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Women in FinTech
Women in FinTech is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit network of 6,000+ members advancing women in fintech from a base established inside Funding Circle in 2015.
Women in FinTech
Women in FinTech launched in 2015 as a women's employee resource group inside the small-business lending platform Funding Circle. The founders — an internal committee whose names the organization has not disclosed — expanded the group's remit in 2016 after finding no existing industry-wide network focused on women in fintech. The organization's explicit mandate is to connect women and non-binary professionals through a safe-space community structure that operates separately from any single corporate sponsor. It registered as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2019. The organization's strategy centers on in-person event programming and a private digital community. Its chapter network now covers the Bay Area, New York, Austin, and Denver, with over 75 events held since inception. The central asset is a 1,900-member private Slack group that functions as a hiring pipeline, mentorship exchange, and deal-flow forum. Corporate sponsors — which the organization lists but does not name on its public site — fund chapter events and job boards in exchange for access to the community's talent pool. The model applies a lean operational structure: a five-person leadership team and a board of directors that includes Sam Hodges (Co-founder and CEO of Vouch) and Vittoria Reimers (VP Investor Services at Juniper Square). The organization's scale is defined by reach rather than deployable capital. It counts more than 6,000 members and 1,900 active Slack participants, with no AUM or investment vehicle. The Austin chapter launched in October 2021, New York followed in March 2023, and Denver's first event ran in August 2022. The board of directors adds governance weight from across the fintech operating base, including a senior executive from Wells Fargo (Reetika Grewal) alongside startup operators. March 2023: Launched the New York chapter, extending the organization's physical footprint to the largest US financial-services talent market. The organization's structural distinction lies in its origin as an ex-corporate ERG turned industry-level guild. Unlike trade associations, it does not lobby. Unlike diversity initiatives housed inside a specific company, it operates with 501(c)(3) nonprofit independence, sourcing sponsorship from multiple fintech firms. That architecture lets it serve as a neutral talent-mobility engine across an industry where women held only 7% of financial-services CEO roles globally, as of 2023, and where early-career attrition remains the dominant retention problem the organization was built to address.
General information
Firm type
other
Year founded
2015
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
San Francisco
Corporate office
San Francisco, CA, United States
Additional offices
Austin, TX · Denver, CO · New York, NY
Principals
Komal Long
President
Sam Hodges
Board of Directors
Vittoria Reimers
Board of Directors
Reetika Grewal
Board of Directors
Letty Merrill
Board of Directors
Jenny Sui
Head of Community & Events
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Is Women in FinTech a single-family office or an investment firm?
Neither. Women in FinTech is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional network. It does not manage capital, make investments, or operate any pooled vehicle. Its function is talent development, community-building, and mentorship across the fintech industry, supported by corporate sponsors rather than asset-management income.
Where does the organization's operating budget come from?
Women in FinTech runs on corporate sponsorship from fintech companies. The organization's website lists a sponsorship tier structure targeting companies that want to reach its 6,000-member community. It does not publicly disclose its financials, but its 501(c)(3) filings are accessible via IRS databases.
How does the Slack community function as a talent pipeline?
The 1,900-member private Slack group is the organization's core operating asset. Members use it for job referrals, mentorship matching, and event coordination across the Bay Area, New York, Austin, and Denver chapters. Corporate sponsors gain visibility into the community to meet diversity-focused hiring goals, though the organization does not operate as a recruiting agency.
What is the organization's relationship to Funding Circle?
Funding Circle is the organization's birthplace, not its ongoing sponsor. The founding group met as Funding Circle employees in 2015, and the initial public event was held at Braintree in 2016. The organization has since incorporated independently and draws sponsorship from a wider set of fintech companies; Funding Circle does not control its governance or programming.
Who sits on the board of directors, and what governance role do they serve?
The disclosed board directors are Sam Hodges (Co-founder and CEO of Vouch), Vittoria Reimers (VP Investor Services at Juniper Square), Reetika Grewal (Executive Vice President at Wells Fargo), and Letty Merrill. The board provides fiduciary oversight for the 501(c)(3) entity, a structure that separates governance from the event-focused leadership team run by President Komal Long.
Which cities does Women in FinTech currently operate in, and are there plans to expand further?
The organization runs chapters in San Francisco, New York, Austin, and Denver. The New York chapter launched most recently, in March 2023. Public materials show an ambition to serve as a national network for women in fintech, but no specific timeline for additional chapters has been disclosed.
Does Women in FinTech publish any data on gender representation in fintech?
The organization cites the broader fintech gender gap as its motivating problem — particularly the intersection of male-dominated financial services and technology — but it does not self-publish annual diversity reports or proprietary compensation datasets. Its content strategy emphasizes event programming and online community discussion rather than primary labor-market research.
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