Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month - September 15 to October 15: learn & celebrate the people, culture & accomplishments of the Latin and Hispanic communities!

Learn more here:

Small Business Administration

National Education Association

U.S. Economic Development Administration

Pew Research Center

Diversity Comm

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Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2023!

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success. Read more.

A Proclamation on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, 2023. Read more from The White House

Advancing Leaders Through Opportunity. Read resources curated by Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC) to educate the public about AAPIs and celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month.

Celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month in NYC’s parks! See calendar of events in New York City Read more

Celebrate Diversity Month! April 2023

Celebrate Diversity Month, posted on National Today, 4//1/23

5 Innovative Ways to Celebrate Diversity Month in the Workplace, posted on CoachDiversity Institute, 4/1/23

Diversity at Work: Why Inclusive Storytelling Matters, listen to Knowledge at Wharton Podcast, 4/5/23

CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH - MARCH 2023: ENGAGE, LEARN, MOVE FORWARD!

WAMVentures searched the web for engaging content & resources. Celebrate Women’s History Month March 2023 and feed your brain! Feel free to contact us and engage!

DigitalALL: Innovation and for gender equality - UN Observance of International Women’s Day 2023

Women's History Month: 6 ways to support and celebrate women

11 Books to Read in Celebration of Women’s History Month: Biographies and memoirs about inspirational, rule-breaking, truth-telling, risk-taking women

Global resources supporting important work about, by, and for women

Comcast NBCUniversal Celebrates Women Visionaries for Women’s History Month

Women & Diverse Investors to Watch: H2 2022 AND 2023

BDC Capital’s Thrive Venture Fund and Lab for Women: $500MM (CA$), the largest investment platform of its kind in the world, supporting Canadian women-led businesses for them to grow and have a lasting impact on the economy. Read more: BDC launches $500 million Thrive Venture Fund and Lab for Women, posted on Cision, 9/21/22

BDC Capital’s Women in Technology Venture Fund: $200MM (CA$), investing in women-led technology companies and helping build a robust ecosystem to support women in tech today and in the future, posted on BDC Capital’s website, 2017

Rethink Impact: $182MM: Read more: Venture fund for female founders raises $182 million, posted on NY Times, 11/2/21

Harlem Capital: Over $170MM venture fund, investing in diverse founders. See Harlem Capital’s 2022 US Diverse Fundraising Report, posted by Harlem Capital, 2022

Intel Capital Diversity Fund: $125MM, Read more: Intel Capital launches $125M Diversity Fund, targeting women and minority entrepreneurs, posted on GeekWire, 6/9/2015

Serena Ventures: $111MM venture fund focused on diverse investments. Learn more from Serena Williams’ co-investor , posted on Fortune, 8/10/22

Lattitude Ventures: $100MM venture fund investing in Latin companies. See The Value–And Need–For Venture Capital Funding In U.S. Latino Startups, posted on Forbes, 8/12/22

Merian Ventures: $100MM, invests solely in women in both the US and UK, noted in: Nixon Gwilt Law’s 2022 List Of Venture Funds And Accelerators For Womxn, 2022 

New Voices Fund: $100MM, Read more: New Voice Fund Grants for Black Business in 2023 [How to Apply], posted on African American Grants, 2022

FemHealthVentures: $50MM fund, investing in innovations in women’s health. See more: Meet venture capital's 2022 Women of Influence, posted by Venture Capital Journal, 7/1/22

WorkLife Ventures: $45MM venture funds, investing in companies that are about changing work. See The female venture capitalist creating billions in a new world of work beyond the office, posted by CNBC, 10/15/22

2022 half-year update: Female founders remain resilient, posted on PitchBook, 7/7/22

60+ Top VC Funds Investing in Female Founders - The Definitive List for 2022, posted by BetaBoom, 2022

MacKenzie Scott: investing through philanthropy, Learn more: MacKenzie Scott launches giving website, details charitable process, posted on Philanthropy News Digest, 12/16/22

Watch Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in to Supreme Court. Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the 116th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. She is making history as the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the USA. See more. Posted on Politico, 6/30/22

Celebrate Women’s History Month!
Honoring the women who have championed women across the ages and into the future!

