Want to pursue a rewards-based crowdfunding campaign for your business? Here’s the perfect opportunity to learn if you would be a good fit!

This month, for investor office hours, we’re joined by IFundWomen, the go-to funding marketplace for women-owned businesses and the people who want to support them with access to capital, coaching, and connections. They offer immediate access to capital through a premium online fundraising experience, access to small business grants from corporate partners, expert business coaching on all the topics entrepreneurs need to know about, and a network of women business owners that sparks confidence, accelerates knowledge and ignites action.

Fill out the form below and get the opportunity to meet the IFundWomen team 1-on-1 for 15 minutes to pitch your business!

Curious about rewards-based crowdfunding and how it can fit into your fundraising journey? Join IFundWomen and SheWorx on February 15 at 5pm ET to learn basics of what you need to have a successful rewards-based crowdfunding campaign on IFundWomen's platform.Expert coaches from the team will share best practices on everything from campaign setup to marketing to rewards fulfillment.

Loving the Office Hours sessions? Here's another chance to pitch to a top tier investor!

This month, we’re joined by Sophie Starck is an investor at Insight Partners, a NYC-based growth-stage software investor with $60B AUM writing checks from Series A through pre-IPO. Sophie focuses on the venture side of the portfolio (Series A – C) across enterprise SaaS and consumer, having helped lead Insight’s investments in Bubble, CookUnity, LawVu and Shelf among others. Prior to joining, Sophie helped early-stage startups fundraise at the equity crowdfunding platform SeedInvest and worked with ScaleUps in emerging markets at the non-profit Endeavor.

Fill out the form below and get the opportunity to meet Sophie 1-on-1 for 15 minutes to pitch your business!

Loving the Office Hours sessions? Here's another chance to pitch to a top tier investor!

Fabiola is a Principal at Chingona Ventures. Prior to joining Chingona Ventures, Fabiola held a variety of roles in the startup and tech ecosystem. She worked at Techstars, OCA Ventures and Kapor Capital, as well as launched a consulting firm to work with startups. Before immersing herself in startups and venture, Fabiola worked at iHeart Media and Wells Fargo where she honed in strategy & finance acumen. In her spare time, Fabiola is active in her community - she enjoys volunteering in her neighborhood and a good workout.

Fill out the form below and get the opportunity to meet Fabiola 1-on-1 for 15 minutes to pitch your business!

Are you looking to raise money for your small business by leveraging your community and using debt or revenue based financing?

Apply to meet with Mikaela Giani, Republic's resident expert on all things small business and debt financing for Main Street businesses. During this conversation, you'll have the opportunity to pitch your business to Mikaela, ask questions about debt instruments, and understand if your business is a good fit for debt-based crowdfunding. Learn more and apply below.

Raising capital is one of the hardest challenges faced by founders. While there are many avenues to fundraise, including bootstrapping, venture funding, and equity crowdfunding, understanding which source of capital is right for you and your business is incredibly important.

How do you decide that you’re ready to raise capital? What do you need before you can effectively pitch investors? Should you pursue equity-based funding, debt or revenue sharing?

Join Republic and SheWorx as we demystify SAFEs, convertible notes, and more! Jeanie Zhen and Mikaela Giani from Republic’s investment team will give you the inside scoop on capital readiness and share the roadmap to an effective fundraise.

Don’t miss the opportunity to sign up below!

Conversations with founders in our community almost always center around the same ask — introductions to investors.

With our new spin on office hours, we hope to make this process so much more simple for founders so you can do the thing you’re best at — build your business! Through this event series, you get direct access to top-tier investors and the opportunity to pitch them 1:1 for 15-minutes.

This month, we’re joined by Winnie Lau, an investment team associate at M13, which is an LA-based consumer tech fund. At M13, she spends most of her time looking at digital health solutions, women's health products and platforms, creator and freelancer economy tools, and next-gen investing platforms. So if you’re building in these spaces, don’t miss the chance to apply!

Our parent company, Republic, envisions a world where everyone has access and the power to invest in what they believe in. Through our platform, we provide an opportunity for people to participate in the creation of the future, help make it happen and then benefit from its success.

Want to learn more? Join Emily Pollack, Senior Director of Investor Relations at Republic, to learn more about investing in women that are building the future, how you can participate in wealth-building and change the world with your dollar!

In this Equity 101 presentation, Carta will walk you through a number of good and not-so-great examples, the fundamentals, and the framework to building an impressive cap table. Carta’s experts will share how a well-managed cap table can help you determine, negotiate, and track ownership stakes as your company grows.

Making money and making a positive difference in the world don’t have to be at odds with one another — which fintech leaders Erin Angerer and Claire Veuthey demonstrate well in their professional careers. Erin is an entrepreneur building Floodlight, a SaaS platform that provides investors with specialized insights into a company's full behavior and prospects (Techstars W’21). Claire is a principal at Rizoma Ventures and is a Republic Venture Partner with over a decade's worth of experience in impact investing; she also is an advisor to Floodlight.

