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About

Amex Ventures

American Express Ventures is harnessing the combined strength of American Express and start-ups to drive innovation internally at American Express and to expand the Amex value proposition to customers. We do this by investing in and partnering with start-ups across consumer, B2B and enterprise capabilities focus areas. To date, Amex Ventures has made more than 90 investments with 38 company exits across a range of industries and ~70% of our investments have partnerships with Amex business units.

Project W

An initiative of the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Project W is on a mission to help women succeed by offering a series of accelerator programs for women founders, organizing affinity groups for women professionals, and partnering with like-minded organizations to help women scale great companies and elevate their careers. Over 150 women founders have participated in Project W’s signature program, the Women Entrepreneurs Boot Camp (WEB) which provides the tools, resources, and connections necessary to raise the capital they need to take their companies to the next level.