Aarti Chandna

Women of the World Endowment ("WoWE") is the first 100% mission-aligned endowment investing our capital in and through women for market-rate risk adjusted returns and deep impact. We build pathways to mainstream investing in and through women as the Changemakers who drive resilient and sustainable investment systems, communities and economies. We invite co-investing to expand the capital pool. Our returns are granted to organizations accelerating the opportunity of women addressing today’s most pressing challenges through systems transformation. We are creating a virtuous circle of capital that spans the entire investment spectrum and maximizes outcomes for all. WoWE’s public markets portfolio has been outperforming its benchmark including through the COVID-19 context highlighting that a gender lens investing (GLI) strategy can deliver robust results.

Portfolia is the most powerful community of women and men investing in the companies we want in the world. Our collective investments are changing health, active aging & longevity, sustainability, education, and the overall venture capital landscape while also backing diversity. Our currently open funds are Femtech III, focused on enhancing the wellness of all women, and advancing innovation in womens health; and Active Aging & Longevity II, focused on significant opportunities and challenges in aging well, as well as those focused on new strides and technologies in the field of longevity. We drive change while creating wealth. If youd like to join us, email investorrelations@portfolia.com, and our Investor Relations Team will contact you.

Shine Together, formerly Teen Success, Inc., builds pathways to prosperity for two generations—young mothers and their children. We believe that education is the key factor in breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty faced by young families. Shine empowers young mothers to complete high school and persist through post-secondary education while nurturing their child’s positive development to ensure the success of the whole family. Shine creates economic advancement for multiple generations, by partnering with young mothers to further their education, build life and career skills, and nurture their children’s development. Shine has supported over 1,600 families since our founding in 2011. Every year, over 85% of our program participants graduate from high school, as compared to 38% of teen mothers nationally. Currently, 69% of the young women in our program are pursuing or have completed a post-secondary degree or certificate, which is 21x the national average college graduation rate for young moms! The children of the young mothers we work with are thriving as well, with close to 90% meeting their linguistic milestones which is setting them up to be kindergarten ready. To learn more, reach out to us at info@shinetogether.org

Zeal Capital Partners is a leading venture capital firm based in Washington, DC that invests in diverse management teams building enduring companies to generate above market rate returns and impact. Zeal partners with founders who are building high-growth, early-stage businesses across the financial technology, employment pathways, and health equity verticals. Founded in 2020 by Nasir Qadree, Zeal leverages its market backed Inclusive Investing™ strategy to narrow wealth, skills, and healthcare gaps in the United States, and at scale globally. **Are you a founder looking for investment? Please submit details on your project here: https://www.zealvc.co/seed-series-a-investments/ - We review every submission.**

At Black Opal Ventures, we’re bringing rare, everlasting value to future technologies. Our deep background of expertise, unique perspectives, and radiant positivity will enable a diverse spectrum of tomorrow’s doers, thinkers, and changers.

Women of the World Endowment ("WoWE") is the first 100% mission-aligned endowment investing our capital in and through women for market-rate risk adjusted returns and deep impact. We build pathways to mainstream investing in and through women as the Changemakers who drive resilient and sustainable investment systems, communities and economies. We invite co-investing to expand the capital pool. Our returns are granted to organizations accelerating the opportunity of women addressing today’s most pressing challenges through systems transformation. We are creating a virtuous circle of capital that spans the entire investment spectrum and maximizes outcomes for all. WoWE’s public markets portfolio has been outperforming its benchmark including through the COVID-19 context highlighting that a gender lens investing (GLI) strategy can deliver robust results.

Symphonic Capital is a Pre-Seed Venture Capital fund with a long view. The fund is led by experienced Pre-Seed investors and operators who bet on founders at their earliest stages and pair them with the tools, guidance and capital they need to succeed.

Founded in 1851, Santa Clara University sits in the heart of Silicon Valley—the world’s most innovative and entrepreneurial region. The University’s stunningly landscaped 106-acre campus is home to the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asís. Ranked among the top 15 percent of national universities by U.S. News & World Report, SCU has among the best four-year graduation rates in the nation and is rated by PayScale in the top 1 percent of universities with the highest-paid graduates. SCU has produced elite levels of Fulbright Scholars as well as four Rhodes Scholars. With undergraduate programs in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, and graduate programs in six disciplines, the curriculum blends high-tech innovation with social consciousness grounded in the tradition of Jesuit, Catholic education.