Seeking Fierce Founders
We’re on a mission to equip female entrepreneurs to build, run, and scale investable businesses.
Ad Astra LifeSci — Sept 2018
OUR LIFE SCI COHORT BEGINS SEPTEMBER 17. WE WILL INFORM APPLICANTS OF NEXT STEPS BY AUGUST 20.
Life Science Cohort Partners and Sponsors
To the Stars!
Introducing AD ASTRA — the only accelerator program designed for women who are destined to change the world.
The Ad Astra Program
- 10 Weeks of Custom Curriculum
- $20,000 Investment in your Company
- Formal Mentorship with Industry Experts, Proven Entrepreneurs, and Investors
- Your Own Champion and Personal Advocate for the 10 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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