FEMALE FOUNDERS & FUNDERS OF BERKELEY
Join the startup ecosystem created by women for women at UC Berkeley to foster innovation and equity in the SF Bay Area
Who We Are
Funding is still inequitable in the VC ecosystem and only 1.8% of all VC funding went to all female-founded companies in 2023.
Why It Matters
The persistent funding gap for female entrepreneurs drastically undermines the startup ecosystem's disruptiveness and poses a significant barrier to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals, threatening our collective future.
Why FFFB
Despite the plethora of female-focused startup/VC events out there, we realized that at Berkeley
(a) we hadn’t encountered any that were actively teaching female founders and funders actionable skills that they could use to overcome the biases and narrow the gender gap and
(b) there was no community that catered to both female founders and funders, even though both of these ecosystems are two sides of the same coin.
We decided to fill that gap and bring them together through the Female Founders and Funders at Berkeley Club.
What We Do
Learning & skills building
Partnerships across the Bay Area entrepreneurial ecosystem
Learning & skills building
Community building
Partnerships across the Bay Area entrepreneurial ecosystem
Learning & skills building
Advocacy & awareness
Partnerships across the Bay Area entrepreneurial ecosystem
Partnerships across the Bay Area entrepreneurial ecosystem