GatherVerse
Women’s Innovation & Funding Summit 2027
March 23-24, 2027
8:00 AM PST
Women Building the Frontier
GatherVerse Women’s Innovation & Funding Summit, a global gathering for women founders, entrepreneurs, researchers, innovators, investors, scientists, philanthropists, policymakers, and ecosystem leaders.
Across industries and around the world, one challenge has remained consistent. Women continue to create businesses, develop new ideas, advance research, and solve important global problems but still face greater barriers to funding, investment, strategic partnerships, and opportunities for growth.
Innovation and funding are closely connected.
Ideas need investment to grow. Investment depends on people building solutions with lasting value. Bringing both together strengthens businesses, expands opportunity, and contributes to stronger economies and communities.
The Women’s Innovation & Funding Summit brings these conversations together, connecting the people building opportunities with those helping them move to scale.
About the Summit
Innovation has always driven progress.
Investment has always influenced which ideas have the opportunity to grow.
Women are contributing across healthcare, education, agriculture, climate, manufacturing, science, creative industries, and emerging technologies. They are building businesses, advancing research, developing products, and creating practical solutions to everyday challenges.
Many continue to face limited access to capital, investor networks, mentorship, and opportunities to scale.
The Women’s Innovation & Funding Summit examines the relationship between innovation, entrepreneurship, investment, and sustainable growth while creating opportunities for collaboration across sectors and regions.
Our Approach
Supporting innovation requires more than great ideas.
It requires investment, collaboration, practical experience, and strong partnerships.
The summit brings together founders, investors, researchers, business leaders, policymakers, development organisations, universities, and ecosystem builders to exchange knowledge, strengthen relationships, and create opportunities that help ideas move further.
Who Will Attend
Women founders, entrepreneurs, researchers, scientists, engineers, inventors, investors, angel investors, venture capitalists, private equity leaders, family offices, philanthropists, grant makers, financial institutions, corporate executives, product leaders, designers, educators, healthcare professionals, climate leaders, policymakers, development practitioners, nonprofit leaders, ecosystem builders, accelerators, incubators, students, and emerging entrepreneurs.
Focus Features

Women Founders
Building and growing businesses across industries and stages of development.

Innovation Across Industries
Exploring new ideas and practical solutions in healthcare, education, agriculture, manufacturing, climate, science, creative industries, and emerging technologies.

Funding Pathways
Examining venture capital, angel investment, grants, blended finance, crowdfunding, revenue-based financing, and other sources of capital.

Investment Readiness
Preparing founders for fundraising, due diligence, investor engagement, and sustainable growth.

Women Investors
Expanding the role of women as angel investors, venture capitalists, fund managers, and capital allocators.

Research and Commercialisation
Supporting the journey from discovery and research to products, businesses, and real-world application.

Building Sustainable Businesses
Creating resilient organisations through strong business foundations, strategic partnerships, and responsible growth.

Innovation Ecosystems
Strengthening collaboration between founders, investors, universities, governments, corporations, accelerators, and development organisations.

Leadership and Economic Opportunity
Supporting women leading organisations, creating employment, strengthening local economies, and expanding opportunity for future generations.
March 23-24, 2027
8:00 AM PST
Virtual Global Event
Join Us
Progress depends on people willing to explore new ideas and those prepared to invest in them.
Join women from around the world who are building businesses, advancing research, supporting innovation, investing in the future, and creating opportunities that strengthen communities.
Whether you are launching your first venture, growing an established organisation, funding the founders, or contributing through research, policy, education, or philanthropy, your perspective has a place in this global conversation.
Together, we can strengthen the connections between innovation, investment, and opportunity, creating pathways for ideas with the potential to improve lives worldwide.







