Thursday, June 19 2008, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Bay Area's Most Active Angel Investment Group Reaches Out to Women Angel Investors San Francisco, CA – (Marketwire – May 21, 2008) Keiretsu Forum, the world’s largest angel investment network, will host its third annual Summer Solstice event on Thursday, June 19 at the PG&E Auditorium in San Francisco from 5:30pm until 8:00pm. A “Who’s Who?” list of the Bay Area’s most successful and respected business women are expected to attend. The purpose of the Keiretsu Forum Summer Solstice is to educate and inform leading Bay Area business women about how they can support entrepreneurial efforts on a local, national, and global level. In addition to a networking reception, attendees will hear brief presentations and a panel discussion from notable members of the Keiretsu Forum, Women’s Initiative for Self-Employment, and WOW for Africa. More than ever, the angel community is eager to attract women investors. A compelling report by the Kauffman Foundation explains that while "women own half of this country's wealth... [they] make up no more than eight percent of angel investors." Women investors are considered a largely untapped market that is critical to "financial and mentoring support for new companies." In June 2007, Keiretsu Forum members established a Women Investing in and Supporting Entrepreneurs (WISE) committee to support and educate women angel investors and entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. "We live in the heartland of the investment community, Northern California. Most professional women here are over-achievers competing in various businesses. For years women were only too familiar with the concept of 'angel.' It's time they added the word 'investor' to it," said Judith Iglehart, Keiretsu Forum Vice President of International Chapter Development and Operations.
About Keiretsu Forum LocationPGE Auditorium, 77 Beale St. San Francisco, CA 94105Contact InformationMaggie Jacobberger- Maggie@keiretsuforum.com |
