The Fix: Women Transforming Venture Capital, May 19, 2021

Women and persons of color are underrepresented in the venture capital ecosystem. Less than 3% of VC funding go to women-led startups, only 1% of VC-backed founders are Black, and less than 2% are Latinx. And the diversity issue for VC’s is no better.

Join Silicon Valley Forum at their kickoff event in their Women Who Invest Forum where their panel will discuss the changes needed to drive the transformation of investing structures to propel funding for women and underrepresented founders, and advance gender equality in venture capital.   Read more...

Startup Live

Join me for STARTUP LIVE https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/surviving-a-startup-keynote-speech-investment-pitch-registration-152077659373

Think BIG with Startup-Chile: Apply by May 18, 2021

Start-Up Chile has opened all of their financing lines. If you are an entrepreneur in the technology field and want to Think BIG, this is your chance. You have until May 18, 2021 to apply to their Build, Ignite, or Growth programs!

Not sure which program to choose? It depends on the development phase of your project:

Apply to Build if you are in the idea phase and have less than a year of development.   Read more...

Secure Funding, Pitch VCs, and Expand Your Network

Join us on Clubhouse and connect with our global investor network, ask your questions, and get feedback on your business: https://ios.joinclubhouse.com/event/PA1jndeP

1) Download the Clubhouse app on an iOS device
2) Search for the Founders Space club
3) Join the room!

https://ios.joinclubhouse.com/event/PA1jndeP

Organization

Join Founders Space and receive valuable startup tips, funding opportunities, VC insights, and invitations to our investor pitches. Founders Space is one of the leading startup accelerators in the world. With over 50 partners in 22 countries, Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines ranked Founders Space the #1 Incubator for Overseas Startups.   Read more...

Founders Pack Winner Takes All

Event: Also looking for a few more pitch companies for our new Founders Pack Winner Takes All Pitch Event.

Apply to Pitch: http://apply.founderspack.io

Space Tourism Conference, April 28 – 29, 2021

Space tourism is soaring, and now the sector has its own home, the Space Tourism Conference (STC).

This online event examines the business of commercial space and consumer off-world services and experiences, as well as space themed on-world offerings in media, entertainment and consumer goods.

Held annually, the STC is produced with support from the Space Tourism Society (STS), the world’s leading space tourism advocacy organization since 1998. The conference highlights an industry rocketing toward a stratospheric market value which will yield major, long-lasting advances—including lunar flybys. News continues to break almost weekly from the major players driving the charge.   Read more...

Supply Chain & Logistics Virtual Pitch Event on April 13, 2021 (Apply by March 30)

Together with AVanta Ventures, Silicon Valley Forum is hosting Supply Chain & Logistics Virtual Pitch Event on Tuesday, April 13 at 2:00 PM PDT.

They still have 6 spots available for early-stage startups. If you’d like to pitch, submit your application by March 30, 2021.

You can register for this FREE event here.

The Ten Commandments of Venture Capital Funding (FREE Event) March 30, 7 PM

Join us to discuss The Ten Commandants of Venture Funding

1) What should you say to hook investors?

2) More importantly, what should you not you say?

3) What things that are sure to kill a deal?

4) How do you negotiate with a venture capital firm?

5) When do you push hard, and when do you back off?

6) How can you get venture capitalists to give you a term sheet on the day you want it?   Read more...

CKGSB China Start 2021: Apply by March 24

Our partner Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) is accepting applications for China Start 2021 (April 17 – May 14).

This immersion online program is for startups and scale-ups to gain China-specific knowledge, get networking opportunities, and win China funding.   Read more...