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PEWIN vs Renaissance Weekend
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Verified September 2026
Invitation-only community
Verified September 2026 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
Invitation-only community
Renaissance Weekend
Innovators, thought leaders and rising figures from many fields, attending with their families
What the records say
- Role or title: 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; Renaissance Weekend: No published role or title.
- Gender: PEWIN: Women investment professionals; Renaissance Weekend: No published gender.
- 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; Renaissance Weekend: No published industry restriction.
- Annual dues: PEWIN: Not publicly disclosed: PEWIN publishes no dues, fees or pricing on any public page; Renaissance Weekend: Not applicable; Renaissance Weekend charges per weekend rather than annual dues, though no figure is published..
Side by side
| PEWIN | Renaissance Weekend | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Invitation-only community | Invitation-only community |
| Founded | 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.) | 1981 (Founded in 1981 by Linda and Philip Lader, later US Ambassador to the Court of St James's. The first gathering was a four-day New Year's house party on Hilton Head Island shared by 60 families.) |
| Headquarters | United States | Charleston, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Nineteen regional chapters across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia; members in 30-plus countries | Weekends are held at resort locations, mostly in the United States; the 2026-27 calendar covers Monterey, Charleston, Santa Barbara and Banff in Canada |
| Members | 1,800as of September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed. Renaissance Weekend has participants rather than standing members and publishes no roster size; it states that more than 160 weekends have been held since 1981. |
| Chapters | 19 | No chapters. Roughly four weekends are held each year at rotating locations. |
| Primary audience | Senior women investment professionals in private equity, venture capital, private credit and value-added infrastructure or energy, on both the GP and LP sides | Innovators, thought leaders and rising figures from many fields, attending with their families |
| Typical member | 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. | Participants are described as national authorities, distinguished professionals and rising stars of all ages from diverse fields. Past attendee categories listed by the organisation include Nobel laureates, Supreme Court justices, governors and senators, chief executives, venture capitalists, Pulitzer prizewinners, Olympic champions, surgeons, novelists, filmmakers, teachers and social workers. |
| Qualification | ||
| Role or title | 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 ↗ | No published role or title |
| Gender | Women investment professionalsPEWIN describes itself as a network of the most senior women in private equityverified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published gender |
| 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 ↗ | No published industry restriction |
| Invitation required | Yes | Yes |
| Sponsor required | Yes | Yes |
| Application process | 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. | The normal route is nomination by a past participant, through a process the organisation describes as confidential; the Lader family and the executive team also extend direct invitations. A limited number of others may be admitted after writing to the organisation with a bio or link evidencing professional contribution, a statement of interest and of the subject matter they could speak to, one personal reference (preferably a past participant), and confirmation that they have read and will comply with the confidentiality policies. Invited guests then choose which weekend to attend and are asked to register at least two months in advance so the programme can be built around them. |
| Selectivity | 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. | Not publicly disclosed. Renaissance Weekend publishes no acceptance rate or attendance figures per weekend. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | Not publicly disclosed: PEWIN publishes no dues, fees or pricing on any public pageverified September 2026 · source ↗ | Not applicable; Renaissance Weekend charges per weekend rather than annual dues, though no figure is published.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | Lodging is booked separately from the weekend fee. All costs are participant-supported and no figure is published outside the invitee portal. |
| Event costs | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed. "Because Renaissance Weekends are invitation-only, details about fees are available to confirmed invitees once they log in to the participant portal." The organisation states it takes no outside or corporate funding and that all costs are participant-supported.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Membership term | Not documented | Per weekend; there is no standing membership, though the organisation describes long-time regulars returning across four decades |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Regional chapter dinners and gatherings through the year, plus industry panels, LP spotlights and CIO roundtables | Approximately four weekends a year, currently Labor Day, New Year's, Presidents' Day and July 4th |
| Peer forums | Regional chapters and topic roundtables, including a CIO roundtable; no published small-group forum system | Participant-led panels, seminars, workshops and roundtables, with the programme assembled from registered participants' backgrounds |
| Confidentiality | Could not be independently verified: no published confidentiality policy was found | Off-the-record format with published confidentiality and intellectual property policies that participants must agree to comply with |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Three to four days per weekend attended |
| Organized as | Chapter-based, Event-focused | Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Partial | Partial |
| Local chapters | Yes | No |
| Virtual membership | No | No |
| Online community | Yes | Partial |
| Member directory | Yes | Partial |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Partial | Yes |
| Leadership development | Yes | Partial |
| Retreats | Not documented | Yes |
| Travel | No | Yes |
| Family programming | No | Yes |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | Yes |
| Next-generation programming | Partial | Yes |
| Investment discussions | Yes | Partial |
| Investment opportunities | Partial | No |
| Philanthropic component | Yes | Partial |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | High |
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