Women in RegTech New York

What Women in RegTech New York does

Women in RegTech New York (WIRTNY) is a volunteer-run professional community founded in 2022 that convenes women working in regulatory technology in the New York City area. The organization hosts quarterly in-person networking events on an informal basis and is led by co-founder Mary Kopczynski, with Kerry Gendron serving as advisor and Heather Balke, Diane Chan, and Alex Ford acting as volunteers. There is no paid staff; operations are sustained through voluntary effort and institutional sponsorship.

The community's value proposition is access to a curated peer network for women across the RegTech ecosystem, drawing participants from financial institutions, regulatory bodies, law firms, Big Four advisory firms, market infrastructure providers, and academia. Its operating model is partnership-funded: the organization underwrites event activity through sponsorships and partnerships with organizations including Comply Advantage, Women in Fincrime, Cambridge SupTech Lab, Columbia University, LSEG, FINRA, BNY, Clifford Chance, Barclays, LEI Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, EY, Chief, NYDFS, and Hinshaw. There is no software product, platform, or proprietary technology disclosed.

WIRTNY does not sell a product or charge membership dues in a documented recurring structure; revenue, to the extent any exists, is functionally event-sponsorship income. The business is not built for venture-style scaling and is best characterized as a mission-driven professional community whose primary outputs are programming, connections, and brand equity rather than revenue or software adoption. Any assessment should treat it as a community asset, not a venture-stage investment target.

Name

Women in RegTech New York

Legal name

Women in RegTech New York

Website

https://womeninregtechny.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Women in RegTech New York is a volunteer-run professional community, founded in 2022, that hosts quarterly in-person networking events for women working in regulatory technology in New York City and is sustained through institutional sponsorships and partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Community and Networking Events

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Regulatory Compliance Management (RegTech) (BPAEAPAB)

Keywords

• Regulatory technology networking
• Professional community events
• Women in fintech community
• Industry networking meetups
• Compliance technology community

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Sponsorship and Partnership Revenue: Generates revenue through program partnerships, event sponsorships, and advisory services. Partners can provide venues, sponsor events, or engage WIRTNY for advisory and speaker suggestions to make events more inclusive and diverse.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Women in RegTech New York (WIRTNY) is a volunteer-run professional community that hosts quarterly informal in-person networking events in New York City for women and allies in the regulatory technology space. The organization also offers advisory and speaker suggestion services to help partner organizations make their events more inclusive and diverse, and engages with program partners and event sponsors to support its activities.

Product overview

Women in RegTech New York (WIRTNY) is a community organization founded in 2022 that facilitates informal in-person networking events on a quarterly basis for women and allies in the regulatory technology space. The organization does not offer software products or technology platforms; its primary offering is a community network that brings together technologists, regulators, bankers, marketers, consultants, business developers, entrepreneurs, SMEs, and allies for face-to-face meetups.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Quarterly RegTech Networking Meetups Free, informal in-person networking meetups hosted on a quarterly basis in New York for technologists, regulators, bankers, marketers, consultants, business developers, entrepreneurs, SMEs, and allies in the regulatory technology space.
• Inclusive Event Advisory and Speaker Suggestions Advisory and speaker suggestion service offered by WIRTNY to help partner organizations make their own events more inclusive and diverse by drawing on the community's network.
• Program Partnership and Event Sponsorship Program Program partnerships and event sponsorships for organizations that want to provide venues, sponsor events, or co-host gatherings with WIRTNY to engage the women-in-RegTech community.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Women in FincrimecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrans-Atlantic partnership with the Women in Fincrime community. After years of support from Comply Advantage in London, this collaboration brings the women in fincrime community to NYC with joint events and networking opportunities.
• Comply AdvantagecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPrimary sponsor and supporter of the Women in Fincrime community events in London, now expanding collaboration to NYC with the FinCrime meet-up scheduled for April 30.
• Cambridge SupTech LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with Columbia University to bring experts together for roundtables on Supervisory Technology and Regulatory Technology, hosting events at Columbia.
• Columbia UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost partner for regulatory technology roundtables and SupTech discussions, partnering with Cambridge SupTech Lab on expert roundtables.
• LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerHosted the Risky Women collaboration regulatory warm-up event in January 2025 at LSEG facilities.
• FINRAcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnered for RegTech vs Moral Hazard event at Barclays and Digital Assets event with Clifford Chance and BNY.
• BNYcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted Digital Assets event with Clifford Chance and FINRA, and Women in Engineering 2024 event.
• Clifford ChancecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted Digital Assets event with BNY and FINRA in September 2025.
• BarclayscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerHosted RegTech vs Moral Hazard event with FINRA participation.
• LEI FoundationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted UBO Registers & Corporate Transparency event with JPM.
• JPMorgan ChasecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted UBO Registers & Corporate Transparency event with LEI Foundation.
• EYcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted Sibos Frankfurt event in October 2025.
• ChiefminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHosted Spilling the Tea on Trade Finance networking event.
• NYDFS (New York Department of Financial Services)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted Cyber in the Age of AI event at Hinshaw.
• HinshawminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVenue partner for Cyber in the Age of AI event with NYDFS.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• AnitaB.org: Major nonprofit organization advancing women in computing and technology. Comparable mission (advancing women in technical/regulated professions) with significantly broader scope and professionalized operations spanning events, research, and corporate partnerships.
• 100 Women in Finance: Established global not-for-profit network for women in finance, with formal membership structures, local chapters, and institutional sponsorship. Comparable women-in-finance professional community, but with broader scope (all of finance) and a more institutionalized operating model.
• Women Who Code: Large global nonprofit community for women in technology with formal chapters, sponsorship programs, and always-on programming. Comparable community-led women-in-tech model but at much larger scale across many tech verticals, not regulatory-technology specifically.
• Women in Tech: Global nonprofit organization and conference series supporting women in technology through events, mentorship, and corporate partnerships. Broadly comparable community-driven, sponsor-supported women-in-tech chapter model but operating at wider industry scope.
• Chief: Paid private membership network for senior women executives with curated in-person events. Comparable women-focused professional community with intimate in-person events; differs as a paid, professionalized membership model rather than volunteer/sponsor-funded.

Others

• ComplyAdvantage: RegTech/fincrime vendor that has long-supported Women in Fincrime in London and now co-hosts the trans-Atlantic FinCrime meet-up with WIRTNY in NYC. Operates as a sponsor/partner rather than a direct community peer.
• A-Team Group (RegTech Summit): Organizer of the flagship annual RegTech Summit NYC for which WIRTNY is a content partner in 2026. Related as a co-marketing partner rather than a direct community peer; operates the larger industry conference that WIRTNY contributes programming to.

Direct peers

• Women in Structured Finance (WISF): Women-in-finance professional community that WIRTNY already co-hosts events with (e.g., IWD mixer with WISF in May 2025). Similar volunteer/sponsor-supported chapter model operating an in-person professional network for women in a regulated finance sub-sector.
• Women in Payments: Long-running volunteer-supported community for women in the payments industry. Closely comparable operating model: in-person events, sponsor-funded, networking focus for women in a regulated financial sub-vertical.
• Women in Fincrime: Trans-Atlantic women-in-fincrime community with whom WIRTNY explicitly co-hosts events (April 30 FinCrime meet-up). Operates the same grassroots, sponsor-supported, volunteer-driven in-person chapter model in the same regulatory-technology adjacency.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/women-in-regtech-new-york

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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