Learn About Our Unique Silicon Valley Accelerator for Women’s Tech Startups
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You are more than just a woman.
You are a leader, a visionary, a CEO, a changemaker.
Striving is in your DNA.
You are more,
You have to be,
You know the need to work harder, achieve greater.
We do too.
We are more than just an accelerator.
We are your companions on a long journey.
We grew tired of the traditional model
Of startup growth over purpose or people.
Startups begin with you and we put you at the core of what we do.
We know your unique challenges.
You’ve earned what you’ve achieved.
You’ve overcome more
Than so many could fathom.
We know your distinctive strengths, ideas, and resilience,
What makes you the one to lead.
Because there is no excuse but to succeed.
We’ve been there.
Come and create your startup as you see fit,
Challenged by the best in the Valley.
Be the founder who starts the spark
Lighting the way with inner conviction because you know
You are on the right path.
Walk tall,
wise to the champions behind you
And alongside those growing into their purpose.
Feel your strength, fortify it in others.
Breathe in deep with integrity, create the space for unfurling.
Savor the inner unstoppable, enlarge the circle of impact.
Hear from those who believe in you, lend an ear to your peers:
Meet Our Alumnae
GiGi McDowell
Founder & CEO, Fetefully
This experience is crazy...crazy good! It changed me and how I thought about myself and my business.
Shruti Mehrota
Co-Founder & CEO, Mihuru
The advisors at Women’s Startup Lab are extremely genuine, and I felt accountable...it speaks to the relationship and the level of care they have for what you are doing.
Karen Katz
Serial Entrepreneur, Playlist
I got my funding from my Women’s Startup Lab advisors. Some of them even went to my investor pitch with me.
Fran Maier
Serial Entrepreneur Co-Founder Match.com, Trustee Founder & CEO - BabyQuip
WSLab provides the boost, encouragement, and confidence women need.
Dr. Sophia Yen
Founder & CEO, Pandia Health
I went to two other accelerators. WSLab's accelerator is so valuable because the level of advisors and instructors is so high. You get tailored, customized advice because of the small group size.
Lona Duncan
CEO & Founder Stylelend
I went to a big name accelerator with a cohort of over a hundred. I felt anonymous - just another face in the crowd. This was so unlike my Women’s Startup Lab where the advisors, VCs and big Silicon Valley names, really took the time to get to know us and our startups. Years later, I can still reach out to those advisors.
Alexandra Barton Sweeney
Founder & CEO Razzberry
I had the tech. I had the experience. Women’s Startup Lab gave me that missing factor, the belief in me that I needed to succeed.
Karen Bantuveris
CEO and Founder Signup.com
Working mom, Girl Scout Leader and PTA Member...and successful founder? Women’s Startup Lab made that feel all possible. I left knowing I would succeed.
Why Women’s Startup Lab?
We graduated 17 cohorts of outstanding women founders. Their success proved our unique methodology:
Hito House
Collaborate and innovate in our Silicon Valley house designed especially for you, the woman entrepreneur.
Immersive
Be where it all happens! Learn Silicon Valley Know-How, Live & Breathe Silicon Valley culture & interact with local legends.
Championed by Influencers
Our community of Silicon Valley influencers committed to accelerating your success and invested in changing the world for female founders.
Founder-to-Founder Strong Ties
Create everlasting connections with powerful founders from across the globe.
Access to Silicon Valley Inner Circle
Become a part of our powerful community.
WSLab Track Record
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Meet Your Champions
Tap into our network of industry influencers, advisors and mentors.
Here are just a few of the influencers and investors who committed to your success at Women’s Startup Lab.
Phil Libin
Co-founder and CEO of All Turtles, senior advisor at General Catalyst, co-founder and former CEO of Evernote
Fran Maier
Co-founder at Match.com & TRUSTe, CEO at BabyQuip
Chris Yeh
Former CEO, Ustream, Startup Education, Wasabi Ventures, Instructor at Stanford University
Bill Reichert
Managing Director at Garage Technology Ventures
Pascal Finette
Founder & CEO of Fastrack Institute, entrepreneurship and open innovation Chair at Singularity University
Maya Bisineer
Product Management, Go Daddy
Lori Nishiura Mackenzie
Co-founder, Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab
