MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition

We are excited to share that 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻: https://lnkd.in/dY-CNNiD 📅 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: March 2025 (Exact date to be announced soon) 📍 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Deutsche Bank Center, New York City • Founders must present in person; virtual pitches are not allowed. • Past applicants are welcome to re-apply. 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/dY-CNNiD We look forward to seeing the incredible innovation and ideas from MIT’s female founders. Let’s continue building an impactful entrepreneurial ecosystem! Anoosheh Kalantari, Karen Tilli, and Peter Dolch #MIT #MITFemaleFounders #FemaleFounders #MITSloan #Entrepreneurship #FemaleFounders #Startups #Innovation

The Recording of 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔: 𝗖𝗮𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 | 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 is Now Available 🎥: https://lnkd.in/gqB7xRuP 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 🔹 Key terms around ownership and equity 🔹 Valuation 🔹 Navigating dilution and its impact on founders, teams, and investors 🔹 Modeling future raises and planning for success 🔹 Founders' Equity Split 🔹 Fundraising Strategies and Identifying the Right Investors This workshop was organized MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition, featuring insights from Kristen Craft, VP of Business Partnerships at Fidelity Private Shares, and moderated by Anoosheh Kalantari, Co-Founder of Crimson Founders. #MITFemaleFounders #MITAlumni #MITStartups #StartupFundraising #Entrepreneurship #SAFEs #ConvertibleNotes #MITFemaleFounders #SeriesA #Valuation #Dilution #MITSloan #Innovation

An impressive 𝟰𝟰𝟱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 have already signed up! Spots for the webinar format are limited, so secure your spot quickly before registration closes (https://lnkd.in/giC3PAXd)! Looking forward to the event tomorrow with Kristen Craft and Anoosheh Kalantari

An impressive 𝟰𝟰𝟱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 have already signed up! Spots for the webinar format are limited, so secure your spot quickly before registration closes (https://lnkd.in/giC3PAXd)! Looking forward to the event tomorrow with Kristen Craft and Anoosheh Kalantari

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/giC3PAXd Exciting Virtual Event 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔: 𝗖𝗮𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 | 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 Kristen Craft, 𝗩𝗣 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝘁 Fidelity Private Shares | 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 Anoosheh Kalantari, 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 & 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗼𝗳 Crimson Founders Startup founders – especially those doing it for the first time – don’t always know what to expect when it comes to valuation, dilution, and fundraising, generally. This session will dig into why it’s critical to get the valuation right, how you can put yourself on the strongest footing, and what you can do to prepare. We’ll also touch on fundraising trends and best practices, pulling back the curtain on what some of the smartest founders are doing to raise successfully. This session is best suited to founders who are raising a pre-seed, seed round, or Series A. + Tuesday December 10th, 12 pm - 1 pm Eastern Time + The event includes 15 minutes Q&A + The Zoom link will be included in your confirmation email, allowing you to easily access the event.  This event is organized by MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition and MIT Sloan Alumni Club of New York #MITFemaleFounders #FemaleFounders #Fundraising #VCs #Startups #Founders

These Female Founders And CEOs Raised The Biggest Rounds In 2024 + Molly He, CEO and co-founder, Element Biosciences | Funding: Has raised over $680 million to date, including a $277 million Series D in July. + Katherine Kostereva, CEO and founder, Creatio | Funding: $268 million to date, including a $200 million June financing at a $1.2 billion valuation. + Kristen Fortney, CEO and co-founder, BioAge Labs | Funding: Has raised $294 million to date, including a $170 million Series D in February. Filed for an IPO last week as a pre-revenue company. + Christina Cacioppo, CEO and co-founder, Vanta | Funding: Has raised over $350 million in known funding to date, including a $150 million Series C in July. + Ritu Narayan, CEO and founder, Zūm, | Funding: Has raised over $400 million in grant and equity funding to date, including a $140 million Series E in January. Read More on Crunchbase: https://lnkd.in/gyz4uuK2 #mitfemalefounders #mitalumni #femalefounders #entrepreneurship

📢 Join the MITCOB MIT Club of Boston in the exciting and engaging Women’s Leadership Workshop: The Inclusive Workplace - *Making the Leap to Leader* 🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/gt7dihBC 🗓 Date: June 9, 2024 ⏰ Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT (Networking & Q&A) 🗾 Location: MIT, Building 6, Moore Room (6-321) - 182 Memorial Dr, Cambridge Speaker and Facilitator: Dr. Joanne Kamens, PhD Discover how inclusive management drives innovation and efficiency. Learn from Joanne Kamens, a renowned expert in equity & inclusion, as she shares insights on transforming managers into leaders. Participate in interactive exercises, and breakouts, and gain invaluable skills for senior roles. ✨ About Dr. Joanne Kamens, PhD: Dr. Kamens received her PhD in genetics from Harvard Medical School and has had a varied career in academia, pharma, biotech, and nonprofit sectors. Over two decades ago, she founded the Boston chapter of the Association for Women in Science (MASS AWIS) and has been a trailblazer in promoting gender equity in science ever since. As the Executive Director/CEO of Addgene, Dr. Kamens created an inclusive workplace with remarkably low employee turnover, earning the company a spot as Boston’s Best Place to Work for six consecutive years. She now shares her expertise as an equity & inclusion consultant, serving on various boards, including the National AWIS Board of Directors and the OpenBiome Board of Directors. ✨ Workshop Highlights: + Inclusive leadership strategies + Feedback and relationship-building skills + Networking with peers Organizer: Tara Shankar, PhD Tara is a Product Manager and User Researcher with a proven track record in delivering lean, scalable solutions in areas of ambiguity that drive tangible impacts for e-commerce, telecom, and communications. She serves on the MITCOB Women’s Leadership Council, and earned her PhD from the MIT Media Lab, supporting the technological shift forward to oral literacy. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your leadership journey! 🚀 #Leadership #Inclusion #WomenInLeadership #MITCOB #CareerGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #MITFemaleFounders #MITAlumni #MITAlum #MITSloan #WomeninStem

