Krista Cruz Lucero

Epic Angels is democratizing angel investing. We make angel investing accessible. We give women the confidence to invest, by learning about the investment process, and understanding how other women invest. Epic Angels is a network of female executives and operators who have built and expanded companies in all parts of the world. We are the largest female-only angel network in Asia Pacific and Latinoamerica. Research shows, investors tend to back those they perceive as similar to them. Instead of trying to convince male investors to invest in women, we need to focus on increasing the percentage of female investors. We need to close the financial gender gap. Our focus is early-stage startups in APAC and LATAM across all verticals. We invest in pre-seed, seed and series A rounds. Our ticket sizes range from 50K to 250K USD. We are strong advocates for female leadership, and invest in startups with at least one woman on the executive team. Most importantly, we invest in people. Founders who refuse to die and choose agility over ego.

U-Go is a non-profit organisation that aims to help ambitious and promising young women in low-income countries to pursue higher education by providing financial scholarships funded by individuals and corporations in high-income countries. U-Go partners with world-class non-governmental organisations operating across the developing world to provide all-rounded support to young women, including mentorship programmes, career development, and life skills training alongside financial scholarships. U-Go aims to change the life of young women as well as to enrich their families and wide communities.

We invest in transformative deep-tech ventures across space-tech, robotics, energy, compute, and communications — sectors where breakthrough innovation accelerating the rise of space as the next industrial frontier.

Epic Angels is democratizing angel investing. We make angel investing accessible. We give women the confidence to invest, by learning about the investment process, and understanding how other women invest. Epic Angels is a network of female executives and operators who have built and expanded companies in all parts of the world. We are the largest female-only angel network in Asia Pacific and Latinoamerica. Research shows, investors tend to back those they perceive as similar to them. Instead of trying to convince male investors to invest in women, we need to focus on increasing the percentage of female investors. We need to close the financial gender gap. Our focus is early-stage startups in APAC and LATAM across all verticals. We invest in pre-seed, seed and series A rounds. Our ticket sizes range from 50K to 250K USD. We are strong advocates for female leadership, and invest in startups with at least one woman on the executive team. Most importantly, we invest in people. Founders who refuse to die and choose agility over ego.

Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read is creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality.

U-Go is a non-profit organisation that aims to help ambitious and promising young women in low-income countries to pursue higher education by providing financial scholarships funded by individuals and corporations in high-income countries. U-Go partners with world-class non-governmental organisations operating across the developing world to provide all-rounded support to young women, including mentorship programmes, career development, and life skills training alongside financial scholarships. U-Go aims to change the life of young women as well as to enrich their families and wide communities.

Capco, a Wipro company, is a global technology and management consultancy specializing in driving digital transformation in the financial services industry. With a growing client portfolio comprising of over 100 global organizations, Capco operates at the intersection of business and technology by combining innovative thinking with unrivalled industry knowledge to deliver end-to-end data-driven solutions and fast-track digital initiatives for banking and payments, capital markets, wealth and asset management, insurance, and the energy sector. Capco’s cutting-edge ingenuity is brought to life through its Innovation Labs and award-winning Be Yourself At Work culture and diverse talent.