DWEN
Centro de financiamento
Welcome to your Centro de Financiamento DWEN, specially created and curated to help you navigate your funding journey and find resources, strategies, and practical tools to help you take action. With our partners at Global Invista Ela, we want you to confidently move forward. This Hub houses the resources you need – from webinars about funding resources in your region, practical tips to get pitch-ready, and stories of the funding journeys of other women founders who’ve been on the path before you. Ready? Let’s get started.
Get insider funding tips and tricks from investors and funding experts.
Conversas sobre financiamento
Take advantage of funding tools from Global Invest Her like the InvestHer Founder Directory, InvestHer Funder Directory and more.
Global Invest Her Resources
Read resources to advance your skillset and knowledge on all things funding.
Articles
The Dell Grants Office offers experts in grants development and is committed to reducing barriers to funding.
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Featured Videos
Strides are being made toward gender equality in the global venture landscape, but there is still work to do. Beyond The Billion, in partnership with DWEN, is committed to driving change by supporting women-led startups and mobilizing more venture funds. Watch the powerful panel recordings from Bangalore, Índia e a Sydney, Australia to hear dynamic women founders share their experiences and solutions to these challenges! Don’t miss these transformative discussions that are helping build a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Bandalore, India: Part 1
Bangalore, India: Part 2
Sydney, Australia
In partnership with Global Invista Ela, DWEN has created tailored funding blueprints for women entrepreneurs in Austin, Texas; Bangalore, India; Paris, France; and Sydney, Australia—with more cities coming soon. Read now to uncover valuable insights and resources to help you secure the funding necessary for your business growth.
Anne’s webinars are great. She shares how to find funding and ways to help women in business succeed.
- DWEN Member, Maria Valencia
I'm a single mom (of a teenage daughter) so time is always scarce! Anne’s webinar was definitely worth my time, and maybe even more importantly, motivating.
- DWEN Member
Anne shared interesting research results from a study which were practical and immediately implementable tips on how to go about getting the "right investment"
- DWEN Member
Every webinar I've attended has moved my knowledge needle further. I'm so thankful.
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Discover the funding game and how to play it.
Progress through our Conversas sobre financiamento to equip yourself with all you need to know about funding. Learn about the Funding Game – the players, the rules and the prize – so you can play the game and get the funding you need to build your business. In this session, Anne Ravanona, fundadora e CEO da Global Invest Her, demystifies the five key steps on the roadmap to funding, key funding buzzwords and answers funding questions from DWEN members.
Read these ‘Must Read’ articles to kick-start your funding journey:
- How to Succeed at Every Stage of Startup Fundraising | by Kelly Lyons | The Startup | Medium
- When should I raise money?: Key milestones ahead of your Seed round | by Sebastián Fernández-Medrano | Samaipata | Medium
- 100+ Venture Capital Terms — The Ultimate VC Glossary | by Sergio Marrero | Rebel One — RBL1 | Medium
- Rebecca Minkoff: O que todo fundador precisa saber
- O estado da capital agora – o que as pequenas empresas devem saber
- INC.: Yes, Women Entrepreneurs Do Raise Money. Here’s How
Learn where to look for funding and what funding opportunities are available.
Funding Series: Where do you look for funding? How do you know which sources are right for your company and stage? These sessions will give you an idea of what kind of sources of funding would be the best fit for you, where to look for them and how to start your investor research. Even if you’re not actively fundraising yet, join Anne Ravanona, fundadora e CEO da Global Invest Her, to help save you some precious time in future when you are ready.
Hear from a seasoned funder based in New York, Kelly Hoey, and gain practical insights into how to network with investors to find funding for your business in North America.
Get very valuable insights from Mary McKenna, UK and European Business Angel of the year 2023.
Learn from Sanjay Anandaram, Co-founder of Network of Indian Cultural Enterprises, as he shares funding resources available to entrepreneurs who reside in India.
