasoned ecosystem builder focused on human flourishing in the age of AI, Ann serves as a strategic advisor to tech CEOs and is a Limited Partner (LP) in Portfolia. She is a core member of the World Economic Forum community at Davos and heavily champions investments in women's health innovation.
• Rachel Chalmers – Founder and Managing Partner of Generationship. A renowned "unicorn spotter" in infrastructure software, Rachel has guided over 150 early-stage enterprise startups through top-tier accelerators. Her investment track record spans backing definitive companies like Docker, LaunchDarkly, and Honeycomb, focusing heavily on routing critical venture capital to technical female founders.
• Shalini Sardana – Co-Founder & Co-CEO at She Raises Capital, an AI-powered funding ecosystem. Shalini is a seasoned angel investor, startup coach at AlchemistX, and LP in How Women Invest and Pipeline Angels. Named among the Top 100 Women in Tech, she blends an interaction design background with robust fundraising frameworks to mobilize capital into diverse-led tech.
• Holly Uber – Human-Centered Innovation Leader, Investor, and Strategic Advisor. Holly brings over 15 years of experience scaling digital health, AI, and public-interest technology systems. An award-winning executive recognized by the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA), she actively deploys capital into diverse cap tables as an investor with How Women Invest and the West Coast Angel Network.
Moderator: Assel Seitova — Founder, Sisters Capital VC & Sisters Female Founders Community Venture capitalist and ecosystem builder dedicated to closing the gender funding gap. Through Sisters Capital VC and her dedicated female founders community, Assel builds critical financial infrastructure, and supports female focused early-stage investments, and creates strategic mentorship pathways tailored specifically for women entrepreneurs navigating the venture landscape.
📅 Agenda 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Coffee, Breakfast Bites & High-Value Networking 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Live Panel Discussion 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Audience Q&A & Interactive Open Floor 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Coffee Refills & Capital Matchmaking Networking
🎟️ Secure Your Spot This is a curated, high-intent room with strictly limited capacity to ensure genuine relationships and strategic alignment. Register today to join the circle of women rewriting the rules of venture capital.
Brought to you by Sisters Female Founders Initiative. Deploying capital with conviction
About the Host Sisters Female Founders is a global community empowering women founders to build globally competitive startups. We connect founders to Silicon Valley expertise, capital, and networks through curated experiences, mentorship, and pitch opportunities.
📧 Info@sistersfemalefounders.com
👉 Interested in sponsoring or partnering on our SF or upcoming LA Tech Week events? Drop us a line!
Sponsors:
Nixon Peabody works with startups from formation through financing, growth, and exit. Their practice supports early-stage founders on the legal and strategic decisions that matter most, including company formation, fundraising, investor relationships, governance, and scaling.
NAR Restaurant provides authentic culinary experiences and caters tech and startup gatherings across the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Specializing in traditional Caucasus and Azerbaijani cuisine, they support community events and founder dinners with premium fire-grilled catering, group dining experiences, and corporate hospitality designed to bring people together. https://narfood.com/
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com
