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We welcome women innovators from around the world to apply to participate in the Global Women In Tech Conference Acceleration Summit 2020 in Palo Alto, California.

Benefits

Engage with the Silicon Valley network

Engage with 400 of Silicon Valley’s most influential women executives including: serial entrepreneurs, CEOs, founders, venture capital leaders, keynote speakers, panelists; and plenty of others at several networking events included in the program.

Meet one-on-one

The program includes pre-arranged one-on-one meetings with 15 investors and corporates.

Learn how to Start Smart and Scale Your Business

The 2-day Boot Camp features high-profile instructors from Silicon Valley that will give you the essentials on: Doing Business in Silicon Valley; Selling and Marketing to Global Customers; How to Pitch to Investors, Partners & Customers; and much more.

Pitch your company to Corporates and VCs

The program includes two pitch panels: one to Silicon Valley’s prominent angel investors; and the second to multinational corporate investors.

Join a powerful community

Join a powerful community of Silicon Valley women insiders and engage with the most unique startup ecosystem in the world.

Gain unique media coverage

Gain unique media coverage in Gentry Magazine, which caters to 30,000 of Silicon Valley’s most affluent and philanthropic demographic group.

Participate in the Finale

Participate in the Finale Competition and be eligible to win valuable prizes consisting of services and cash prizes.

Application fee: applications are subject to $25.00 USD
Program Participation fee​: $6,500.00 (plus travel)

Contact us for information on obtaining a scholarship, which will cover either a portion or the entire Program Participation fee.

Eligibility

GWIT Acceleration Summit is open to women innovators from around the world that comply with the following criteria:


• Team size must be fewer than 20 people
• Applicant must be either a founder or a member of the management team
• Stage of growth: Research and Development stage; MVP-stage (companies with a Minimum Viable Product), or companies with early-adopter customers
• Must possess some industry/market validation from academia, direct customers or large corporations/institutions
• All industry sectors will be considered
• Must be established or incorporated less than 3 years ago
• Revenue must be less than $1 million USD



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We encourage leaders of organizations, associations, business groups, accelerators and incubators to nominate their female members. Also friends, family members and business colleagues of women innovators. Please download a promotional email script below, which you can distribute to your members, or post on your social media pages.

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