2019
The 10 International Women-led Startups from Canada, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Finland, Spain and Japan participated in USMAC’s three-day pilot program and engaged with more 300 of Silicon Valley’s most successful and most connected women in Tech.
INVESTORS
VCs & Angel Investors
During the program, the startups received training, mentoring and pitched
to 10 prominent VCs and angel investors from Silicon Valley.
Danielle D Agostaro
[Alchemist Accelerator]
Elana Lian
[Intel Capital]
Fay Arjomandi
[Vodafone Xone]
Jasmine Kriston
[Lightspeed Venture Partners]
Jay Onda
[Orange Silicon Valley]
Juanita Lott
[Portfolia Investment Fund]
Kelly Adelekan
[First Republic Bank]
Liz Heller
[Capitol Records]
Sharon Amezcua
[MCC Global Fund Management]
30+ guests
Contributors
Among the 30+ guest speakers included women executives from:
Symantec, SAP, Cloudflare, Ventura Blvd., Mach49, Emergence Capital, US Government, Stanford University and Google.
Diane Dwyer
[Stanford D School]
Dr. Anita Sands
[Symantec]
Dr. Vanila Singh
[US Dept. of Health]
Judith Williams
[SAP]
Kara Egan
[Emergence Capital]
Michelle Zatlyn
[Cloudflare]
Linda Grasso
[Ventura Blvd.]
Linda Yates
[Mach49]
Meredith Hoffer
[Google]
TESTIMONIALS
Testimonials from Female Entrepreneurs
Ashleigh Kennedy
Neurovine (Canada)
What an amazing opportunity it was to spend time with these amazing female leaders in innovation and technology. Thank you for the wonderful boot camp. Neurovine will be back!
Bieke Van Gorp
Fibricheck (Belgium)
I truly loved the event … so well organized, and I thought the pitching sessions and the networking events were amazing! Especially connecting with Silicon Valley’s most powerful women VCs and corporate executives. Thank you so much for everything! I want to come back soon.
Zuzana Maderová
SVP Enehano (Czechia)
This program was truly life-changing! Thanks for giving me the opportunity to connect with so many powerful women in Silicon Valley. Everyone was so easy to approach and I am happy to say that I've made several meaningful connections with potential clients and investors.