Los Angeles Women Founders Lunch FoundHER & FundHER Monthly Founder Exchange
88FoundHER & FundHER is not your typical networking event. It is a highly curated community where ambitious women founders and aligned investors build meaningful relationships before they ever become transactions.
We bring together women entrepreneurs, founders, investors, strategic partners, and business leaders who believe that the best businesses are built through authentic connection, collaboration, and shared success. Our mission is to help founders access the relationships, resources, and capital they need to grow while giving investors curated access to exceptional women-led companies and meaningful deal flow.
About
FoundHER & FundHER is a curated community for women entrepreneurs, female founders, investors, and business leaders across Los Angeles.
Our leadership team brings decades of global experience in entrepreneurship, investing, corporate leadership, and business growth. Every event is intentionally designed to maximize your investment of both time and energy through purposeful introductions, strategic conversations, and relationships that continue long after the luncheon ends.
For founders, that means access to collaborators, advisors, customers, referrals, strategic partnerships, and potential investors.
For investors, it means discovering outstanding founders, gaining early visibility into promising companies, expanding their network, and building authentic relationships before fundraising conversations begin.
We believe the strongest investments are built on trust, not transactions.
Our Founder Lunch Format
Every event is thoughtfully structured to create meaningful value for every person in the room.
Founder Introductions
Each founder has sixty seconds to share:
Who she is
What she's building
What she needs most right now
One way she can help someone else in the room
Investor & Strategic Partner Introductions
Participating investors and strategic partners briefly share:
The industries, stages, or founders they are most interested in supporting
What they look for in emerging companies
The types of introductions, expertise, or resources they are happy to provide
The Connection Exchange
This is our signature experience—and what makes FoundHER & FundHER unlike any other networking event in Los Angeles.
Every attendee gives something and receives something before leaving the room.
A warm introduction. A strategic referral. A resource. A collaboration. A customer. An advisor. A potential investment opportunity.
Real business gets done at this table.
Come Prepared to Share
Founders
Please be prepared to briefly share:
The deeper reason you started your business
What you do, who you serve, and what you're looking for right now
If you're currently raising capital, the stage you're in (optional)
One practical way you can support another founder or business leader in the room
Investors & Strategic Partners
Please be prepared to share:
Your investment focus or areas of interest
What excites you about founders and emerging businesses
The kinds of introductions, expertise, or support you enjoy providing
How founders can best connect with you after the event
Come with intention. Leave with relationships.
Please Note
Your ticket reserves your seat.
Lunch is available for individual purchase at the venue.
Attendance is intentionally limited to ensure high-quality conversations and meaningful connections.
At this time, tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.
A Message from Lisa McCarthy, Founder of FoundHER & FundHER
I am thrilled you're considering joining one of our FoundHER & FundHER events.
I created this community because I believe founders & funders deserve more than another networking event. They deserve genuine relationships, trusted referrals, strategic introductions, and a community that wants to see them succeed.
Today, we host monthly Founder Lunches throughout Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley, intimate Food & Philosophy Dinners every other month, and educational events designed to help women entrepreneurs grow thriving businesses. As our community continues to expand throughout Orange County, Pasadena, and beyond, we'll also be introducing additional virtual opportunities to connect.
Whether you're building your company, looking to invest in remarkable founders, or simply want to surround yourself with exceptional women doing meaningful work, I hope you'll join us.
I look forward to meeting you and supporting your journey.
Lisa McCarthy
Founder, FoundHER & FundHER www.FoundHERandFundHER.com
www.Lisa-McCartthy.com
President, Make My Idea Real www.MakeMyIdeaReal.com
Get in touch? Foundfundher@gmail.com