Women's Technology Cluster
A model for helping women access capital through
incubation and mentoring of early-stage technology
businesses in which women have principal ownership
stake. (launched in 1999) They also have a robust mentoring community : WTC-SF/Mentors

Three Guineas Fund

Cate Muther had been the senior marketing officer at
the networking giant Cisco Systems, when she drew on
her private-sector experience to start the Women's
Technology Cluster. The first incubator specifically
targeted to female high-tech entrepreneurs, since spun
off into an independent organization the WTC was the
first project of the Three Guineas Fund, a foundation
Cate funded herself and named after a Virginia Woolf
essay on philanthropy and women's financial
independence.

The Angels Forum

Kimberlie L. Cerrone, managing director of The
Angels Forum, has extensive strategic planning,
deal-making, and international business and legal
experience. Several venture capital firms-including
Softbank, Sevin Rosen, USVP, Asia Pacific, Bessemer,
Rock Creek, and Chevron Ventures-regularly introduce
Kimberlie to early-stage portfolio companies. She
often joins these companies as an executive,
consultant, or advisor, to help them establish patent
and trademark portfolios, perfect their sales and
licensing strategies, establish legal and financial
methodologies, and execute their early strategic
international, vendor, and customer deals.

( The angel fund itself only invests in companies
headquartered in the Silicon Valley/Bay Area.)

3. Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives
(FWE&E)
FWE&E is the exclusive and highly-valued professional,
educational and social organization for women
entrepreneurs and executives and their eco-system
partners who are actively engaged in high-tech,
high-growth companies.
http://www.fwe.org/p/simple.asp?mlid=66

Warburg Pincus,

Gayle Crowell, known for mentoring, began her
career as an educator for the State of Nevada, and did
such an outstanding job that she was recruited into
the tech sector, with executive roles at leading
software companies (including Oracle, E.piphany, and
RightPoint Software). Now an active Silicon Valley
leader, she is a senior information technology advisor
to Warburg Pincus, helping others get their start.
Gayle Crowell:
Information Technology Group, Warburg Pincus LL in
Menlo Park, CA.
Tel: [1]650-798-0400

Chairwoman of Board, Evolve
Board Member, Indus International
Board Member, Yodlee
Board Member, New World IQ
National Board, Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
Advisory Board Member, Women in Technology
International