Women 2.0

What Women 2.0 does

Women 2.0 is a private, for-profit media and community company headquartered in Syracuse, NY (Central NY), founded in April 2006 by Shaherose Charania and led since 2016 by CEO Kate Brodock. The company operates a content platform covering founders, funders, career, and workplace topics, alongside a portfolio of event-based and program-based products including The Pitch Sessions (weekly founder-to-investor pitches), The Angel Sessions (angel investing education and SPV deal flow), the Founders + Funders Summit, an accelerator program, the Lane job marketplace, the Men as Allies and Rewire programs for male ally engagement, and Rewire at Work for corporate D&I training. There is no proprietary technology platform disclosed in the input data; the underlying capability is content publishing, community moderation, and event delivery rather than software or AI infrastructure.

The business model spans media and content services, event and program sponsorships, advertising, and corporate training/consulting fees, with an associated venture capital vehicle — the W Fund, co-managed by the CEO — that extends the ecosystem into investments. The company serves four interlocking customer segments: women founders and entrepreneurs seeking capital and mentorship; women investors and funders seeking deal flow; women professionals in technology seeking career advancement; and employers purchasing D&I training and consulting. A portion of work is described as mission-focused and non-revenue-generating, and the company is funded primarily through a single $250,000 disclosed round in April 2017 alongside organic revenue from the programs listed. The company also maintains a United Nations partnership and claims a global audience in the hundreds of thousands.

Name

Women 2.0

Legal name

Women 2.0

Website

https://women2.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Women 2.0 is a private media and community platform founded in 2006 and headquartered in Syracuse, NY, that runs content, events (Pitch Sessions, Angel Sessions, Founders + Funders Summit), an accelerator, D&I corporate training, and the affiliated W Fund to support women founders, investors, and tech professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Media and Community Platform

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Lens / Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Funds (FSANAJAM)

Keywords

• Media platform
• Founder community
• Angel investing events
• Diversity training
• Tech startup accelerator

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Media and Content Services: For-profit, for-good company generating revenue through media, advertising, and content services. A portion of work is entirely mission-focused and generates no income. Corporate sponsorship options are available for initiatives.
2. Events and Programs: Revenue from events including The Pitch Sessions, Founders + Funders Summit, and accelerator programs. Sponsorships for events.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Women 2.0 is a media and community company that publishes content on women in technology and operates a portfolio of programs connecting women founders with investors. Its offerings include a core media platform with articles on founders, funders, career, and workplace topics; investor events such as The Pitch Sessions and The Angel Sessions; the Founders + Funders Summit; an accelerator program for women-led startups; the Lane job marketplace; and D&I training through Rewire and Rewire at Work for employers. The W Fund serves as an associated venture capital arm for early-stage tech companies.

Product overview

Women 2.0 is a for-profit, for-good media company focused on gender equality in technology. The company operates a portfolio of interconnected programs: its core media platform publishes articles and stories covering founders, funders, career, and workplace topics; it runs event programs including The Pitch Sessions, The Angel Sessions, and the Founders + Funders Summit; it offers the Accelerator program and Lane job marketplace for the tech community; and it provides diversity training through Rewire, Rewire at Work, and the Men as Allies Program. The W Fund is its associated venture capital arm. All initiatives work toward the company's mission of making gender no longer a factor in technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Women 2.0 Media Platform
• The Pitch Sessions
• The Angel Sessions
• Founders + Funders Summit
• Women 2.0 Accelerator
• Lane
• Rewire at Work
• Rewire
• Men as Allies Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 150+ founders pitched, 400+ investors signed up, 150+ introductions made in 2020 through The Pitch Sessions
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Girls in Tech: Global nonprofit building an engaged community of women in tech through education, events, and entrepreneurship programs. Comparable to Women 2.0 as a community-and-content platform targeting women founders, professionals, and investors, though structured as a 501(c)(3) rather than a for-profit media company.
• AnitaB.org: Nonprofit advancing women in computing through programs such as the Grace Hopper Celebration and Top Companies for Women Technologists. Comparable to Women 2.0 as a flagship women-in-tech brand with conferences, content, and research products addressing the same founder/funder/professional audience.
• Ellevate Network: Professional women's network combining events, mentoring circles, and content aimed at career advancement. Closest direct peer to Women 2.0 in operating model—community-led media and programming monetized through sponsorships and enterprise training rather than membership fees.
• All Raise: Nonprofit increasing the representation of women in venture capital through founder/VC programs, summits, and research. Comparable to Women 2.0 on the funder side—shares the Angel Sessions/Pitch Sessions/women-funder thesis and runs summits aimed at the same women-investor audience.
• Pipeline Angels: Network of women and non-binary angel investors running education, deal-flow, and co-investment programs for first-time angels. Comparable to Women 2.0's Angel Sessions on the funder-development side, with a similar thesis of educating women investors and pooling capital into gender-diverse founders.

Emerging players

• Black Girls CODE: Nonprofit providing technology education to Black girls and other underrepresented groups. Comparable as a women/POC-in-tech education and community brand, but focused on a younger pipeline segment (school-age to early-career) rather than the founder/investor/professional segments Women 2.0 prioritizes.
• Lesbians Who Tech & Allies: Community and summit organizer for LGBTQ women and allies in technology. Comparable to Women 2.0 as a women-in-tech community brand running large summits and content, though scoped to a more specific community segment.

Broad incumbents

• Female Founders Fund: Early-stage venture fund investing in women-led companies with a broader portfolio mandate than W Fund. Comparable to Women 2.0's affiliated W Fund on the gender-lens investing thesis and intersects with the same founder pipeline that Women 2.0 sources through The Pitch Sessions.

Others

• Crunchbase: Media and data platform covering the startup and venture ecosystem. Comparable to Women 2.0 as an information provider to founders, funders, and professionals, with overlapping audience and similar content-led plus event-led monetization, though larger and broader in scope.
• AngelList: Platform connecting startups with investors, talent, and rolling funds. Comparable as an enabling infrastructure layer in which Women 2.0's Angel Sessions, W Fund, and Pitch Sessions operate, though AngelList serves the broader market rather than a women-focused niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/women2
• Facebookfacebook.com/Women2
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/667239

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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