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."

Serena Williams: "The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up."

Sara Blakely: “The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.”

Eleanor Roosevelt: "You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give."

Angela Duckworth: “Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.”

Maya Angelou: "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."

Michelle Obama: "There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.

Barbara Corcoran: "My best successes came on the heels of failures."

Rosa Parks: "I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

Malala Yousafzai: "When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful."

Honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Champion For Women - thank you from all women!

Together, We’re Strong

WAMVENTURES WISHES YOU & YOUR FAMILY A HEALTHY & JOYOUS HOLIDAY SEASON AND A PROSPEROUS 2019!

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WAMVentures welcomes your Big Ideas in the Big Apple - New York City!

WAMVentures encourages women and diverse founders to continue building great companies!

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WAMVentures thanks our insightful speakers focused on Blockchain + Crypto Markets!

Arsen Pereymer, Appument Ventures, Founder & Managing Partner

Serial Entrepreneur, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Expert (since 2012)

Ever since getting into Bitcoin mining in 2012, Arsen's passion in blockchain and crypto exploded. An influencer and enthusiast in the crypto community, Arsen has been helping many get into crypto by teaching trading strategies, technical and fundamental analysis techniques. In addition to advising many ICOs, and upcoming blockchain startups, Arsen is working on a unique blockchain startup of his own. Arsen has launched several AI-powered and deep-machine learning services which use his trading strategies to trade on behalf of investors. Arsen is also in the process of launching a Crypto AI-powered hedge fund.  

In addition to being into crypto, Arsen has a successful track-record in the app store. Arsen has created & published 400+ iOS apps of which many have reached the top charts, featured by Apple and have amassed tens of millions of organic downloads. 
Follow on Twitter @arsenpereymer

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Pelli Wang, Head of Partnerships at Token Foundry @ Consensys

Pelli Wang heads partnerships at Token Foundry at ConsenSys, a platform that combines token economics, game theory and distributed systems to launch well-designed and governed token sales on the blockchain. Prior to joining ConsenSys, she led venture investments and partnerships for SeedInvest, an early pioneer in equity crowdfunding through the JOBS act.  Pelli has consistently been at the forefront of the democratization of fundraising for emerging technologies. She also has spoken at numerous industry conferences, judged at startup competitions and mentored young entrepreneurs.  Follow on Twitter @pelliwang

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Richard Hecker, CEO, Traction + Scale and Co-founder, Crypto Working Group

Richie Hecker is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He has bought and sold assets that have had enterprise values over a billion dollars across the private, public and crypto markets. Richie co-founded the Crypto Working Group, the leading Self Regulating Organization in the industry. He is an op-ed writer for leading publications such as TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal Accelerators, HuffPost and Observer and lectures at universities including Columbia, Parsons and NYU on the fusion of politics, and entrepreneurship. You can follow him on Twitter @RichieBlueEyes

WAMVentures also thanks our Community Partners:

ThoughtWorks is a software company and a community of passionate, purpose-led individuals. We think disruptively to deliver technology to address our clients' toughest challenges, all while seeking to revolutionize the IT industry and create positive social change.

The ThoughtWorks mission is to better humanity through software and help drive the creation of socially and economically just world. We bring together the most capable, driven and passionate people we call them 'ThoughtWorkers' - to:

* Run a sustainable business

* Champion software excellence and revolutionize the IT industry

* Advocate passionately for social and economic justice

Sava360 is a platform connecting Influencers with Innovators & Entrepreneurs to share ideas, source deals & raise social consciousness.

Shufflrr is presentation management. It turns one-and-done files into enterprise communications assets.  With its advanced search and visualization of files, Shufflrr expedites the creation, distribution, re-use, updating, sharing, broadcasting and tracking of not just PowerPoint but all file types throughout your organization.

