Project W

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Helping women succeed.

Our Mission

Project W helps women achieve positions of influence — as CEOs, business and professional leaders, and investors – where they drive positive change and make a lasting impact. We do that through our programs for women entrepreneurs, our peer communities, and our support of women funders.

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Project W's 2024 Impact Report
In 2024, Project W and its collaborators and allies worked toward a future where women entrepreneurs have equal access to funding and connections, where women business and professional leaders can overcome barriers to achieve the highest positions in their fields, and where gender equity is the norm, not the exception.
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Women Transforming Healthcare
Convening in Los Angeles in June 2024, the healthcare founders, investors, and other innovators participating in Project W's 2024 Women Entrepreneurs Boot Camp | Health Tech converged with a collective vision to make healthcare more accessible, equitable, efficient, and effective.
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Accelerator Programs

Through our accelerator programs, Project W helps women founders get access to the resources they need to build and grow successful startups.

WEB - Women Entrepreneurs Boot Camp

Women Entrepreneurs Boot Camp (WEB) is our daylong program for women founders of seed and Series A stage companies operating in a particular industry or sector, including healthcare, climate/sustainability, and consumer.

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Emerging Food Brands Lab

Developed in collaboration with DWT's Food + Beverage practice, our multiweek Emerging Food Brands Lab is crafted to help women founders take their food and beverage brands to the next level.

View past programs: 2021

Project W Presents Tech Equity Hub

The Tech Equity Hub is a multiweek hybrid program for Black and Latinx women founders of tech startups that includes virtual workshops, 1:1 mentoring and coaching, and an in-person gathering.

View past programs: 2023, 2022, 2021

Founded in Texas

Founded in Texas held during SXSW connects women founders of seed stage Texas-based companies with investors from around the country.

View past programs: 2024

Peer Communities

Our peer communities bring together women across disciplines—executives, professionals, business owners, and investors—to facilitate connections, illuminate thought leaders, and ensure that women have a voice in their evolving fields.
Women entrepreneurs and executives are innovating in the development of therapies and solutions in the healthcare, life sciences, and women's health and wellness industries.
Women in business and legal affairs in the media and entertainment industry rising in their careers.
Women in business who aim to be a driving force for the prosperity of business in Alaska.

Women Funders

Through curated gatherings we convene women investors and allocators to foster mentorship and facilitate impactful investment. 

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Join the Project W network to learn about opportunities, resources, and events, and to connect with other women and men who share our passion for helping women succeed.

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Project W is an initiative of the law firm, Davis Wright Tremaine.