applications are now OPEN for the second annual Pitch HearstLab U event! 🎓 HearstLab: https://lnkd.in/gUmR3Tfr Pitch HearstLab U (https://lnkd.in/gUmR3Tfr)  is a pitch competition for current or recent graduates of universities who founded an early stage, women-led startup in the US. The winner will automatically become a finalist for Pitch HearstLab (held in Atlanta in November) to receive $100k in investment with the opportunity for additional follow on investment. In fact, in less than two years they have already invested $4.2M in startups they have met through their pitch competitions. HearstLab provides cash investment and services to early-stage, women-led startups. To date, HearstLab has invested in 75 startups with a collective valuation of over $2.5B. Following our successful pitch event in NY, we are excited to host our second annual virtual pitch competition, Pitch HearstLabU, focused exclusively on female-founders who are university entrepreneurs or recent graduates. The winner of this event will become an automatic finalist in our upcoming Pitch HearstLab event on November 12th in Atlanta where founders will pitch live for the opportunity to win a $100k in investment. Apply here by May 31. #femalefounders #mitfemalefounders #mitalumni #mitalumna

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗳𝗼𝗿 "𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 MIT Club of Boston 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟰 𝗮𝘁 𝟳:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠 - 𝟴:𝟰𝟱 𝗣𝗠 𝗘𝗗𝗧 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: https://lnkd.in/gHZzFZMP How to contact the organizer Diane: Rigosdrigos@mitcob.org A mentoring circle is a group of mentors (2) and mentees (4-7) that meets to exchange experiences, challenges, and opportunities in order to learn from each other and enhance the self-confidence and leadership competencies of all individuals. Mentoring circles provide a much richer experience for both mentors and mentees.  Based on input from the women’s leadership special interest group, we are creating mentoring circles with a focus on women and entrepreneurship which will meet three times: April 22, May 13, and June 10, 2024. In order to participate, you must attend the first meeting on Zoom on April 22, 2024. There will be no way to register for the subsequent meetings. Mentors will include Yolande Athaide and Mark Spencer. Other mentors will participate depending on the number of registrations to the mentoring circle.   Yolande Athaide, MBA, JD is a finance and analytics professional with several years of entrepreneurial experience. She has managed various operational aspects of small businesses since 2001 and recently served in a financial analyst role at Harvard University. Over the last four years, Yolande has led the digital transformation of financial processes for several small businesses. A recent transplant to Massachusetts, she is a parent volunteer with the MIT Club of Boston. She also serves as Treasurer of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS). She holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Mumbai, India, an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Rice University, Houston, Texas, a JD from Purdue Global Law School (formerly Concord Law School) in Los Angeles, CA, a CFA® Charter from the CFA Institute, and the Harvard Business Analytics Program Certificate.   Mark Spencer is the President of Water Analytics which he founded in 2009. He holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has spent two decades in environmental research, research and development, and product development. He was the last Director of Technology for Agiltron, a contract R&D company north of Boston. He spent a decade at NASA Ames Research Center measuring infrared absorption of atmospheric species. His experience in securing and managing government-funded R&D programs will be used to expand the technology of water quality analysis. #mit #mitsloan #mitalumni #mitfemalefounders

Excited to announce that all the recordings for the 2nd Annual MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition are now available on our YouTube Channel. See links below: + Introduction: https://lnkd.in/gUcBbTyE + Deutsche Bank Message: https://lnkd.in/gEYyzVr2 + Pitches of the 8 Finalists: https://lnkd.in/gJTWjS5D + VC Panel: https://lnkd.in/gms2qti2 + Entrepreneur Panel: https://lnkd.in/g_HfV-SZ + Winners' Announcement: https://lnkd.in/gJW8QW63 The entire organizing team Anoosheh Kalantari, Karen Tilli, and Peter Dolch and The MIT Sloan Club of New York are thankful to our Platinum Sponsor and Host Deutsche Bank and our Gold & Founding Sponsor Fox Rothschild #mit #mitsloan #mitfemalefounders #startupjourney #startup #startups #mitstartups #mitstartup #femalefounders #femaleentrepreneur #femaleentrepreneurs #vc #venturecapital #vc #newyorkcity #nyc #ai #mitfounders #mitfounder #deutschebank #foxrothschild #mitalumni