The StartupOneStop newsletter is a first read of investors, entrepreneurs and the tech press globally, with its insightful editorial, and coverage of the top news of the week and curated events of special interest to the New York tech community. StartupOneStop is written and curated by Bonnie Halper, a superconnector who has been covering tech in NY since the early days of Web 1.0

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WAMVentures encourages women and diverse founders to pitch and gain valuable investor feedback.

CONNECT with the WAMVentures community!

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WAMVentures thanks our insightful speakers focused on AI (Artificial Intelligence) + Machine Learning + FutureTech!

Erik Nordlander, Engineering Partner - GV. Erik joined the GV team in 2010 as an engineering partner. He is based out of New York City. Along with his technical knowledge, he brings expertise in building top notch engineering teams and scaling complex systems.

Prior to joining GV, Erik led the team that built Google’s next generation display ad serving system. He helped Google’s acquisition and technical integration for Doubleclick (DCLK) and led a team that built statistical modeling and machine learning models for Google’s ad businesses. Erik was also a developer on Google’s core engineering infrastructure, including a distributed file system that key products, such as Google.com and Gmail, rely on today.

Erik studied computer science and engineering at MIT, where he did his graduate research at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory on unique data extraction and disk forensics. 

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Cigdem Altay Binal, Director, Wesley Clover International.  Cigdem has over 10 years experience in technology industry having served in various roles in software design, product and project management, marketing and business development. For the past 2 years Cigdem has focused her efforts on building relationships with investment firms and the startup community in New York on behalf of both Wesley Clover International and L-SPARK. She is a mentor with Founder Institute and is a Women inPower fellow.

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Pano Anthos, Founder & Managing Director - XRC Labs. Pano leads XRC Labs as its Founder and Managing Director. Having founded 4 startups around key platform shifts, he saw the seismic shift coming to retail and with the right vision and timing recruited Parsons School of Design and Kurt Salmon to be founding sponsors. Now with 18 accelerated startups, 10 active world class retail sponsors, 60+ business mentors, Pano has built a world-class ecosystem for retail and consumer goods innovation at XRC Labs. He speaks regularly at NRF national and regional meetings, Shoptalk and RILA executive conferences. He leverages a deep startup network in Silicon Valley, New York, and Boston to fuse leading technology, E-commerce and user experience innovations to existing customer-oriented businesses.

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WAMVentures also thanks our Community Partners:

ThoughtWorks is a software company and a community of passionate, purpose-led individuals. We think disruptively to deliver technology to address our clients' toughest challenges, all while seeking to revolutionize the IT industry and create positive social change.

The ThoughtWorks mission is to better humanity through software and help drive the creation of socially and economically just world. We bring together the most capable, driven and passionate people we call them 'ThoughtWorkers' - to:

* Run a sustainable business

* Champion software excellence and revolutionize the IT industry

* Advocate passionately for social and economic justice

Sava360 is a platform connecting Influencers with Innovators & Entrepreneurs to share ideas, source deals & raise social consciousness.

Shufflrr is presentation management. It turns one-and-done files into enterprise communications assets.  With its advanced search and visualization of files, Shufflrr expedites the creation, distribution, re-use, updating, sharing, broadcasting and tracking of not just PowerPoint but all file types throughout your organization.

The StartupOneStop newsletter is a first read of investors, entrepreneurs and the tech press globally, with its insightful editorial, and coverage of the top news of the week and curated events of special interest to the New York tech community. StartupOneStop is written and curated by Bonnie Halper, a superconnector who has been covering tech in NY since the early days of Web 1.0

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WAMVentures encourages women and diverse founders to pitch and gain valuable investor feedback.

CONNECT with the WAMVentures community!

WAMVentures is the trade name of WAMVentures Group LLC

WAMVentures advances entrepreneurship for women & diverse founders and welcomes high impact leaders! WAMVentures embraces an inclusive community and men who support women entrepreneurs are welcome!

Copyright 2017. All rights reserved.

WAMVentures thanks our insightful speakers focused on Retail Tech, Fashion Tech and Scaling Businesses!