Join us for a conversation with Erin and Claire about the world of fintech, what it takes to succeed, and how to bring moral values into for-profit work.

Fund the Future: a SheWorx and SoGal Summit brings together founders and investors who share a vision for a tomorrow in which capital and resources are equally distributed. There are few greater champions of this vision than our speaker, Alexa von Tobel.

Join this conversation to learn more about building a business that changes the world, the power of investing in what you believe in, and why women are the future.

Forecastr is the online software platform that helps founders build great financial models, impress investors, and make better decisions. Whether you want to upgrade your pitch or simply understand your business better, Logan Burchett, co-founder and COO of Forecastr, is here to walk you through creating your own financial models like a seasoned expert.

In this panel, we will hear from the perspective of a fintech founder and a funder that invested in her company and vision. Join us to catch a glimpse into the exciting universe that exists at the intersection of finance and technology, and gain insight from thought leaders on both sides of the table — we promise that you won’t want to miss this!

Courteney Real is a Republic Venture Fellow and a Corporate Venture Associate at Capital Factory. Previously working in Investor Relations at Portfolia, Real closed over four million dollars of investments from individual investors.

During this SheWorx Virtual Roundtable on May 20 at 3pm ET, join moderator Danielle Kayembe of GreyFire Impact and panelists Gesche Haas, founder and CEO of Dreamers and Doers, and Siran Cao, co-founder and CEO of Mirza, for a conversation on the rise of The Female-Driven Economy and how women entrepreneurs and investors are leading the way in designing the future.

Chaarvi is a senior VC associate at The American Family Insurance Institute with a background in education, social impact, and cleantech investing. She’s excited to provide insight on measuring impact, getting funded by impact investors, and expanding economic opportunity for all.

We’re on a mission to bridge the funding gap for female founders and would love your perspective on what events, programs, and resources would be beneficial in enabling more women to build, scale, and invest in successful companies.

If you’re interested in helping us define the next chapter for the SheWorx community, sign up for a 20-minute conversation with the team, and get the opportunity to be spotlighted across our social channels & newsletter.

Sieo is a full-service marketing and creative agency that works uniquely with startups. They are industry agnostic and have harnessed many years of marketing, business development, and operational expertise to help businesses of all sizes and in industries ranging from Fintech to Health & Wellness to Gaming succeed.

Sign up for exclusive (and free!) 1:1 conversations with members of Sieo on how to grow your startup.

In a world where sex and female sexuality are usually hidden behind closed doors, Lora DiCarlo and Cindy Gallop have fundamentally disrupted societal perceptions and pioneered innovation in Sextech. Join SheWorx, Lora, and Cindy on April 21st at 6 pm EST for a conversation focused on The Economy of Female Pleasure.

Lora DiCarlo is the powerhouse founder and CEO of Sextech company, Lora DiCarlo. Backed by the likes of Cara Delevigne, in its first year, her company earned over 7.5 million dollars. Cindy Gallop, the founder of the revolutionary social Sextech platform, MakeLoveNotPorn, is on a mission to celebrate “real world sex” and foster good sexual values and behavior.

During the conversation, moderated by Lisa Carmen Wang, Head of Brand and Communications at Republic (and former founder and CEO of SheWorx!), Lora and Cindy will share their perspectives on the future of sextech and highlight how they have created a movement to change archaic ways of thinking about sexuality and leveraged new innovation to capitalize on the economy of female pleasure.

Caitlin, an Investment Associate at Republic, helps source and vet companies looking to grow and raise on the Republic platform. Previously an analyst at University Growth Fund, she's the perfect person to answer all your questions about the diligence process and what investors look for. Apply to meet with her 1:1 on 3/25!

Ever wondered what it takes to sue the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority? Or how to leverage social media to amplify your voice as a woman entrepreneur?

Join our Success Stories from Women in Wellness panel discussion on March 24 at 3 pm ET to gain an insight into how female founders are changing the game and reshaping the wellness industry. We will be joined by Alexandra Fine, co-founder of Dame Products, and Sindhya Valloppillil, founder of Skin Dossier, who will discuss their biggest lessons from fundraising and strategies for brand messaging that resonates.

On International Women's Day 2021, SheWorx and Shondra Washington will host a pitch practice event on Clubhouse for women entrepreneurs who choose to challenge the status quo.

If you're a female founder with a bold vision, apply to pitch our panel of all-women rockstar investors including Shondra Washington (who has cultivated a community of over 2.5 million followers on Clubhouse), Pialy Aditya (Chief Strategy Officer at Republic), Jaime Schmidt (founder of Schmidt’s Naturals), and more.

Alex, currently a Senior Product Manager at Republic, has worked in tech for a decade at companies of all sizes. She loves crazy launches and YouTube tutorials. Launch highlights include the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Card, Renminbi disbursements on the Amazon marketplace, Fire tablet personalization, and several e-commerce platforms. Apply for the chance to meet with her 1:1 and learn about product launches, building your MVP, and more!