Explore what investors want to know before investing in you. What do investors need to know before investing in your startup? What key information about yourself, your company the investment opportunity and more, should you share? How to get your message through effectively to them? Learn all this and more, while walking away practical key tips to help you get investor-ready.
Funding Talks: – O que os investidores querem
Key tips and insights from investors to women founders, specially curated for you.
- Podcast InvestHer– Learn from real investors from around the world about their investment thesis and how you should approach them when looking for funding. Simply click on Investor Interviews to listen to podcasts with funders.
- Global Invest Her Youtube- Investor Insights playlist –
- InvestHer Blog – GIH News (globalinvesther.com)
- O que os investidores querem saber antes de investir
How to create a winning pitch.
Quer vender mais? Obter mais visibilidade? Apresentar investidores? Basta ser capaz de articular o porquê? Listen to these on-demand Empower Hours from the “Killer Pitchmaster” Precious Williams, Shark Tank Alum, 13-time pitch competition champion, global keynote speaker and author of three best-selling books is here to give you the no-nonsense solutions that will help you perfect your pitch.
Listen to this session to hear the tips and tricks you need to be a pitch master in all realms. You’ll learn how to gain media attention and find investor dollars and/or secure opportunities.
As a woman entrepreneur, pitching your business to potential investors can be the key to getting the resources you need to take your business to the next level. But creating a winning pitch deck can be daunting – especially if you’re new to fundraising. Allison Byers, fundador e CEO da Scroobious provides guidance during this on-demand Empower Hour.
Read more about creating a winning pitch: Como criar um pitch vencedor and key takeaways from an insider Pregando o campo
How She Did It – Learn from the funding journey of DWEN Member, Kanwal Bhatia. This session explores the long and winding road for women founders in pursuit of scale. Our Funding Hub partner Anne Ravanona, founder & CEO of Global Invest Her, hosts DWEN member Kanwal Bhatia for an insightful conversation on the ups, downs of creating your funding plan and then changing it when necessary.
Hear more inspiring funding stories from members like you:
- Podcast InvestHer – Funding Journeys of Women Entrepreneurs. Simply click on the ‘Founder Interviews’ button to hear from women founders who have successfully raised funding before you and get practical tips to help you on your funding journey.
- Practical Funding tips from Investors and Funded Women. Watch this specially curated playlist of great funding tips from the Global Invest Her’s YouTube channel.
Recursos adicionais
The Dell Grants Office offers experts in grants development and is committed to reducing barriers to funding.
The Grants Office helps empower businesses to advance their projects in the public and private sectors through grants and they specialize in all types of funding from federal and state governments, international organizations, regional associations, and private sources. Learn more.
The Woman Entrepeneur (WE) Cities Index measures and ranks cities around the world based on their ability to attract and support high potential women entrepreneurs. This research showcases how technology connects the business environment, provides recommendations for business owners to improve systems, and profiles global centers of commerce by their overall suitability for women who scale. Learn more.
You have access to the DWEN Mentor Program to book 30-minute one-on-one mentoring sessions with mentors from Dell Technologies, strategic partners and seasoned entrepreneurs who can advise on a variety of professional areas and conversation topics that are crucial for growth. Learn more.
Go Further – Scale Up
There are many sources of funding and different types of ‘funders’ who can potentially invest in you and your business. Visit the Global Invest Her library to dive deeper into all things funding. Participate in the Global Invest Her Masterclass to get investor ready, watch talks and interviews with fellow women entrepreneurs or listen along with the Invest Her podcast.
Funding Hub Partner
Anne Ravanona, fundadora e CEO da Global Invest Her, and our partner and industry authority at our Centro de Financiamento DWEN, is a passionate women’s advocate and recognized authority on funding women entrepreneurs. She is on a mission to get 1 million women entrepreneurs funded by 2030. Anne and her Global Invest Her team work tirelessly to change the funding game by helping women business owners get funding, faster. They Curate (Fundador e a Funder Directories), Convene (Cimeira InvestHer) and Catalyze (Advocacy) to help change the funding game and close the funding gap for women entrepreneurs.