WA4STEAM is a technology company that specializes in providing innovative solutions for the management and analysis of large datasets in the field of materials science. Their platform leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to accelerate the discovery and development of new materials, contributing to advancements in various industries such as energy, automotive, and aerospace.

WA4STEAM

Women angels for STEAM (WA4STEAM) is a growing international community of women angel investors seeking to increase the presence of women entrepreneurs in the STEAM fields. 

Visit our website to learn how you can join us as a business angel or submit your STEAM project. https://wa4steam.com/ 

The wide variety of backgrounds of our members, with professional expertise in biosciences, mathematics, finance, law, communication and team coaching and training and its rich network of strategic partners ,add significant value to the early stages of startups life cycle. 

We aim to provide not only seed capital but to become a strategic partner nurturing women future leaders and role models for girls and women of all ages. 

Why STEAM

It is now widely accepted among economists that innovation, research and development are the basis for a sustainable growth in the future, and careers that are focused on STEAM are usually associated to high quality rewarding jobs.

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Architecture and Mathematics are the future pillars of the economy but also among the fields with the largest gender gap. 

WA4STEAM, being an all-women business angels group has the responsibility to help and can provide the needed support to close that gap.

"The World 🌍 Needs More Wealthy Women".... thought-provoking? 

Genoveva Ortiz, cofounder of WA4STEAM explains in this article why technology is pivotal in rebalancing leadership roles, emphasizing that " the new source of wealth is no longer industrial but technological". 

She discusses her commitment to fostering more female-founded startups and enhancing financial literacy, both for men and women, starting from early education.

Learn more about her inspiring journey and her vision for the future in the full article linked 👇 (In Spanish).

A big thank you to EL ESPAÑOL and Beatriz Aznar Millán for sharing WA4STEAM mission and our members' voices. 

#Wa4steam is an all-women business angels' association with the objective to increase the number of women investing in seed and pre seed startups, democratizing business angels investing. Our members invest exclusively in female founders in STEAM fields.

#womenfounders #womeninvestors #businessangels #steam #startups #femalefounders 

Ana Alvaro Moreta Júlia López-Guimet Blanca Sanz Santander Mariela Gonzalez Araujo Carmen Moreda Sampedro Rosa Sanchidrián Pardo Yolanda Tomás Aurora Rotes Idoya Aramendi Flor Neira Blanca Drake Rodríguez-Casanova Eva García Ramos Ana Prieto Echeverria Sonia Carmona Cristina Castañer Judit Domingo Prim, PhD MBA Raquel Rodrigo Musat Isabel Ortiz Ines Boronat Susana Marcos Sandra Orta Paola Hurtado, PhD María García Villán Paloma Cañete Carolina Pola Blanca de Juan de Castro 

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POSEIDONA is removing invasive algae from oceans and turning it into food

We are delighted to share our investment in POSEIDONA a Barcelona-based developer of sustainable food technology, which uses that invasive seaweed and algal side-streams — the waste that agricultural producers generate — to make proteins. In this case, it’s a soy protein alternative.

POSEIDONA 's goal is to be able to use a variety of macroalgae species, using our proprietary methodology, to develop great proteins at an affordable cost that will be able to compete with the mainstream plant-based proteins of soy and pea protein, that currently have no competition at all,. They’ll ultimately be able to be in cost parity with soy protein.

Helping to move the R&D along is a pre-seed funding round of €1.1 million ($1.19 million), led by Faber, one of Europe’s leading venture capital funds specialized in climate tech and the blue economy. The round also includes Dozen Investments , Sprout & About Ventures, ProVeg New Food Hub and WA4STEAM (Women Angels for STEAM).

#steam @businessangels #womensupportingwomen #startup #womeninfinance #womeninstem #foodtech #venturecapital 

Blanca Ochoa Ana Baranda Genoveva Ortiz Pilar Trucios Peña Solano Emma FAU Henar Martínez Torres Elia Hermida Marta Huidobro

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Proposals to improve the Spanish Startup Law ⚡️

Did you know that only 2% of #venturecapital funds are allocated to #femalefounders?.

Did you know that business angels 👼 groups are one of the usual ways for women to start investing in #startups?.

More #womeninvestors impact the level of funding allocated to #femaleentrepreneurs.

Business angels groups and crowdfundings facilitate investing by allowing to pool funds and promoting collective knowledge and analysis, hence mitigating the inherent risks of early stage investments.  

During a session held at the Spanish House of Representatives, Congreso de los Diputados, WA4STEAM  made 4 proposals to foster BA groups and bring diversity to the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The current law discriminates small savers, that pool their funds to invest in entrepreneurs, against individual large investors that receive a more beneficial tax treatment. 

WA4STEAM that small savers pooling their funds should receive the same fiscal treatment.

#Wa4steam is an all women business angels association with the objective to increase the number of women investing in seed and pre seed startups by democratizing business angels investing that invest exclusively  in female founders in STEAM.

Pedro Casares, Teresa Riesgo and Amparo Marco made the session possible.  

Marta Huidobro  Blanca Ochoa 
Isabel de Otaola Ubieta and  Regina Llopis  represented #wa4steam during the session. 

Thank you to for participating in the round table MARIA POSTIGO CAMPS, Guillermo Azqueta, Laura Caballero Medina, Teresa Hernandez Martin  Women TechEU  

La Razón  
Rosa Carvajal  
Cristina Fernández Hernández  Henar Martínez Torres  Peña Solano  Emma FAU
#womenfounders #femaleinvestors #businessangels  #femalebusinessangels

Bárbara Buades, cofounder of meetoptics, winner of the 2024 Great Companies International Women Entrepreneur Award 🚀

Congratulations to Barbara and the #Meetoptics team! 

At WA4STEAM we are proud to support Meetoptics achieve its mission to make the search for photonics technologies easy and accessible.

#WA4STEAM is an all-women #businessangels association investing in #womenfounders in #steam. 👉🏻Visit www.wa4steam.com for information about who we are, the sectors our 👼 angels support, and how to contact us if you think our angels and your startup could be a good match.  

Ana Lozano Portillo Carmen Reina Visitacion DIaz Varona Flavia Bartolome Rocío García Rubio Begoña García Almería Sara Santolaria Carolina Pinart, Ph.D. Patricia Ferruz Nieves Delgado Lopez Ana Casado Álvaro Yolanda Gutierrez Susana Gómez Foronda Gemma Medrano Lucila García Méndez Teresa Dominguez Anguiano Clara Bartra Olga Valls Maite Valiño Borrego Veronica Amago
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🚺Happy International Women Day! Discover #WA4STEAM's proposals to reduce gender gap on investment.

⭐Our President Blanca Ochoa shated the below proposals during the session organized by #WA4STEAM at Congreso de los Diputados, the Spanish House of Representatives, this week.

The title of the session was "Investments with impact: Business Angels and women investors" and we had outstanding participants. Thanks to Regina Llopis, Blanca Ochoa, Marta Huidobro, Isabel de Otaola Ubieta, MARIA POSTIGO CAMPS, Guillermo Azqueta, Laura Caballero Medina,Teresa Hernandez Martin, Pedro Casares, Teresa Riesgo, Amparo Marco for making such an insightful and enjoyable session.🙏

Not better way to celebrate this marvelous day!👏

#iwd2024 #womeninvestors

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