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The Retreat by FFC
Palm Springs, CA ● Feb 29 - Mar 1, 2024
The FFC (Female Founder Circles) Retreat is an invitation-only one and a half-day gathering of female founders, inspired by successful female founders and leaders.
Being a founder is tough. Being a female founder poses its own set of challenges. Founders need support. Who better to give support to than fellow founders? Join us as a group of female founders, from seed to unicorn, share experiences, build community, and support each other.
Request an invite or nominate by December 15 for second round of invites.
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The Experience
This is designed to be a retreat, rather than a conference, with the aim of crafting a safe space that fosters open conversations and learning from other female founders.
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Expert Insights
Learn from other successful female founders and leaders on how they scaled their businesses, fundraised, and overcame personal and professional challenges.
Revitalize and Realign
Soak up the serene oasis of Palm Springs like never before. This inclusive retreat features rejuvenating mineral pools, relaxing grounds, and bonding activities to build community with other like-minded women.
Unconference Conversations
Engage in Chatham-style open forum discussions moderated by visionary leaders
Genuine Connections
Build lifelong connections. Create a network and community that will continue to grow beyond your time at this retreat.
Meet the Hosts & Attending Founders
![Mar Hershenson](/hosts/MarHershenson.jpg)
Mar Hershenson
Founding Managing Partner, Pear VC
Prior to Founding Pear, Mar was 3X Founder, EE PhD from Stanford. As one of the co-founders of AllRaise and Equity Summit, Mar is passionate about supporting women in VC and entrepreneurship.
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Mada Seghete
Co-Founder and VP of Marketing, Branch
Mada co-founded Branch, one of the leading mobile linking and measurement platforms, unifying user experience and attribution across devices and channels. Mada leads Branch's marketing team and new markets efforts globally, as well as many of Branch's culture initiatives.
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Maria Alegre
Former CEO and Founder, Chartboost, Flori Ventures
Maria co-founded Chartboost, one of the leading in-app monetization and programmatic advertising platforms (acq. by Zynga). She is now co-founder and GP at Flori Ventures.
See who's coming
![Jessica Mega](/speakers/jessica_mega.jpeg)
Jessica Mega
Verily
![Vlada Bortnik](/speakers/Vlada_Bortnik.jpeg)
Vlada Bortnik
Marco Polo
![Erin Parks](/speakers/Erin_Parks.jpeg)
Erin Parks
Equip
![Wardah Inam](/speakers/Wardah_Inam.jpeg)
Wardah Inam
Overjet
![Alex Zatarain](/speakers/AlexZatarain.jpeg)
Alex Zatarain
EightSleep
![Tracy Young](/speakers/TracyYoung.jpeg)
Tracy Young
TigerEye
![Ooshma Garg](/speakers/OoshmaGarg.jpeg)
Ooshma Garg
Gobble
![Wei Deng](/speakers/WeiDeng.jpg)
Wei Deng
Clipboard
![Felicia Curcuru](/speakers/FeliciaCurcuru.jpeg)
Felicia Curcuru
Binti
![Kristen Fortney](/speakers/Kristen-Fortney.png)
Kristen Fortney
Bioage
![Magi Richani](/speakers/MagiRichani.webp)
Magi Richani
Nobell Foods
![Nancy Yu](/speakers/NancyYu.jpeg)
Nancy Yu
AllStripes
![Julianna Lamb](/speakers/JuliannaLamb.jpeg)
Julianna Lamb
Stytch
![Jia Yue He](/speakers/JiaYue.jpeg)
Jia Yue He
Ergeon
![Christine Moseley](/speakers/christine-moseley.jpeg)
Christine Moseley
Full Harvest
![Shreya Murthy](/speakers/ShreyaMurthy.jpeg)
Shreya Murthy
Partiful
Founding Partners
![Deloitte](/sponsors/deloitte.png)
![Cooley](/sponsors/cooley.png)
![Pivotal](/sponsors/pivotal.png)
![AWS](/sponsors/aws-startups.png)