Female Founder x Investor Happy Hour
Founder x Investor Happy Hour
Sponsored by Symbl.ai
Meet and mingle with founders, investors, advisors, and startups. Founders and featured VCs from all of the 2021 events will be invited.
Join us for Founder and Investor Happy Hour
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 | Virtual
4:00pm – 5:30pm Pacific Time
Did you know?
Executive teams with women outperform all-male teams by 21%, McKinsey and Company (2018).
Featured Hosts
Surbhi Rathore
CEO & Co-Founder, Symbl.ai
Surbhi Rathore is the CEO and co-founder of Symbl.ai. Symbl is bringing to life her vision for a programmable platform that empowers developers and businesses to monitor, act, and comply with voice, video conversations at scale in their products and workflows without building their in- house data science expertise. Surbhi has been honored with the Women in Voice Award for Founder of the Year, Amazon’s Top 10 Women to Watch in 2020, and the Will Reed Top 50 Companies in 2021.
Follow her and her company’s recent work on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Event Host
Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek
Founder & CEO, Women in Voice
Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek is the CEO and Founder of Women in Voice (WiV), the global nonprofit supporting women in voice AI. Ranked the #4 Voice AI Influencer, Bajorek is a leader in the voice tech field internationally. Formerly working at Nuance, Bajorek is currently a Technical Advisor for enterprise and several startups.
Join us December 14
Come meet and mingle to talk about startups, cutting-edge voice & conversational AI products, and companies.

























Join us December 14
Come meet and mingle to talk about startups, cutting-edge voice & conversational AI products, and companies.


Founder x Investor Happy Hour by Symbl.ai


We’re delighted to host elevator pitch events for Women in Voice Founders to connect with investors and the public at large.
Three events in this 4-part series have WiV Founders pitch, a short Q&A, and then a larger discussion and feedback round.
Know a founder who should pitch? Know a VC who invests in voice?
Get in touch: Email admin at women in voice dot org!
Keywords: investor, founder, funding, startup, VC, angel, money, pitch, deck, scaling, money, team, build, venture capital, equity
More about this event
Who is invited? You! These events are open to the public and educational. Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors might be in attendance, but we there is no expectation of investment at these events.
Emcee: Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek
Our goal: facilitate relationships, community, and mentorship between investors and underestimated founders!
Event Flow: VCs, Angel Investors, and Founders will gather to hear a few pre-selected pitches. After each pitch, you’ll have the chance to ask the Founder questions, and offer feedback verbally. We will also have a feedback form for you to submit digitally.
Benefits of attending:
- Support diverse founders
- Build relationships across industries
- Stay on the cutting edge of voice and voice-adjacent technology startups
- Learn more about Women in Voice community members
This content is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice.