Seeking Fierce Founders
We’re on a mission to equip female entrepreneurs to build, run, and scale investable businesses.
Ad Astra LifeSci — Sept 2018
Apply by Aug 3
To the Stars!
Introducing AD ASTRA — an accelerator program designed to scale your business.
The Ad Astra Program
- 12 Weeks of Custom Curriculum
- Guaranteed Investment in your Company
- Formal Mentorship with Industry Experts
- Your Own Champion and Personal Advocate for the 12 Weeks and Beyond
We are seeking high growth, life science startups, led by females.
“The fastest-growing companies at 200%+ growth, are 75% more likely to have a female founder.”
TINYpulse2017 Annual TINYpulse Startup Reporthttps://www.tinypulse.com/startup-culture-report – TINYpulse.com
“There is an enormous untapped investment opportunity for venture capitalists smart enough to look at the numbers and fund women entrepreneurs.”
Dr. Candida Brush, Lead AuthorWomen Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture Capitalhttps://www.babson.edu/Academics/centers/blank-center/global-research/diana/Documents/diana-project-executive-summary-2014.pdf – Diana Report
“Venture-backed companies that include females as senior executives are more likely to succeed than companies with only men in charge.”
Dow Jones VentureSourceWomen at the Wheel: Do Female Executives Drive Start-Up Success?https://www.forbes.com/sites/geristengel/2014/01/08/11-reasons-2014-will-be-a-break-out-year-for-women-entrepreneurs/#50566f573f71 – forbes.com
“VC firms that invest in women-led businesses performed better than all men-led businesses.”
Office of AdvocacySmall Business Association (SBA)https://www.sba.gov/content/venture-capital-social-capital-and-funding-women-led-businesses – sba.gov
“Startup companies with female founders ‘almost universally outperformed their male-only counterparts’.”
Victor Lipman, ForbesStartups With Female Founders Grow Fasterhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2017/04/19/start-ups-with-female-founders-grow-faster/#4978974e513e – forbes.com
“Companies with a female founder performed 63% better than those with all-male founding teams.“
Geri Stengel, ForbesWomen Get It Done: Fixing The Broken Venture Capital Systemhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/geristengel/2017/11/08/women-get-it-done-fixing-the-broken-venture-capital-system/#38e1f1b96e4c – forbes.com
“Companies run by women and those that improve the lives of women represent a largely untapped multi-trillion-dollar market”
Dennis Price, ImpactAlphaMeet 58 venture capital funds that are betting on women around the worldhttps://news.impactalpha.com/meet-58-venture-capital-funds-that-are-betting-on-women-around-the-world-945ddde3e3fd – ImpactAlpha.com
— Y E T —
Female founders receive only 14% of angel investments
and 3-4% of venture capital funds.(1)
Let’s change that.
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