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St John's Innovation Centre,
Cowley Road,
Cambridge,
CB4 0WS

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Women 4 Technology is an informal network exclusively for female CEOs, CXOs, NEDs, VCs and business angels in the technology sector.

Women 4 Technology London launched in 2010, hosted by Sharon Vosmek, CEO of Astia, who flew in from meeting Senator Hillary Clinton in Washington DC to discuss women and entrepreneurship.

Our 2012 programme includes a return to the House of Lords for a charity event for 70 female tech CEOs, NEDs, entrepreneurs and investors on 20 June, with guest speaker Martha Lane Fox, in aid of Just for Kids. For more information or to request an invitation to any of our forthcoming events, please contact helen@baileyfisher.com

Next event

Wednesday 21 March from 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Drinks & tapas reception
The Crimson Bar, Soho Hotel, London W1
3 Reasons to Invest in your Network: Money, Competence, Success

An invitation-only networking event for 35 - 40 senior women in the technology sector, hosted in the Crimson Bar at Soho Hotel. Our guest speaker is Rowan Gardner, Co-founder of Biolauncher and a member of the Astia advisory board for Europe.

This event is kindly sponsored by Mills & Reeve, Hotwire and PEM Technology.

Previous guest speakers

We have been fortunate to have welcomed some truly inspirational guest speakers to our London events since launching in 2010.

Maria Dramalioti-Taylor, entrepreneur & angel investor
An engineer, entrepreneur and angel investor in mobile and internet start-ups, Maria is co-founder of Incito Ventures, the angel network for mixed-gender tech start ups. Previoulsy, Maria co-founded Protos Capital, a £30m fund aiming to spin out IP assets from corporates, was the R&D award winning CEO of CipherGrid and an angel investor in VC-backed Pervasic. Maria has mentored start ups including SlickFlick, Improve Digital and Stingray ($80m exit).
Hazel Moore, Chairman FirstCapital
In 1999 Hazel co-founded FirstCapital, an investment bank specialising in M&A and raising capital for high growth technology companies. Hazel is on the Investment Advisory panel of the £185m North West Fund, and a member of the Emerging Industries and Technologies Panel of the Technology Strategy Board. Hazel sparked lively debate with her topic Positioning your company to increase value in a trade sale.

Sarah Outen, record-breaking ocean rower
At the age of 23, Sarah became the first woman and youngest person to row solo 4,000 miles across the Indian Ocean. In 2011, she embarks on London to London: via the world, her voyage to circumnavigate the globe by boat, foot and bike. Sarah's inspirational story sparked lively discussion on the parallels between success in her field and in business - vision, focus, determination, teamwork and communication.

Inmaculada Martinez, President Stradbroke Advisors
Inmaculada is a digital media strategist and VC investor, described by Fortune and Time as one of Europe's top talents in Human Factors and Social Engagement through Technology, and ranked by Red Herring as one of the 40 most influential women in technology. A serial entrepreneur, she set up Stradbroke Advisors digital media and fund raising consultancy in 2006. Inmaculada led discussion on transforming life-as-we-know-it through technology.
Sharon Vosmek, CEO Astia
Sharon spoke about her work with Astia, the premier organisation globally serving women-led high-growth companies as they raise capital and grow their business. Astia serves entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, New York, London and Mumbai, and maintains an exceptional success rate, with greater than 60% of its start-ups achieving funding or an exit within one year of qualifying for its elite fundraising program.