Female Founder Office Hours

OUR MISSION

Only 15% of funding goes to female founders. 
We're here to change that.

WHO WE ARE

We are a group of 120+ female founders and 30+ female VCs from All Raise joining forces to increase the number of women who raise money to start companies. Our goal is to accelerate the success of female founders by offering access to 1:1 mentoring and community.

120+

Female Founders

$4B

Raised in VC funding

30+

Female VCs

$50B

Assets Under Management

HOW IT WORKS FOR FEMALE FOUNDERS

Being a founder can be lonely. It's even lonelier when you look around and don't see people who look like you.
We aim to create a safe space for female founders to get fundraising advice, mentorship, and support.
Sign up for a 1:1 mentoring session with an experienced female founder or VC.

REQUEST A 1:1

Request a 1:1 and tell us what you want help with. If selected, you'll receive a 45 minute 1:1 mentoring session with one of the mentors in our group. 1:1s are done over video conference or in-person at our annual 1:1 events in SF, NYC, Boston, or LA. You can request a specific mentor but we can't guarantee a match or that everyone will get a 1:1.

GET PRACTICAL ADVICE
Our 1:1s are focused on practical, actionable advice. If you're fundraising, we can share tactical tips and best practices. If you want introductions to VCs, your mentor can send your company to our VC mentors or her own investors, if it makes sense. If you want company building advice, we can pull from our well of tribal knowledge.

PAY IT FORWARD
Once you've successfully raised at least $2M+ in VC funding, we hope you'll join Female Founder Office Hours as a mentor. Mentors can also be mentees. Our long-term goal is to create a pay-it-forward chain of mentorship between every generation of female founders, and to build a strong community of women helping women. 

OR, COME TO ONE OF OUR NETWORKING EVENTS

We also host regular networking events, panels, and roundtables in SF, LA, and NYC, where you can meet other female founders and get advice on specific topics ranging from fundraising to M&A to pivoting.

See our event calendar

TESTIMONIALS FROM FEMALE FOUNDERS

“My co-founder turned to me the other day and said, ‘You seem to be a lot more confident since going to Female Founder Office Hours.’ I think he’s right.”

— Series Seed Founder

“The best part of Female Founders Office Hours was that it’s the right combination of warm/fuzzy/supportive/community and tough love — here’s how you’re fucking up your pitches, stop it.”

— Maia Bittner, Founder of RocksBox and Pinch

“It is a family outside of your family. The founder journey is very lonely. Being surrounded by fellow female founders but also getting access to investors who believe in female founders is just an awesome package!”

— Series Seed Founder

“The safe, mentoring environment was extremely helpful for doing research and asking questions that I did not feel safe asking in a general VC meeting. The pitch deck training session was invaluable.”

— Series A founder