Comparison · 12 material differences
All Raise vs PEWIN
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Verified September 2026
Networking organization
Verified September 2026 All Raise
Women and nonbinary investors working at venture capital firms, at associate level or above
Invitation-only community
PEWIN
Senior women investment professionals in private equity, venture capital, private credit and value-added infrastructure or energy — on both the GP and LP sides
What the records say
- Role or title — All Raise: Must work at a venture firm at associate level or above; PEWIN: Must hold the senior-most investment title available — managing director, partner, founder, chief investment officer or asset class head — or be a C-level or investor relations leader.
- Gender — All Raise: Open to women and nonbinary investors; PEWIN: Women investment professionals.
- Industry restriction — All Raise: No published industry restriction; PEWIN: Must work in private equity, venture capital, private credit and/or value-added infrastructure or energy; real estate and hedge funds are excluded.
- Annual dues — All Raise: $0 a year; PEWIN: Not publicly disclosed — PEWIN publishes no dues, fees or pricing on any public page.
Side by side
| All Raise | PEWIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Networking organization | Invitation-only community |
| Founded | 2018 (Launched in April 2018 by Cowboy Ventures' Aileen Lee together with a group of senior women investors, reported at the time as 34 co-founders) | 2008 (PEWIN's About page says the network was started by a group of twelve women and describes itself as 18 years old as of 2026; its New York chapter, the earliest listed, dates from 2008. Kelly Williams is the Founding Chair.) |
| Headquarters | United States | United States |
| Geographic footprint | United States; the community is national and largely virtual, with in-person events and an annual summit | Nineteen regional chapters across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia; members in 30-plus countries |
| Members | 1,300as of September 2026 | 1,800as of September 2026 |
| Chapters | Not applicable — All Raise has no chapter structure | 19 |
| Primary audience | Women and nonbinary investors working at venture capital firms, at associate level or above | Senior women investment professionals in private equity, venture capital, private credit and value-added infrastructure or energy — on both the GP and LP sides |
| Typical member | Members are investment professionals at venture firms — associate level and above — rather than founders or operators. All Raise's wider programming (such as its founder-facing work) reaches a broader audience, but community membership itself is restricted to investors. | Members hold the most senior investment titles available at their institutions: managing director, partner, founder, chief investment officer or asset class head, plus C-level and investor-relations leaders. PEWIN reports that 93% of members are at C-suite or partnership level, and that members' institutions manage more than $3 trillion. |
| Qualification | ||
| Role or title | Must work at a venture firm at associate level or aboveExcludes founders, operators and those below associate levelverified September 2026 · source ↗ | Must hold the senior-most investment title available — managing director, partner, founder, chief investment officer or asset class head — or be a C-level or investor relations leaderApplies to both GPs and allocatorsverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Gender | Open to women and nonbinary investorsverified September 2026 · source ↗ | Women investment professionalsPEWIN describes itself as a network of the most senior women in private equityverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Industry restriction | No published industry restriction | Must work in private equity, venture capital, private credit and/or value-added infrastructure or energy; real estate and hedge funds are excludedverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | Yes |
| Sponsor required | No | Yes |
| Application process | Eligible investors apply through All Raise's digital portal at portal.allraise.org. There is no fee and no published sponsorship or interview requirement; the eligibility statement — woman or nonbinary, at a venture firm, associate level or above — is the only stated gate. | There is no open application. A current member nominates a candidate through PEWIN's member portal, and the nomination is reviewed against the seniority, tenure and asset-class criteria. PEWIN says the process typically takes two to three weeks. Candidates who do not qualify at the time can be renominated later if their experience or role changes. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed — All Raise publishes eligibility criteria but no acceptance data | Not publicly disclosed as a rate. PEWIN publishes hard eligibility criteria and requires member nomination, and reports that 93% of members hold C-suite or partnership-level positions. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | $0 a yearCommunity membership is free; All Raise states there is no membership costverified September 2026 · source ↗ | Not publicly disclosed — PEWIN publishes no dues, fees or pricing on any public pageverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | All Raise is donor- and partner-funded rather than dues-funded. | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 |
| Programme fee | Not publicly disclosed — fees for the VC cohort programmes and the VC Summit are not published on the pages checkedverified September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed. No pricing of any kind appears on PEWIN's public pages. |
| Event costs | All Raise is donor- and partner-funded rather than dues-funded. | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 |
| Membership term | Not documented | Not documented |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Virtual events, roundtables and speaker series through the year, plus the annual All Raise VC Summit | Regional chapter dinners and gatherings through the year, plus industry panels, LP spotlights and CIO roundtables |
| Peer forums | Cohort programmes for venture investors alongside an open community platform; no confidential small-group forum system is published | Regional chapters and topic roundtables, including a CIO roundtable; no published small-group forum system |
| Confidentiality | Could not be independently verified — no published confidentiality policy was found | Could not be independently verified — no published confidentiality policy was found |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Virtual, Event-focused, Cohort-based | Chapter-based, Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Partial | Partial |
| Local chapters | No | Yes |
| Virtual membership | Yes | No |
| Online community | Yes | Yes |
| Member directory | Partial | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Partial | Partial |
| Leadership development | Yes | Yes |
| Retreats | No | Not documented |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | No |
| Next-generation programming | Partial | Partial |
| Investment discussions | Yes | Yes |
| Investment opportunities | No | Partial |
| Philanthropic component | No | Yes |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Medium |
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