wednesday 14.10 · 09:00–10:30 · near norrsken
Women in impact, together.
Ninety minutes for the women investors and founders of Impact Week. You tell us what you need and what you bring. We make the introductions, out loud, in the room. No standing in the corner.
free · rsvp preferred · venue confirmed by email
why we gather
Women-run businesses are a good bet. The capital has not caught up.
90%
of the cost. Female-led companies in Europe deliver the same revenue while incurring only nine tenths of the costs of male-led firms.
Frontier Economics · Europe's Untapped Competitive Edge, 2025
1.2%
of European venture capital went to all-women founding teams in 2025, their smallest share in nearly a decade.
PitchBook · European All In, 2025
€3bn
of the €23.5bn invested in European AI in 2025 reached women-founded startups. Where capital flows freely, the share stays thin.
PitchBook · European All In, 2025
4.1%
of Spanish venture capital reaches female-only founding teams, ahead of France and Germany, and still a sliver.
Founders Forum Group, 2025
The case is already made. What is missing is the introduction.
Access moves capital as much as evidence does. A warm forward, a name said in the right room, one woman telling another to go talk to her. That is what we are here to do, on purpose, in ninety minutes.
who it is for
Women investors and entrepreneurs.
Open to registered attendees of Norrsken Impact and to the wider Barcelona community of women investors and founders. If you invest, build, or back women who do, this room is yours.
the ninety minutes
Welcome
Coffee, a warm room, and why we are doing this.
Facilitated intros
Everyone is heard. Short, structured, no pitching over each other.
Matchmaking round
We pair you from what you wrote at sign-up. Ask and offer, matched.
Open connect
Follow the thread. Leave with plans for the rest of the week.
what you take home
Tell us what you are looking for. It goes on your name tag.
your host
Heidi Forbes Öste
Founder, WHOLE Healthspan
Heidi builds WHOLE Healthspan on one idea: community as medicine. Women rise faster with women beside them, whether the work is brain longevity or raising a round. She and her team will be making the introductions, so come tell them what you need.
rsvp
Save your place.
Registration is required. We are matchmaking from what you write here, splitting the room into three groups so everyone gets heard, and the cafe holds a set number, so we cannot take walk-ins. What you write here becomes your name tag.