#InvestInWomenFounders 2025 Summit

📅 Thursday, November 13, 2025 | Noon–6pm ET

📍 Skyline Club, Indianapolis, IN

This can’t-miss half-day experience brings together women founders, bold investors, and powerhouse executives from across the U.S. with one mission: fund women founders.

✨ We ditched the pitch. Instead of presentations, founders are interviewed Oprah-style by senior executives and seasoned entrepreneurs who amplify their stories and champion them before, during, and after the event.

✨ You’ll actually meet the founders. From table conversations and breakout sessions to the cocktail reception, you’ll have countless chances to connect, invest, and collaborate.

✨ It works. Women received just 2% of the $209B invested in U.S. startups last year, yet the #InvestInWomenFounders Summit presents the untapped potential and profit in funding women founders. To date, our investor network has invested over $1M into Startup Ladies founders.

Each year, our Selection Committee (composed of Startup Ladies Board members) carefully evaluates applications and identifies the Top 9 women founders from across the U.S. These founders are then run through The Startup Ladies Accelerator, where they receive training, mentorship, and guidance to become fully investor-ready.

At the Summit, every founder is matched with an exited founder or senior executive who conducts a very personal, Oprah-style interview. These conversations cover the core elements of a traditional pitch but in a way that’s far more engaging and interactive for the audience.

For investors and executives, this means you gain access to vetted, trained, and investment-ready women founders—entrepreneurs who are ready to do business, grow, and drive economic impact.

12:00 pm – Guests arrive, check-in, assigned tables, buffet lunch

12:30 pm – Welcome remarks

12:40 pm – Table conversations hosted by Executive Mentors

1:10 pm – Thanks & recognition

1:15 pm – Panel: Past Top 9 Success Stories, moderated by Rhaya Shilts

1:45 pm – Transition to breakout sessions

1:50 pm – Move into session rooms

2:00 pm – Fund the Founder! Session 1 (3 rooms)

2:45 pm – Break

3:00 pm – Fund the Founder! Session 2 (3 rooms)

3:45 pm – Break

4:00 pm – Fund the Founder! Session 3 (3 rooms)

4:45 pm – Cocktail reception with founders & funders

6:00 pm – Wrap up

$99 – Startup Ladies Members (through October 24)

$199 – Skyline Club Members (through October 24)

$199 – Early Bird General Admission (through September 30)

$249 – General Admission (October 1- 31)

$299 – Last minute General Admission (Nov 1–10)

$2,500 – Corporate/University table of 8

$2,500 – Vendor display table (includes 2 tickets to the Summit)

💡 Pro tip: Become a Scaleup, Corporate, or Investor Member by Sept 30 and get a complimentary ticket when you pay for a full year of membership.

✔️ Stress-free! All tickets include parking in the One America tower for a full day.

Sponsors play a critical role in making this event possible—and in amplifying women founders.

Sponsorship benefits include recognition:

• Before the Summit: Logo and company name featured in promotions, social media, and emails leading up to the event.

• During the Summit: Acknowledgement in opening remarks, event signage,and opportunities for direct engagement.
• After the Summit and into 2026: Ongoing recognition through Startup Ladies newsletters, social channels, and follow-up communications with attendees.

📩 Sponsorships are open through Oct 31, 2025. To learn more about sponsor benefits, please email .

🙌 Special thanks to the Skyline Club for being the location sponsor and hosting us in your beautiful space and championing women founders!

From 36 floors up, every view at the Skyline Club is breathtaking. Sharing a cocktail here sparks new connections—and inspires what’s possible through collaboration.

Host or Publisher The Startup Ladies