Project W | About | Davis Wright Tremaine

Lynn Loacker
Managing Director, Project W
lynnloacker@dwt.com

Emily Baum
Program Director, Project W
emilybaum@dwt.com

Tanea Foglia
Senior Director, Practice Management and Client Experience; Director, Tech Equity Hub
taneafoglia@dwt.com

Amanda McFadden
Senior Practice Manager
amandamcfadden@dwt.com

Laura Gordon
Practice Manager
lauragordon@dwt.com

Here are some of the impressive female-founded companies who have completed one of Project W's accelerator programs.

Founders who participate in Project W accelerator programs have access to The Project W Resource Hub and maintain access to the community, resources, and programming, even after their program concludes.

Project W Alumnae can access The Project W Resource Hub here.

If you would like to offer a resource to the Project W alumnae community, please reach out to EmilyBaum@dwt.com.

Project W is proud to partner with firms and organizations that share our goal of advancing women.

Collaborating to bring together our collective resources and connections to accelerate the next generation of great companies founded by women.

AMEX Ventures

AMEX Ventures – SPARK

Independence Point Advisors

Independence Point Advisors – Women Entrepreneurs Boot Camp | CLIMATE TECH 2025

Sharing the power of our communities to support women entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders.

REACH Placing success within everyone's reach

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.

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.

Read the Report

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.

Read the Report

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 (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.

View past programs

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

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

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.

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

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.

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