Sama Learning, based in the Capital Region, was awarded "Best Pitch" by a panel of 20 judges at the Capital Region ARVR Accelerator (CRARVR Accelerator) Demo Day held at the McClatchy New Ventures Lab in downtown Sacramento on Thursday, April 18, 2019. 

The CrunchBase Women in Venture report is the third study in our ongoing analysis of women and their participation in the startup ecosystem.

FourthWave is an accelerator focused on women-led technology companies.

ImageWare Systems has announced a partnership with Gatekeeper Innovation to combine their technologies to combat the national opioid epidemic in the U.S. 

FourthWave is an accelerator program for female tech entrepreneurs, established in partnership with the Los Angeles Mayor's Office and Tech Council.

In celebration of International Women’s Day we thought we’d shine the spotlight on some of Sacramento’s female startup founders. 

For startups, there are numerous paths for getting their name out there.

According to the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 75 percent of all opioid misuse does not start with a prescription, but through medication illegally obtained from a friend, family member, or dealer.

FourthWave, a nonprofit accelerator program for women-led tech companies, expanded from its Los Angeles pilot to Sacramento in March and is already working with its first seven entrepreneurs.

Dozens of Sacramento’s women innovators and entrepreneurs filled the second floor restaurant of VEG Cafe & Bar at the corner of J and 24th last evening, along with a handful of men, to celebrate the launch of FourthWave’s first cohort of female founders.