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Girls Who Innovate
Girls Who Innovate is a global movement empowering high school and college girls to become innovators through education and community support. They focus on fostering female entrepreneurship and innovation skills.
Overview
What Girls Who Innovate does
What Girls Who Innovate is
Girls Who Innovate is a global movement empowering high school and college girls to become innovators through education and community support. They focus on fostering female entrepreneurship and innovation skills.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2022
- Approximate age
- About 4 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 3, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Girls Who Innovate as a community
Community overview
Girls Who Innovate (GWIn) is an organization focused on empowering high school and college girls with the skills necessary to become innovators. The organization was founded to address the lack of accessible entrepreneurship resources for young women aged 14 to 22. GWIn aims to provide tools, community, and support to help girls turn their ideas into action and impact.
Community focus
Girls Who Innovate invests in the development of female entrepreneurship through free educational programs, including boot camps, competitions, and networking opportunities. The organization targets high school and college-aged girls, focusing on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship skills.
Member value
Members gain access to free educational programs, hands-on learning experiences, networking opportunities with female founders, and the chance to participate in competitions and pitch events.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- July 1, 2026
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Students
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- bootcamp and community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- United States
Community activity
Events and activity
GWIn hosts in-person boot camps for high school girls, networking events, conferences, and pitching competitions aimed at fostering innovation and entrepreneurship skills.
Notable members
Notable members include Lily West, Founder of The SheLab; Catherine Chin, CEO & Co-Founder of Odyseek; Michelle Kelly, CEO of Lilly Pulitzer; Avalon Fenster, Founder of 'Internship Girl' & Forbes 30 Under 30; and Ana Vizitiv, Cofounder of Feminismd & UN Child of the Year.
Common questions
What to know about Girls Who Innovate
Upseed classifies Girls Who Innovate under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
April 3, 2026
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