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We’re excited to announce the winner of this year's Women's Fast Pitch competition! 🚀 Congratulations to Haley Marie Keith of MITO Material Solutions in securing a prize of over $50K in grants and in-kind services! ! 💡 About MITO® Material Solutions: Founded in 2019, MITO is a revenue-generating startup revolutionizing the chemical manufacturing space. Their work in advanced materials is already making waves in key industries—and Haley is currently raising a $2.5M round to fuel their continued growth! 👉 Interested in learning more or joining this round? Reach out to Haley directly for more information on how you can be a part of MITO’s next big leap! Email: [email protected] A huge congratulations to Haley and all the finalists for their inspiring pitches, groundbreaking ideas, and passion for pushing the boundaries! #community #femalefounders #entrepreneur #womeninbusiness #womensupportingwomen #femaleempowerment

Huge thank you to BMO for all they do to support and uplift women! ❤️

‘Empowered women empower women.’ ✨ Stella Foundation’s Women’s Venture Summit was a great reminder of the power of community in breaking barriers, scaling businesses, reaching new heights and more. Honored to have played a part in this great event, on behalf of EO San Diego and Crowe PR, and share some of the resources and tools available to women #founders and #investors. Loved seeing so many amazing women under one roof. 👏 Let’s gooooo, Silvia Mah PhD, MBA Flossie Hall Andrea Giralt 💪 #womeninbusiness #leaders #womensupportingwomen #entrepreneurs

"We're building the rung of the ladder we dare to climb." I work each day to climb, but this past week at the Stella Foundation Women's Venture Summit in San Diego I got to rise higher because women ahead of me invited all of us to join them on the rungs they built. I met Silvia Mah PhD, MBA two years ago - this week I got to enter the community she created - an incredible network of support, funding opportunities for women, and to spend time with her - honestly one of the kindest people I've come across on my journey. She is one of those people that dreams with and for people - delighting in making connections and helping spur you on. She knows the marathon, its high and lows - having her in my corner is a gift. Thank you to everyone who made this event possible: Flossie Hall and the whole team at Stella. And to my friends who came with me Katie Shahan and Andrea Zechmann, MBA/JD - you make it fun. I am thrilled to continue the connections I started here, both new friends and those that will move my mission forward. If you are one of those who gave me your time - thank you for your investment in me and all that I'm building in Mom Badge ™ . Keep me updated on all you're doing, I'd love to help you as you climb. #WomenSupportingWomen #WomenInBusiness #VentureSummit #Networking #Empowerment #WomenLeaders #Community #SupportEachOther #Mentorship #WomenEntrepreneurs #MomBadge #BuildingConnections #DreamBig #Collaboration #RiseTogether #Gratitude

💼 Over 200 women from across the US gathered for The 11th Annual Women in Ventures Summit hosted by the Stella Foundation in beautiful San Diego. Thanks to Flossie Hall, Liberty Klingebiel & Jaci (Feinstein) Sander for all your hard work!🌴✨ Attending the Women's Venture Summit with Ilana Brand, Rachel Horning, and Kevin Morris was incredible. I witnessed the power of women supporting women in venture capital and entrepreneurship. 🤝💡 The businesses these women are building are nothing short of inspiring! It was great meeting companies like Panic Panties, Sleep Spark, Inc., Pangea Biological, MyoGene Bio, Liber8, Kids Care Finder, and many more 🚀! 🙌 Great meeting: Saba Jahanian, Olivia Rutman, CTP, Stephanie Henwood-Darts, CPA, Jamie Heo, 🔗 Always great seeing old friends like Francesca Puccinelli, Calvin Cheong, and Lena Dokuchayeva! Special thanks to Heather Spivey, Ken Rollins, Brett Dovman, Charity Williams, Lila Inman, Sara S., Joanna Liebes Hubberts, Sheila Monette, and Ericka Cunningham for making the event a success! 🙏 #WomensVentureSummit #StellaFoundation #WomenInBusiness #Entrepreneurship #VentureCapital #WomenSupportingWomen

I’m so grateful to Stella Foundation for the incredible Women’s Venture Summit last week! Over 150 women CEOs, Presidents, founders creating businesses that are changing the world for the better and powering the economy, and the investors that are fueling that growth. (Did you know that women only receive LESS THAN 2 PERCENT of investment currently, even though we start over 13% of new businesses?) It was inspiring, empowering, educational and wonderful! I left with a book full of notes, calendar filled with meetings, and more drive than ever before to keep on building so I can be the person writing checks to other women founders in the coming years. ✨ Thank you to Stella Foundation, Silvia Mah PhD, MBA, Flossie Hall and your ecosystem of partners helping us women-owned companies thrive, grow, and continue to make a difference in this world! . . . . #womenownedbusiness

What a week last week. stacey and I headed out to San Diego to attend the 11th annual Women's Venture Summit, hosted by the Stella Foundation. Flossie Hall, Silvia Mah PhD, MBA, Rylie Jennings, and team... you guys hit it out of the park. Thank you all for your exceptional work and passion for empowering women. I'm convinced that the best conferences are the ones where good people connect deeply with each other in ways where they work hard to figure out ways to work together to continue the relationships and stay connected. With that measure of success in mind, the Women's Venture Summit blew it out of the water. We were able to re-connect in person with people we know and respect - Suzanne Fontaine, Katie Sterns, Jing Gao, Lisa McCarthy, Carolyn Hamlet, Vicky Pasche, Jessica Wallace (sorry we didn't get more time with you!), and Emith Lopez. And, then, the amount of incredible women we added to our relationship circle was far too many to list. But... we can't wait to reconnect with each of them (each of you!) and explore ways to work together. This Summit provided the perfect backdrop to talk about our mission with our 501c3 BoldSKY Foundation, where we will be investing in women inventors, with time, resources, our vetted network, and funding. We strongly believe women are incredible builders, but often they (we) just need the tools and the knowledge of how to use those tools in order to build something worth talking about. #stella #womenempoweringwomen #womenowned #femalefounders #sandiego #entrepreneurship #funding #investinher #chaseyourdreams

What an incredible few days at the Women’s Venture Summit here in San Diego! I had the opportunity to connect with so many brilliant, innovative women who are shaping the future of business and beyond. The energy, the ideas, and the passion I witnessed were nothing short of inspiring. From deep conversations about entrepreneurship to moments of true empowerment, I’ve learned so much that I’m taking with me back to my own work at FeelSwell Experiences. I am beyond excited to be part of this community of powerful minds, driving change and breaking barriers together. #WomensVentureSummit #Innovation #WomenInBusiness #Entrepreneurship #Community #SanDiego

Read Geri Stengel inspiring story from #WVS2024 in Forbes 📰 “Fearless Fund and Hello Alice, organizations dedicated to empowering marginalized entrepreneurs, faced lawsuits challenging their grant programs for Black business owners. Co-founders Arian Simone and Elizabeth Gore, for the first time together, bravely shared their experiences at the Women's Venture Summit hosted by Stella Foundation held in San Diego on September 27, 2024, highlighting the personal toll and business challenges they faced. Despite setbacks, they persevered, demonstrating the power of community support and legal preparedness.” https://lnkd.in/gyf6KTXb #FearlessFund #HelloAlice #WVS #Resilience #DEI #FemaleFounders #BlackEntrepreneurs #WomenInBusiness #Entrepreneurship

So much power in one room 🔥