Funded Female Founders Summit
Top Funded Founders & Venture Capital Leaders
Built on three successful series and 500+ attendees, this summit is designed for depth, trust, and real outcomes. The Funded Female Founders Summit: Ideation to Series A brings together venture-backed women founders and the investors who fund them for high-signal conversations on capital, growth, and the path from first check to institutional scale.
Join 200+ founders and 85+ active VCs, angels, LPs, funds of funds, allies, and operators for candid conversations on fundraising, leadership, and scaling. Expect tactical, immediately actionable insight spanning early conviction, fundraising strategy, and the road to $1M ARR and beyond.
Summer Speakers & Programming:
Fireside Chat
Carina Hong - Founder @ Axiom: Building Mathematical Superintelligence: A conversation with Carina on her journey from math prodigy to founder, raising a $64M seed round for Axiom Math to build self-improving AI systems that push the frontier of machine reasoning.
AI Funded Founders & Mayfield/Divot Honorees in 2025:
Anna Patterson - Founder @ Ceramic AI
Eshani Mehta - COO @ Lumari (YCx25)
Alisha Chowdhury - Founder @ Kiro Money
Early Stage VC / Investors Speakers
Lu Zhang - Founder & Managing Partner @ FusionFund
Rocio Wu Dianoux - Partner @ F-Prime Capital
Bozhena Kulchyckyj - Investor @ Alumni Ventures
Abbie Strabala - Jr. Partner @ Outlander VC
Marina Temkin (Moderator) - Senior Reporter @ TechCrunch
How LPs Choose Venture Funds
Aury Cifuentes - VC @ How Women Invest
Evan Segal - Founder & Managing Partner @ Segal Ventures
Asya (ah see ya) Bradley - LP & Startup VC Lead @ Kinship Ventures
Julie Zinamon - Founder & CEO @ Vataseason
Founder Tracks
Funded Founders Panel - AI founders share how they moved from ideation to $1M ARR by building conviction, shaping a strong narrative, and turning early traction into real momentum, with lessons from those who raised through top accelerators like YC and leading venture funds
Founder Leadership & Scale (Breakout Sessions) Hiring, sales, resilience, and scaling without burnout as the company grows
Investor & Capital Tracks
Angel Investing and Early Signaling - How angels evaluate early conviction, signal strength, and founder readiness
Early-Stage VC Investing Panel - A candid VC-only conversation on how pre-seed and seed investments are underwritten, and how conviction, signal, and traction are evaluated in today’s market.
LPs & Fund of Funds - An in-depth look at how LPs allocate capital, evaluate emerging managers, and decide which funds receive backing and why.
Private Cocktail Reception
An intimate gathering of select growth-stage and Series A+ founders, VCs, LPs, and strategic partners designed for deeper conversations and meaningful relationship building, featuring sushi, caviar, curated bites, and live music.
Previous FFF Series Speakers:
What You’ll Experience
You’ll experience stage-specific panels spanning ideation through Series A, curated networking intentionally designed for real connection, and clear investor insight into what capital actually underwrites at each stage. All of this takes place in a premium, high-signal environment built for depth and long-term relationship building.
Who Should Attend:
The (FFF Summit) is for early-stage founders and funded founders from ideation through Series A+, alongside the investors, operators, and allies who actively support them. This is a curated, relationship-first gathering focused on real conversations, trusted connections, and long-term collaboration, not pitching or networking theater.
VC Attendees
NFX
2026 Ecosystem Partners
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