Sapna Shah, Founder, Retail X Series and Principal, Red Giraffe Advisors

Sapna is an angel investor, retail expert and three-time entrepreneur. Through Red Giraffe Advisors, Sapna makes angel and early-stage seed investments in retail, fashion and consumer start-ups and offers advisory services to early-stage companies. Sapna is also the founder of Retail X Series, a retail startup boot camp program for pre-seed stage founders who are revolutionizing the future of retail.

Previously, Sapna co-founded Retail Eye Partners, an independent Wall Street equity research firm. Sapna also co-founded a menswear e-commerce retailer, Mind the Chap. Prior to Retail Eye Partners, Sapna held executive strategy roles at Linens 'n Things, Inc. and at Ann Taylor, and spent time at Gap, Inc. Previous to her career in retail, Sapna worked in investment banking at Punk, Ziegel & Knoell and in credit at Morgan Stanley.

Sapna received her B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School as well as a B.A. in East Asian Studies from the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.  She received her M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

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Aubrie Pagano is Co-Founder and CEO of Bow & Drape, a customization brand that celebrates showing your big personality. At B&D, she has driven the business to success, retailing online and in over 300 stores including Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, and Saks and partnering with everyone from The New York Post, Dominos, and artist Donald Robertson. She was named Forbes 30 Under 30 in Retail, PayPal's 30 under 30 Makers + Shakers, LinkedIn's Next Wave of Professionals under 35, and introduced the world's first 3D printed accessories in market according to WWD. Aubrie also serves as an Investment Partner at XFactor Ventures, a venture capital fund that focuses on first-in capital for billion dollar businesses with at least one female founder. She holds a BA from Harvardand began her first business when she was six.

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Irene Ryabaya, Co-Founder of Monarq, investor, adventurer, techie, introverted networker & accidental feminist. Monarq builds diverse networks, accelerates revolutionary ideas & funds women-led startups. Monarq is the first women focused incubator in NYC. After a decade in finance working on various commodity trading desks, Irene is dedicated to creating more women led startups via strategy consulting, direct investment and deep impact events. Irene is also an advisor to Quentin Road Ventures. She was a trader with Hess Energy Company and technology lead for the commodities trading desk at Goldman Sachs. Irene graduated from New York University with a degree in computer science.

WAMVentures also thanks our Community Partners:

ThoughtWorks is a software company and a community of passionate, purpose-led individuals. We think disruptively to deliver technology to address our clients' toughest challenges, all while seeking to revolutionize the IT industry and create positive social change.

The ThoughtWorks mission is to better humanity through software and help drive the creation of socially and economically just world. We bring together the most capable, driven and passionate people we call them 'ThoughtWorkers' - to:

* Run a sustainable business

* Champion software excellence and revolutionize the IT industry

* Advocate passionately for social and economic justice

Sava360 is a platform connecting Influencers with Innovators & Entrepreneurs to share ideas, source deals & raise social consciousness.

Shufflrr is presentation management. It turns one-and-done files into enterprise communications assets.  With its advanced search and visualization of files, Shufflrr expedites the creation, distribution, re-use, updating, sharing, broadcasting and tracking of not just PowerPoint but all file types throughout your organization.

The StartupOneStop newsletter is a first read of investors, entrepreneurs and the tech press globally, with its insightful editorial, and coverage of the top news of the week and curated events of special interest to the New York tech community. StartupOneStop is written and curated by Bonnie Halper, a superconnector who has been covering tech in NY since the early days of Web 1.0

TrendyTripping connects people with unique local spaces - and each other. What we offer: daily/monthly membership for those who are always in the field, but sometimes need a place to MEET, CREATE and COLLABORATE. Join our community of women founders and find the vibrant local space and people to inspire your success.

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WAMVentures encourages women and diverse founders to pitch and gain valuable investor feedback.

CONNECT with the WAMVentures community!

WAMVentures is the trade name of WAMVentures Group LLC

WAMVentures advances entrepreneurship for women & diverse founders and welcomes high impact leaders! WAMVentures embraces an inclusive community and men who support women entrepreneurs are welcome!

Copyright 2017. All rights reserved.