Although women are fighting to break into tech and #breakthebias, a dismal truth continues to loom within the industry: women-led startups received less than 2.3% of venture capital funding in 2021. That’s why it’s critical for women founders and funders alike to continue to band together, and for all consumers to proactively support women-led businesses whenever possible. Enter The Riveter, which to date has raised more than $27 million in venture funding.
In 2017, Amy launched The Riveter while pregnant with her third daughter in three years (and welcomed a fourth daughter in June 2019). Riveter Spaces partners with top hotels offering exclusive access to gathering spaces and amenities for lobby coworking, private meetings, and discounts on Food & Beverage and more.
While The Riveter started out as an “IRL” experience in Seattle, the startup organization has evolved into a thriving global online community of working women and allies, creating campaigns, and digital programming to bring women together. It is also on a mission to provide working women– especially working parents– the support to not just survive, but to thrive.
While many women are taking on male-dominated industries like tech and finance, founders like Nelson are creating new industries altogether via the power of innovation. She and her peers are utilizing the power of the web to connect and empower ambitious women on a global scale.
Here are just some of the resources, organizations and platforms that aim to foster powerful female communities. These sites were designed to give women better access to funding, networking circles, and larger opportunities to grow:
wecapital.co – A consortium that offers female investors new opportunities to achieve their investment goals, while providing female entrepreneurs support to increase their value and drive transformational change.
thehelm.co – An early-stage venture firm investing in game-changing companies founded by women through funding and investor membership.
sb.co – Springboard is a leading network of influencers, investors and innovators dedicated to building high-growth companies led by women who are transforming industries.
www.heymama.co – HeyMama is on a mission to bring together working mothers — entrepreneurs, advisors, executives, founders, builders, and makers of all kinds — so that they can provide each other with support, connection, and collaboration at every stage of life and career.
www.womeninai.co – Women in AI (WAI) is a nonprofit do-tank working towards inclusive AI that benefits global society. It is a community-driven initiative bringing empowerment, knowledge and active collaboration via education, research, events, and blogging.
www.feminists.co – This collective exists to amplify the voices, messages, and platforms of a diverse network of change makers, activists, creators and artists.
techsesh.co – A technology and lifestyle brand on a mission to empower women and digital resources to elevate their lives with the latest tech
theriveter.co – The Riveter is on a mission to achieve gender equity in the workplace. They want to advocate for real change, break down the barriers women face every day, and achieve it together.
futurefemales.co – Future Females is a movement to inspire more female entrepreneurs, and better support their success. It provides a platform digitally, physically and emotionally where women can connect, inspire and collaborate with each other, and access the resources they need to succeed.
