Native Women Lead & The Future is Indigenous Women's Inaugural Growth Capital Summit 2023

Written by Mission Driven Finance | Jun 30, 2026 5:58:57 PM

What was it?

Native Women Lead & The Future is Indigenous Women's Growth Capital Summit

When was it?

October 2023

 

In October, over 120 Native women entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors gathered in San Francisco for three days of keynotes, panels, insights from investors, and a pitch competition where $50,000 was awarded to four entrepreneurs. Mission Driven Finance Co-founder & Chief Community Officer spoke on a panel on day 1 of the summit, alongside Maria Nakae, senior director of just transition investing at Justice Funders, Sandhya Nakhasi, co-CEO at Common Future, and Chantel Chapman, CEO and founder of The Trauma of Money. Eric Horvath moderated the panel.