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Wednesday, September 28 • 11:00am - 12:30pm
(REF 28901) Female Founded Tech Startups: Building, Scaling & Thriving Against the Odds

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Female startup founders receive less than 3% of venture capital funds. Yes, you heard that right? In this session, explore how female trailblazers from the startup ecosystem are gaining access to capital and overcoming the struggles of entrepreneurship…all while aiming to create ventures that achieve scale and thrive in the long run.

Speakers
avatar for Olfa Hamdi

Olfa Hamdi

Olfa is a recognized international researcher in the field of project management and a credited co-author of the three-volume industry bible on Advanced Work Packaging implementation. She holds a Master of Science in Capital Project Management from The University of Texas at Austin... Read More →
avatar for Melissa Sassi

Melissa Sassi

Partner & Chief Evangelist, P3 Network
Dr. Melissa Sassi is the CEO & Founder of Skills Hustle, an edtech & innovation venture aiming to solve the skills gap through practical, interactive & gamified learning focused on entrepreneurship, digital skills & habitudes (habits + attitudes = life skills).As Founder & CEO of... Read More →
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Frasia Kamau

CEO & Founder, Pigibank
Allow me to take this time to introduce Frasia Kamau, the CEO & Founder of Pigibank (A rendition of the name Piggy Bank, the traditional tool that is used for saving).Pigibank is a digital wallet that simplifies how people, groups, and families save and manage their money.Pigibank... Read More →
avatar for Theodora Lau

Theodora Lau

Founder, Unconventional Ventures
Theodora (Theo) Lau is a book author, public speaker, and advisor, whose work seeks to spark innovation to improve consumer financial security. She is the founder of Unconventional Ventures, which focuses on developing and growing an ecosystem of corporates, entrepreneurs, and VCs... Read More →
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Henda Regaya

Founder, True Delta
Henda Regaya is the founder of True Delta, an AI-cloud-based recognition & reconciliation solution that automates Back office manual tasks involving document and data processing. She has over 14 years of experience in the Investment and Banking sectors. True Delta recently completed... Read More →
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Dona Sarkar

Chief Troublemaker - Copilot and AI Extensibility, Microsoft
Ibelieve the 7.6 billion people we share this earth with can and SHOULD develop technical skills to help achieve whatever goals they have. I believe tech is the ultimate equalizer.Currently, I lead Accessibility Tech for all of Microsoft, making sure that the 1 billion+ people with... Read More →


Wednesday September 28, 2022 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
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