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Summit Strategy Masterclass

About the Program

Web Summit Vancouver is fast approaching. The Summit Strategy Masterclass series is engineered for women tech founders to transform their conference experience from “simply attending” to executing a high-impact lead generation strategy. This series will cover how to leverage AI to strategize for Web Summit, the key to navigating the “hard questions” in creating valuable connections throughout the conference, and how to tap into the pool of “Gender-Smart Investing”.

An Ecosystem of Women-led Founder Support
Delivered by New Ventures BC and Mosaic Accelerator, this program gathers BC’s startup ecosystem to fuel women-led ventures at every stage.

What you will learn:

The AI Advantage for Conference Prep

Leverage the latest AI tools to automate lead generation and outreach, saving energy for the rounds of high-stakes networking at Web Summit.

Date: April 15 – 4pm to 6pm PDT
Cost: $20

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Maximizing Conference Micro Moments

Prepare for high-stakes investor encounters between sessions. Learn to navigate the “hard questions” through live drills with investors, ensuring readiness for every conference micro-moment.

Date: April 22 – 4pm to 6pm PDT
Cost: $20

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Gender-Smart Investing

Get the inside scoop on “gender-smart” investing and meet angel investors who are committed to diversifying their portfolios and looking for the next big tech startup in BC.

Date: April 29 – 3:30pm to 5:30pm PDT
Cost: $20

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Attend all 3 workshops for $40, and be entered into a draw for a FREE Women-in-Tech Web Summit ticket!

Eligibility

Bridge the gender balance in tech and join us if you are:

  • A woman, woman-identifying, or non-binary tech founder
  • Based in British Columbia
  • In any sector

Note: Participants do not  have to attend Web Summit Vancouver to attend this Masterclass series.

Guest Speakers

Rochelle Grayson

Program Leader & Executive-in-Residence, New Ventures BC

Rochelle is an Afro-Latin, trilingual, serial entrepreneur, and digital strategist with over 30 years of experience in business, marketing, finance, tech, and education. She has worked with several women’s organizations, been nominated as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, awarded Vancouver’s Top Forty Under 40, and named one of Vancouver’s Top 10 Women in Technology.

Irene Dorsman

CEO, Angel Forum

​Irene is currently the Director and CEO of Angel Forum, Vancouver’s longest running angel network. She is an active investor and also a founding partner/investor of Women’s Equity Lab (WEL), Vancouver chapter. Irene has worked and consulted with many early stage companies in both the tech and resource sectors in Canada.

irene dorsman

Additional speakers to be announced soon.

This program is supported by Innovate BC, through its Road to Web Summit Vancouver, a sector development program designed to support B.C. companies to maximize their Web Summit Vancouver experience and capitalize on its potential to support their growth.

New Ventures BC acknowledges that we gather and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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