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Women's Venture Capital Summit 2027

Join 400+ of the industry's most influential dealmakers, fundraisers, investors and allocators at the Women's Venture Capital Summit, a destination for senior decision-makers across the venture capital ecosystem. This retreat-style summit fosters honest conversations and genuine partnerships in a high-trust environment. Attendees connect, learn and build rel…

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62Speakers
39Sponsors
123Sessions
96Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at Women's, in alphabetical order.

Aditi Maliwal
General Partner · Upfront Ventures
Alice Brooks
Partner · Khosla Ventures
Alice Singh
Associate Director · CM Capital
Anna Brady-Estevez
Founding Partner · American DeepTech
Ashley Neville
Director of Insights · Carta
Ava Alemazkoor
Vice President · Recast
Beezer Clarkson
Managing Director · LGT Capital Partners
Carla Newell
Managing Director and COO GSR Ventures · GSR Ventures
Carolina Brochado
Head of EQT Ventures & Founding Partner · EQT Partners
Carol Suh
Partner · ARCH Venture Partners
Catherine Skulan
Partner · Ropes & Gray
Courtney McCrea
Managing Partner · Recast Capital
Diana Murakhovskaya
GP and Co-Founder · The Artemis Fund
Dorothy Walter
Global CFO · Accel
Ellen Hukkelhove
Portfolio Manager · Perceptive Ventures
Holly Maloney
Managing Director · General Catalyst
Jacquie Duval
Partner · Perkins Coie
Jay Graber
CEO · Bluesky
Jessica Adams
Partner & CCO · Lightspeed
Jessica Lin
GP · Work-Bench
Julia Crosby
Managing Director · Denison University
Julia Moore
Managing Partner · Breakout Ventures

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Platinum sponsorPlatinum
With IntelligencePlatinum
Goldman SachsGold
Gold sponsorGold
J.P. MorganGold
Kirkland & EllisGold
McGuireWoodsGold
Morgan StanleyGold
NasdaqGold
Pension Insurance CorporationGold
Adams Street PartnersSilver
DechertSilver
Hamilton LaneSilver
KPMGSilver
Silver sponsorsSilver
West MonroeSilver
AonSpecialty
BurgissSpecialty
BVA GroupSpecialty
CartaSpecialty
CrestbridgeSpecialty
DeloitteSpecialty
Egon ZehnderSpecialty
First Republic BankSpecialty
FundCountSpecialty
General Catalyst
Insight Partners
InsperitySpecialty
JTC GroupSpecialty
Kapor Capital
One Way Ventures
PitchBookSpecialty
PreqinSpecialty
Ropes & GraySpecialty
Specialty sponsorsSpecialty
SS&C TechnologiesSpecialty
SVBSpecialty
SVB (Silicon Valley Bank)Specialty
WealthEngineSpecialty

Agenda

Selected from 123 sessions.

  • 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM PST / 1:00 PM - 1:40 PM Your local time (40 min)

    Crossing the Finish Line: The Strategies Needed to Raise a Fund in ‘26

    Raising a venture fund is certainly no easy task – given the shortage of exits and the pullback from some institutional investors to the asset class. But it can be done. In this im…

  • 10:15 AM - 10:35 AM PST / 1:15 PM - 1:35 PM Your local time (20 min)

    Inside TMRS’ Venture Program: Where It Sees Opportunity

    The Texas Municipal Retirement System is on a mission to increase its venture capital activity – both through expanded investing in funds and in innovative companies. During the su…

  • 10:15 AM - 10:35 AM PST / 1:15 PM - 1:35 PM Your local time(20 min)

    Inside TMRS’ Venture Program: Where It Sees Opportunity

    The Texas Municipal Retirement System is on a mission to increase its venture capital activity – both through expanded investing in funds and in innovative companies. During the su…

  • 10:35 AM - 10:55 AM PST / 1:35 PM - 1:55 PM Your local time (20 min)

    Break

  • 10:40 AM - 11:05 AM PST / 1:40 PM - 2:05 PM Your local time (25 min)

    Break

  • 10:55 AM - 11:35 AM PST / 1:55 PM - 2:35 PM Your local time (40 min)

    Track I: About Those Fund Terms….

    Fundraising can be a daunting challenge. Between identifying LPs, landing meetings and then trying to convince them to support you and your fund. Often lost in this process, though…

    Track I
  • 10:55 AM - 11:35 AM PST / 1:55 PM - 2:35 PM Your local time (40 min)

    Track III: The Push into Hardware: Will It Payoff?

    AI’s impact is also being felt in the types of companies that VCs are funding. Long focused on software and internet services, firms are deploying increasing amounts of capital int…

    Track III
  • 10:55 AM - 11:35 AM PST / 1:55 PM - 2:35 PM Your local time (40 min)

    Track II: Landing Growth Financing: What Does It Take in the Current Environment?

    Plenty of startups get funded but only a few of those will land the sizable rounds that will alter their trajectory. For VCs, these rounds can mean the difference between a good re…

    Track II
  • 10:55 AM - 11:35 AM PST / 1:55 PM - 2:35 PM Your local time (40 min)

    Track IV: Half Full or Half Empty? How Should the Biotech Sector Be Viewed?

    If you are an optimist, you would say that the biotech sector has bounced back over the past year. Financings are up. Companies are going public and pharmaceutical companies are co…

    Track IV
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 96 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

96 companies. three are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
3All threespeak · spons · exh
36Sponsoringsponsor only
57Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Carta·General Catalyst·Ropes & Gray

Speakers by seniority

84% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite35%
  • Founder / Owner3455%
  • VP-level12%
  • Director / Head of1423%
  • Manager / Lead610%
  • Other roles46%

Of 62 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1CartaSponsor · Specialty1
2General CatalystSponsor1
3Ropes & GraySponsor · Specialty1
4Adams Street PartnersSponsor · Silver-
5AonSponsor · Specialty-
6BurgissSponsor · Specialty-
7BVA GroupSponsor · Specialty-
8CrestbridgeSponsor · Specialty-
9DechertSponsor · Silver-
10DeloitteSponsor · Specialty-
11Egon ZehnderSponsor · Specialty-
12First Republic BankSponsor · Specialty-
13FundCountSponsor · Specialty-
14Goldman SachsSponsor · Gold-
Sponsors by tier
platinum2
5% of 39
gold8
21% of 39
silver6
15% of 39
specialty19
49% of 39
unspecified4
10% of 39
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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