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She Owns the Upside: A panel of female founders on funding, defensibility, AI, and nerve — part of VTW
She Owns the Upside: A panel of female founders on funding, defensibility, AI, and nerve — part of VTW took place on Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. (PDT) at Fort Tectoria in Victoria, BC, and runs until 11:15 a.m..
About this event
Women founders discuss overcoming bias and protecting their innovations in this panel. Karolina Valente, Katie Gamble, and Claire Butterfield share experiences while Olena Marun moderates the conversation. The event highlights stories of female entrepreneurs who built successful companies despite industry skepticism.
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Some founders raise on a pitch and a handshake. Others prove the same idea twice, work twice as hard to be taken half as seriously, and get called too ambitious and not ambitious enough in the same breath. This panel brings together women who stopped waiting to be believed and started keeping what they built — join us to say the quiet parts out loud. Your panelists: Karolina Valente - CEO of VoxCell® - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kpaperavalente/ Katie Gamble - CEO of Nature Bee® - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-gamble/ Claire Butterfield - Co-Founder of ADHD Central - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cgwb/ Moderated by: Olena Marun - Philanthropic Partnerships at UVIC - https://www.linkedin.com/in/olena-marun-28873668/ Sponsored by: MLAIP® - A boutique intellectual property law firm for founders, investors, & foreign counsel - https://www.mlaip.com UVic Innovation Centre - Your launchpad for entrepreneurial success - https://www.uvic.ca/innovation/index.php This event is a part of Victoria Tech Week (Sept 21-25, 2026). To learn more, please visit: victoriatechweek.ca
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- When
- Wed, Sep 23, 2026 · 10:00 a.m. (PDT) · until 11:15 a.m.
- Where
- Fort Tectoria
- Address
- Fort Tectoria, 777 Fort St, Victoria, BC V8W 1G9, Canada
- Price
- Free
- Genre
- ai
- Weather
- 59°F · ClearForecast at 10:00 a.m. (PDT)
Questions
- When was She Owns the Upside: A panel of female founders on funding, defensibility, AI, and nerve — part of VTW?
- Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. PDT.
- Where was She Owns the Upside: A panel of female founders on funding, defensibility, AI, and nerve — part of VTW?
- Fort Tectoria, Fort Tectoria, 777 Fort St, Victoria, BC V8W 1G9, Canada, Victoria, BC.
- What time did She Owns the Upside: A panel of female founders on funding, defensibility, AI, and nerve — part of VTW end?
- It runs until 11:15 a.m..