Comparison · 13 material differences
All Raise vs theBoardlist
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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
Networking organization
theBoardlist
Women executives seeking private and public company board seats, and the chief executives, investors and boards searching for candidates
What the records say
- Role or title: All Raise: Must work at a venture firm at associate level or above; theBoardlist: No published role or title.
- Gender: All Raise: Open to women and nonbinary investors; theBoardlist: The candidate pool was for women; theBoardlist described itself as connecting "highly qualified women across industries with private and public board opportunities".
- Annual dues: All Raise: $0 a year; theBoardlist: Not publicly disclosed.
Side by side
| All Raise | theBoardlist | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Networking organization | Networking organization |
| 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) | 2015 (Launched on 15 July 2015 as the first initiative of the #ChoosePossibility Project, founded by Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, per Wikipedia. theBoardlist's own site carried a "© 2018 theBoardlist" notice.) |
| Headquarters | United States | United States |
| Geographic footprint | United States; the community is national and largely virtual, with in-person events and an annual summit | An online marketplace, originally focused on the United States technology industry and later broadened across industries |
| Members | 1,300as of September 2026 | 5,000as of June 2020 |
| Chapters | Not applicable: All Raise has no chapter structure | No chapters; theBoardlist was a single online platform |
| Primary audience | Women and nonbinary investors working at venture capital firms, at associate level or above | Women executives seeking private and public company board seats, and the chief executives, investors and boards searching for candidates |
| 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. | Senior women executives nominated by chief executives, investors and other business leaders for board service. Candidates did not self-nominate: entry to the talent pool came through peer endorsement by a recommender in theBoardlist's community. |
| 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 ↗ | No published role or title |
| Gender | Open to women and nonbinary investorsverified September 2026 · source ↗ | The candidate pool was for women; theBoardlist described itself as connecting "highly qualified women across industries with private and public board opportunities"Recommenders and searching companies were not restricted by genderverified 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. | Women entered the candidate pool by being nominated by a recommender from theBoardlist's community of chief executives, investors and senior leaders. Nominated candidates were then encouraged to complete a profile and connect their LinkedIn account so that searching companies could find them. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed: All Raise publishes eligibility criteria but no acceptance data | Not publicly disclosed as a rate. theBoardlist reported that more than 1,400 executives had nominated more than 2,100 women by November 2017 and that it had influenced more than 100 board placements. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | $0 a yearCommunity membership is free; All Raise states there is no membership costverified September 2026 · source ↗ | Not publicly disclosed |
| 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 |
| 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 | No published meeting programme; theBoardlist listed events but its core function was the online marketplace |
| Peer forums | Cohort programmes for venture investors alongside an open community platform; no confidential small-group forum system is published | No forums |
| Confidentiality | Could not be independently verified: no published confidentiality policy was found | Not publicly disclosed |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Virtual, Event-focused, Cohort-based | Virtual |
| Confidential peer forums | Partial | No |
| Local chapters | No | No |
| Virtual membership | Yes | Yes |
| Online community | Yes | Partial |
| Member directory | Partial | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Partial |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Partial | Partial |
| Leadership development | Yes | Partial |
| Retreats | No | No |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | No |
| Next-generation programming | Partial | No |
| Investment discussions | Yes | No |
| Investment opportunities | No | No |
| Philanthropic component | No | No |
| Networking emphasis | High | Medium |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Low |
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