Women Accessing Capital

March 14, 2025  ·  9 AM – 5 PM

Join us on March 14th at Cleveland State University for a day-long workshop, "Women Accessing Capital".

Women-owned businesses represent approximately 39% of U.S. businesses, generating $2.7 trillion in revenue. The number of women-owned businesses grew at almost double the rate of men-owned businesses between 2019 and 2023. Women had some ground to make up, which partly explains the pacing, but that $2.7 trillion in revenue generated by women-owned benefits the economy more broadly. Here’s the not-so-great news: Only 1.9% of venture capital funding goes to women-founded startups, despite women-owned startups generating higher returns on the VC they do receive compared to their male counterparts. Forbes Magazine, March 7, 2024.

This workshop will address the disparity in VC for women and help provide some tools and discussion to overcome obstacles to funding and will include the following topics: Understanding Funding Options, Financial Literacy, Building a Fundable Pitch Deck. Networking Strategies, Accessing Grants and Competitions, Legal Considerations and much more.

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Topics we'll cover include:

✔️ Understanding Funding Options
✔️ Financial Literacy
✔️ Building a Fundable Pitch Deck
✔️ Networking Strategies
✔️ Accessing Grants and Competitions
✔️ Legal Considerations