Femme Founder Bootcamp

Empowering leaders in emerging tech

Our mission is to empower femme and non-binary founders by providing comprehensive education, mentorship, and networking opportunities in the rapidly evolving world of emerging technologies.

This bootcamp is designed for:

Femme and non-binary founders in AI, fintech, and blockchain
Entrepreneurs looking to scale their startups and enhance their technical expertise
Innovators seeking to connect with a supportive community of like-minded individuals

Whether you’re a Founder, Community Partner, Sponsor, Course Instructor, or Mentor - get involved!

Season 3 - Fall 2026!

Early Bird Registration OPEN ✨

Early Bird Pricing Now Available:

New Founder Early Bird $159 $119

Returning Founder Sign Up $119 $79

🎓 Be part of the next chapter of femme-led innovation.

The Femme Founder Bootcamp is a 8 week program designed to empower femme founders through education, mentorship, and community at the intersection of AI, Web3, fintech, emerging tech, and creative entrepreneurship.

Season 3 launches in Fall 2026, and we’re expanding the ecosystem to include even more ways to get involved — not just as founders, but as collaborators, instructors, mentors, partners, and sponsors.

Whether you're building something new, looking to level up, or hoping to support the next generation of innovators, we’d love to have you with us.

Early Bird Registration OPEN ✨

Season 2 INSTRUCTORS (Fall 2025 Cohort)

Sandy Carter – She Builds AI: Tech Trends For Your Business

Sara Loretta – Scaling Business Operations & Productivity Automation

Nicole Colwell – Community Led Growth: Go-To-Market Meets Customer Discovery

Megan Murray – Sustainable Success: Finance Essentials, Funding Strategies, & Investor Relations

Heather Emerson – Scaling Thru Delegation: Discover Your Founder Super Power

Tina Dai – Pitch Decks & Investor Strategies: Navigating the VC World with Confidence

Shelby Bybee – Silence Self-Doubt: Owning Your Power, Pitch, & Presence

Skylar Grizzle – Brand Strategy Workshop

Candice Jarrett - Demystifying Web3 for Non-Technical Founders

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Highlights

✺ Learn ✺

8 courses over 5 weeks by expert-led instructors
✺ Network ✺

Networking opportunities for founders and industry leaders
✺ Create ✺

Interactive exercises to apply content to your business
✺ Mentor ✺

Mentors offer 1:1 expertise and help our founders prepare their pitch decks
✺ Showcase ✺

Opportunity to present at the IRL Femme Founder Showcase in early Nov 2025
✺ Forum ✺

Online discussion forum platform to interact with founders and instructors

✺ FAQ ✺

The Femme Founder Bootcamp is an intensive, 4-week program designed to empower and support femme-identifying and non-binary founders in the Web3 and emerging tech space. It covers essential topics such as Web3 and AI foundations, branding, legal considerations, and funding strategies, providing participants with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed.
This bootcamp is ideal for femme-identifying and non-binary founders who are building startups in AI, fintech, blockchain, and other emerging tech fields. It's perfect for entrepreneurs looking to scale their startups, enhance their technical expertise, network with industry leaders, and connect with a supportive community of like-minded individuals.
The cost to join the cohort is $100 (total content value over $1,000!).
Participants will gain access to expert-led courses, 1:1 mentorship, and networking opportunities with industry leaders. Additionally, 50% of the program's profits will be allocated to a grant program for female founders. One participant will also have the chance to fast-track into the ATX DAO Pitch Competition with a chance to win $10k plus other prizes.

There are several ways to get involved:
- Teach a Course: Showcase your expertise by co-leading one of our course topics, or contributing content to the FFB workbook.
- Host Our Celebration Dinner: Sponsor the evening to create networking opportunities for your business and our founders.
- Financial Sponsorship: Support our grant program for femme founders, in exchange for promoting your business among our community (and our deepest gratitude).
- Community Partner: Help spread the word about the program.
- Product Donations: Contribute to swag bags for founders.
- Mentorship: Offer 1:1 expertise and help participants prepare their pitch decks.
The bootcamp kicks off in mid-September, and runs for 4-5 weeks. Participants will engage in two courses weekly, with bi-weekly mentorship sessions to discuss course content and apply learnings to their businesses. We will also have an online portal for founders and instructors to interact and share their output from course exercises.
Most sessions will meet on Tuesday / Thursday afternoons (Central Time), pending Instructor availability.
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Founders will be the first to hear when the program is officially launched.
Contributors and other participants will be contacted within a few days of submitting their info on the form.