Name: Founders First and WPO PitchFest
Start: 2025-05-07T09:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-07T11:00:00-05:00
Location: San Antonio

Finalists will be selected to compete for an unrestricted $5,000 award by giving a 5-minute pitch presentation at Pitchfest event.
About this Event

The Founders First & WPO Pitchfest is an exciting opportunity for WPO members to showcase their businesses, gain funding readiness insights, and receive expert feedback on their growth strategies. This event is designed to help women business owners refine their strategic plans, prepare for funding opportunities, and compete for recognition and prizes.

Eligibility

Must be an active WPO member with business located in US or Canada.
Be a registered attendee for the 2025 WPO Entreprenuer Forum.
Have generated between $1M to $10M in annual revenue in 2024 (with verified with financial statements).

Be committed to scaling their business in the next two years through one or more of the following strategies: expanding their team, implementing new marketing initiatives, launching new products or services, seeking debt or equity funding for growth.
Operate a for-profit, service-based business with a B2B (Business-to-Business) or B2G (Business-to-Government) model.

About Founders First Capital Partners

Founded in 2015, Founders First Capital Partners (FFCP) is one of the nation’s largest mission-driven alternative growth capital providers delivering accessible growth capital and wrap-around advisory solutions to accelerate service-based businesses to the mid-market. FFCP is dedicated to advancing economic mobility of service-based small business owners, regardless of their background or geographic location. Our mission is to drive business growth, job creation, and empower wealth creation for underserved communities.

About the Women Presidents Organization

Founded in 1997, WPO is where dynamic and diverse women business leaders around the world tap into collective insight to experience game-changing breakthroughs; where women business leader's perspective can be understood, challenged, and refined; where women business leaders can validate everything that’s gotten them this far and cultivate new strategies that’ll take them even farther.