Founded
in Texas
March 13, 2023
9:00am – 12:30pm
Brown Advisory
200 W 6th St., Suite 1700, Austin, TX
About
Project W, The Artemis Fund, HearstLab, and Brown Advisory have joined forces to bring you Founded in Texas, an investor feedback session designed to support Texas-based female founders of B2B and B2B2C technology companies.
We invite you to apply to present your company to select investors and industry experts who will provide feedback on your presentation, as well as on your business model and strategies. Immediately following the feedback sessions, we invite you to join us for brunch with additional founders, investors, and female founder community members.
Event details
9:00 – 11:00am Investor Feedback Sessions | 11:00am – 12:30pm Brunch
Presentation
In breakout rooms, small groups of founders will present their companies to investors
Q&A
Following each presentation, there will be a Q&A with investor feedback
And More
Each founder will be paired with a different group of investors for the same exercise
Brunch
You’re invited to a brunch immediately following the breakouts!
Important dates
January 9, 2022
Applications open
February 10, 2022
Application deadline
February 20, 2022
Finalists selected
Founder application requirements
At least one of your founders is female
Your company is headquartered in Texas
Your company has developed a B2B or B2B2C technology solution
You are at seed stage (have raised a round or otherwise have equivalent traction through bootstrapping, government grants, etc.)
Are generating revenue
Applications are now closed
The Artemis Fund is passionate about closing the gender equity and wealth gaps by investing in female-founded companies. Based in Texas, Artemis invests in tech-enabled, seed stage, companies led by female founders across the US.
At Project W, we believe passionately in a future where women achieve gender equity in their working lives – whether in funding for their companies or in pay and promotion in the workplace. We are fiercely committed to do our part to make that future a reality.
HearstLab’s mission is to close the gap in VC funding for women by helping founders build sustainable and highly scalable businesses. Startups in HearstLab receive cash investment and gain access to HearstLab’s portfolio support team, legal services, and expertise within Hearst’s 360+ businesses across fintech, healthcare, media, enterprise software, and data analytics.
Brown Advisory has a simple vision: to build a client-first investment firm. Today, their 800+ colleagues are privileged to serve an inspiring group of individuals, families, nonprofits, charities, institutions and financial intermediaries in 44 countries. For each, they work to deliver first-rate investment performance, thoughtful strategic advice and the highest level of service to help them get to wherever it is they want to go.