WVS 2022 Impact Report

SEPTEMBER 16-17, 2022

2022 IMPACT REPORT

FUND WOMEN. CHANGE THE WORLD. Women's Venture Summit is an unmatched event that builds bridges between female founders and investors.

The goals of the conference are to boost female founders' access to capital and to grow the number of investors who invest in female-led startups.

Individuals from across the globe meet in a vibrant and intimate conference setting to explore opportunities for increased funding and collaboration. Women's Venture Summit is one effort that has helped Stella facilitate more than $71 million in funding for women-led startups.

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BY THE NUMBERS

Venture capital funding overall has surged in recent years, but the numbers haven't leapt forward for female founders at the same pace.

2019

In 2019, 2.8% of funding went to women-led startups.

Though meager, this figure represents an all-time high.

2020

In 2020, funding fell to 2.3%, Crunchbase figures show.

This comes after years of increases.

2021

In 2021, companies founded solely by women garnered 2.4% of the total capital invested, according to PitchBook data. But that number doesn't tell the whole story. 2021 saw the creation of several women-led funds, incubators for female founders and more new companies.

2022

Through Sept. 2022, VC funding to women-led startups fell slightly to 2.3%, Pitchbook figures show.

HERstory

BY THE NUMBERS

Female (co-)founded VC capital % Still, only

2%

of VC funding to solo female founders

Source: Pitchbook 2022 US VC female founders dashboard

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BY THE NUMBERS

Volume of VC funding raised by Black and Latina women-led companies from 2018 to 2019

Funding raised in billion U.S. dollars

(in billion U.S. dollars)

What about intersectionality?

Black and Latinx womenfounded companies continue to receive the lowest amount of funding, however diverse teams outperform.

1.25

1

0.75

Companies in the top quartile of gender and ethnic diversity in their leadership were 21 percent & 33 percent more likely to have aboveaverage profitability, respectively.

0.5

0.25

27%

an average of

0

Black women-founded companies

Latinx women-founded companies

Source: Statista

outperformance

HERstory & THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC

The pandemic has been disastrous for women; they are 1.8 times more likely to be laid off than men*, causing 6 million job losses. But economic data** indicates women are rapidly starting businesses in the COVID era, and they need support.

Nearly 40% of women who started a new business during COVID did so as a direct result of the pandemic.

To sustain these new businesses, women founders need support & access to funding.

Time to exit for women founded companies decreased to 6.6 yrs in 2021 and increased to 7.7 yrs for all USA companies.

Women VCs account for 15% of VC investors — only 12% of women were general partners in 2019 — and female founding partners only make up 2.4% of all partners. *TechCrunch **Gusto/NAWBO

HERstory & THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC

Women founders receive only ~27% of angel funding (Pre-seed & Seed) and 2% of VC funding starting at Seed+ or Series A. Startups with at least one female founder go on to hire 2.5x more women than startups with all-male founders.

This is why WVS is important — to bring them together.

Women investors (angels and women VCs alike) are 2x as likely to invest in a women entrepreneur*

*Kaufmann Foundation

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PRESS COVERAGE

CBS 8 San Diego San Diego's most-watched news station

Televised segment on September 13, 2022 Featuring Stella's Flossie Hall and Stella Intensive Graduate Lindsay Helm

TOTAL REACH:

1.9M+ Televised segment on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022 with Women's Fast Pitch Finalist, AnaOno

PRESS COVERAGE Cover story with jump in newspaper Top placement on website Inclusion in the weekly newsletter Top spot on website and Daily Business Report e-newsletter

Interview on top femtech podcast

Established WVS's first mediatrade partnership in 2022

LINKEDIN SERIES

This year, we invited some of the brightest leaders to contribute to two 1500+ word Linkedin articles.

With 6 contributors per article, we multiplied our reach.

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During summer 2022, Women's Fast Pitch 2022 commenced.

It consisted of five live, virtual pitch competitions featuring incredible female founders from across the United States.

The finalists from each region advanced to the national competition that took place on day two of Women’s Venture Summit 2022.

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Northeast Region

FINALIST

DANA DONOFREE

97 TOTAL ATTENDEES

23% INVESTORS

Southeast Region

FINALIST

AURELIA EDWARDS

70 TOTAL ATTENDEES

30% INVESTORS

Midwest Region

FINALIST

JESSICA BUSSERT

47 TOTAL ATTENDEES

30% INVESTORS

Northwest Region

FINALIST

VLASTA SCHUTZENHOFER

53 TOTAL ATTENDEES

31% INVESTORS

Southwest Region FINALIST

MIA UMANOS

84 TOTAL ATTENDEES

WILDCARD FINALIST

VICKY PASCHE

42% INVESTORS

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SCHEDULE DAY 2

DAY 1

Breakouts

Build Your Board, Build Your Business

Mapping Your Money

Workshops

But First Coffee & Check-in Opening Remarks Watch this Space!

Mission to Money

Simple Storytelling that Works

Nail Your Exit Too

LUNCH & EXPLORE

But First Coffee & Check-in Opening Remarks Watch this Space!

Giant Leap for Womankind Women's Fast Pitch Finals

Houston, We Have a Problem

Your Thesis & Your North Star

Economics of Enough

Investing Across Borders Vice Can Be Nice Closing Remarks

Fortune Favors the Bold

Investor Nucleus

Early Stage Fundraising

Interactive Due Diligence Breakout Crew No. 1

Breakout Crew No. 2

Breakout Crew No. 3

Breakout Crew No. 4

Breakout Crew No. 5

Breakout Crew No. 6

Breakout Crew No. 7

Breakout Crew No. 8

Breakout Crew No. 9

Breakout Crew No. 10

Watch this Space!

Closing Remarks The WVS After Party

2022 SPEAKERS

2022 SPEAKERS

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WVS Attendee Profile 9 YEARS IN REVIEW

Women's Venture Summit engages the entire female startup ecosystem including angel investors, venture

6615

ATTENDEES

capitalists, entrepreneurs, community leaders, students and advocates.

5.89M

IMPRESSIONS

270

INVESTMENT GROUPS

329

SPEAKERS

These fierce females desire and deserve access to information, networks and capital. Women's Venture Summit delivers this via a dynamic, inspiring and interactive event overflowing with smart panel discussions, workshops and networking opportunities.

MISSION TO MONEY

60.9K

WEBSITE VISITS

2022 WVS Breakdown

85%

30%

$25K+

$7900

ENTREPRENUERS

COMMUNITY MEMBERS

IN-KIND DONATIONS

TICKET SCHOLARSHIPS

23%

90%

4.2M

45K

INVESTORS

FEMALE

ESTIMATED DIGITAL PR VIEWS

ESTIMATED PODCAST LISTENERS

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WHAT ATTENDEES SAID ABOUT WVS2022

"Three words that I would use to describe this weekend would be supported, empowered and focused.

One thing I didn't know is that even as a founder, I too can be an early-stage investor. As an unaccredited investor, there are still other avenues and vehicles..."

-Aurelia Edwards, Founder

"We can do a lot to bridge the gap for female founders.

Women can and will do better."

-Adriana Vasquez, Founder "It's wonderful to be in an environment where being a woman as an investor or an entrepreneur is normalized."

-Barbara Clarke, Founder & Investor

"To other men out there, join me for future events and just listen... If you're actually interested in helping this problem, then come to these events, talk to those individuals, those centers of influence, and put your money where your mouth is."

-Yannis Moore, VC scout

WHAT ATTENDEES SAID ABOUT WVS2022

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ECOSYSTEM SHOWCASE

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EXHIBITORS

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2022 SPONSORS

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