Where Women Connect

What Where Women Connect does

Where Women Connect is a curated subscription community for ambitious women building careers and businesses across borders, with a particular focus on expatriate professional women in Doha, Qatar and Lisbon, Portugal. The company operates as a consumer-facing brand under the Dutch holding entity Elisabietta Holding B.V., founded and led by Elsbeth Blekkenhorst-Tammes, who previously founded the recruitment firm Global Women Qatar in 2012. The core offering centers on intimate, in-person gatherings such as Meet Ups, Iftar Gatherings, Ideas In Progress, and The Doha Connect, complemented by an online membership platform, member profiles, and editorial content series (Expert Hub, Female Founders, Career Chapters, The New You) that drive top-of-funnel engagement.

The business runs on a recurring subscription revenue model with annual and monthly membership tiers that auto-renew, plus ancillary fees for select events; pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quoted in Euro exclusive of VAT. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, relying on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and word-of-mouth referrals to acquire members, with curated gatherings in Doha and Lisbon serving as both acquisition touchpoints and core product surface. The technology stack is a WordPress-based website with member profiles and community features; there is no proprietary platform, no mobile app, and no disclosed AI or automation layers.

The company is privately held and founder-controlled, with no institutional investment, funding rounds, M&A activity, or partnerships disclosed in the source data. Its operational footprint is concentrated in two cities, its customer base consists of individual members rather than enterprise accounts, and its parent entity also operates the Elisabietta foldable shoe brand and the legacy Global Women Qatar recruitment business.

Name

Where Women Connect

Legal name

Elisabietta Holding B.V.

Website

https://wherewomenconnect.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Professional Networking Community

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional & Career Networks (BPAMABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community/Group Chat Platforms (BPAMACAH), Interest-Based Communities & Forums (BPAMABAC)

Keywords

• Women's networking community
• Professional membership community
• Curated networking events
• Expat women networking
• Founder-led community platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Doha

HQ country

Qatar

HQ region

Middle East

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: Annual or monthly subscription fees for community membership, payable upfront. Membership grants access to all platform features including profile publication, curated gatherings, and community access.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Where Women Connect is a curated, membership-based community for ambitious women, primarily expatriates, who are building careers and businesses across borders. The core offering centers on paid membership that grants access to small, founder-curated in-person gatherings in Doha and Lisbon, trusted introductions, an online member profile platform, and a blog with member stories.

Product overview

Where Women Connect is a curated community platform for ambitious women seeking meaningful relationships and opportunities. The offering consists of a core community membership (with in-person gatherings in Doha and Lisbon plus online access), supported by content series including the Expert Hub, Female Founders Series, Career Chapters, and The New You Series. The parent company also operates Global Women Qatar (bespoke recruitment services founded 2012) and Elisabietta (a foldable shoe brand for women on the move).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Where Women Connect Membership A paid, recurring community membership granting access to curated in-person gatherings in Doha and Lisbon, the online community platform, profile publication, and trusted introductions. Targeted at ambitious women building careers and businesses across borders.
• Where Women Connect Events Curated in-person gatherings including Meet Ups, Iftar Gatherings, The Doha Connect, and Community Connect events held in Doha and Lisbon, some requiring additional fees beyond membership. Designed to facilitate meaningful conversations and professional connections among members.
• Global Women Qatar Recruitment Services Bespoke recruitment services for women seeking to build careers in Doha, Qatar. Operated as a sub-brand under the same parent entity and serving as the precursor to the Where Women Connect community.
• Elisabietta Foldable Shoes

Quantifiable outcome

• Connections that last beyond events into work, life, business, and friendship
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• HeyMama: Membership-based community for working mothers, with curated events, content, and peer connections. Comparable as a paid women's professional/life community, though focused on the working-mother segment specifically.
• Ellevate Network: One of the largest online and in-person professional networking communities for women, with events, mentorship, and a member-based platform. Directly comparable as a subscription/membership-based women's professional community, though at significantly larger scale and broader geography than Where Women Connect.
• Chief: Private membership network and club for women executives, with in-person gatherings, peer groups, and a curated community. Closely comparable business model — paid membership, curated in-person events, focus on senior women leaders — though Chief targets a more senior, US-centric cohort.
• Ladies Get Paid: Community and event platform for women focused on career advancement, salary negotiation, and financial empowerment. Comparable as a curated, event-driven women's career community serving ambitious professional women, with similar content/community hybrid model.
• The Assembly: Members-only community for women leaders, built around curated dinners, events, and content. Directly comparable as a curated, intimate, women-only networking community monetized via membership.

Emerging players

• SoGal Ventures / SoGal Global: Global community and venture platform for female founders and investors, with city chapters and curated events. Comparable as a women-founder community with multi-city local chapters, overlapping Where Women Connect's expat founder audience.
• Female Founders Fund / FFF Network communities: Networks and communities supporting women entrepreneurs through events, content, and curated gatherings. Comparable as community-driven, female-founder-focused platforms; less emphasis on expat/abroad positioning.
• Her Workplace / The Hive (women-focused co-working and community): Women-focused co-working and community spaces offering curated events and networking. Comparable in the curated, female-focused community and event format, though anchored around physical workspace rather than memberships.

Others

• Meetup (women-focused professional groups): Event-driven community platform used by many women-focused professional networking groups. Comparable as an infrastructure channel enabling event-based community building; enables but does not directly compete with Where Women Connect's curated offering.

Regional players

• Expat Woman / Expatica Communities: Online communities and event platforms serving expat women across multiple countries. Comparable along the expat-women audience axis, though typically broader and less curated than Where Women Connect.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wherewomenconnect
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/global-women-at-work
• Instagraminstagram.com/wherewomenconnect

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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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