Springboard's Dolphin Tank pitch event brings the power of our collective community to women entrepreneurs innovating in enterprises Tech. Our Dolphin Tank events showcase exciting women-led companies and provide them with the opportunity for connections, capital, and insight from our audience of investors, advisors and industry leaders. For 22 years, Springboard has been surrounding women with what they need to lead and succeed.

Join Springboard Enterprises and Dolphin Tank sponsors OneKC for Women and Wells Fargo for an exciting pitch event featuring women founders and entrepreneurs, expert panelists, and interactive audience participation! 

When and Where

November 10, 2022 at 5:00pm CTPolsinelli: 900 W 48th St, Kansas City, MO 64112

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Pitch Your Company

We're looking for the best and brightest women-led tech startups to pitch their companies at Dolphin Tank Kansas City Women in Tech.

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY October 15, 2022. 

Criteria for presenting companies:

• Applications are open to women entrepreneurs in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa.
• The company must have at least one woman founder or in a key leadership position.
• Areas of focus that include, but are not limited to healthcare-focused tech solutions.
• Demonstrated innovation in your industry and traction in your market.
• Seed stage to growth stage.
• Must be able to present in-person on November 10, 2022 in Kansas City, MO

Springboard Enterprises values diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as essential to our mission and more broadly to a thriving, equitable, and just global community. We encourage women entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Dolphin Tank participants will have access to learning opportunities, mentorship, and access to capital via: Funding Your Small Business, Pitching to Investors, and Equity Prep classes offered by the KCWBC. Funding Your Small Business is a one-hour workshop providing an understanding of debt and equity funding. Equity seekers are encouraged to take the next step with pitching to investors an orientation workshop. Debt funding candidates may be interested in a microloan or banker referral or one-on-one counseling with KCWBC's Client Services Manager for potential financial preparation. Pitching to Investors is a two-hour orientation that introduces the business owner pursuing equity funding with terminology and the process that is necessary to attract investors. Equity Prep takes a deeper dive into raising equity funding. The program helps entrepreneurs get ready for several pathways, including Digital Sandbox, Dolphin Tank, Angel Investors, and Demo Days. 

Questions?

Email Rachel Rong, Director of Operations for Springboard Enterprises at rachel@springboardenterprises.org.