TiE Women Phoenix
Embrace. Engage. Empower. Mentoring, pitch coaching and a path to TiE’s global stage for women-led startups in Greater Phoenix.
About TiE Women
TiE Women is TiE’s global initiative to embrace, engage and empower women entrepreneurs. Through TiE Phoenix, women founders in Greater Phoenix and throughout Arizona pitch, refine and showcase their startups with mentors and investors from TiE’s global network.
Our first TiE Women year in Phoenix was very successful, and we’re building on it for the next cycle.
Benefits to participants
Focused support that moves women-led startups forward, from TiE’s global network of mentors and investors.
Mentorship
Guidance from experienced entrepreneurs and mentors across TiE’s global network.
Pitch coaching
Practice and feedback that sharpen your story for judges and investors.
Visibility with investors
Showcase your startup to angels, venture capitalists and investors in the TiE network.
A path to the global stage
Chapter winners go on to regional finals and compete for a spot at the TiE Global finals.
Experienced entrepreneurs
Access to founders, executives and charter members who have built and scaled companies.
A community of women founders
Connections with women founders, leaders and investors that last beyond the competition.
TiE Women Phoenix 2026
Women founders pitched, refined and showcased their startups in front of mentors, judges and investors — and the chapter winner, Kelsey Denham, went on to the regional finals.
Mission and Vision
Our vision
To embrace, engage and empower women entrepreneurs across the globe, irrespective of the size of the enterprise, origin, standing or background.
Our mission
To help women founders in Greater Phoenix and throughout Arizona grow their companies through mentorship, visibility with investors and community, and to take their startups to TiE’s global stage.
The road to the global stage
TiE Women competitions run in chapter, regional and global rounds. Phoenix’s first TiE Women year was very successful: Kelsey Denham represented TiE Phoenix at the North America & Europe TiE Women Regional Finals.
1 · Phoenix chapter round
Women founders in Greater Phoenix and throughout Arizona pitch their startups. The chapter winner represents TiE Phoenix.
2 · Regional finals
Chapter winners pitch at the regional finals, such as North America & Europe, for a spot at the global finals.
3 · TiE Global finals
The strongest startups from every region compete on TiE’s global stage.
startups on stage across TiE Women and other tracks
chapter winners at the TiE Women regional finals
VC groups, angels and investors in attendance
TiE Phoenix members who took part
TiE Phoenix, on the TiE Women North America & Europe Regional Finals
Apply to TiE Women Phoenix
Leading a women-founded startup in Greater Phoenix? Tell us you’re interested and we’ll send you the details for the next cycle.
TiE Women
TiE Women Phoenix is part of TiE Women, TiE’s global initiative to embrace, engage and empower women entrepreneurs. Founders can take their startups from Phoenix to TiE Women’s global stage.
Photographs from the TiE Women Phoenix competition, 2026.