Brodock Kate

Kate is General Partner of W Fund and CEO of Women 2.0, a global ecosystem that focuses on gender and representation in the startup and tech spaces.
The two decade combination of her operational experience in startups and her deep expertise on and central commitment to gender and representation has positioned her as an expert and leader on the creation and development of a more equitable future for our innovation economy.
Having worked with 1000s of women and underrepresented founders gives her invaluable insights into the structural improvements our global capital system needs to undergo in order to support their important success.
She’s also an EIR at LaunchNY, and a long-time mentor for Techstars.
She’s held prior roles as CMO of untapt, an AI-driven tech talent marketplace based in NYC, COO of atribute, a scaled-learning edtech solution, and Adjunct Professor in PR and Marketing at Syracuse University.
Kate has keynoted, spoken at and been featured in 100s of places, including SXSW (the early days!), Collision Conference, Fast Company, Fifteen Seconds, UNLEASH, Microsoft, IBM, MSNBC, Techcrunch, IBT, the BBC and Al Jazeera.
She holds BAs in Political Science and African American History from the University of Rochester, an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Marketing from Goizueta Business School at Emory University and an MA in International Relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
When she’s not doing all *that*, she’s a very non-professional (but adventurous!) athlete, an equally as non-professional musician, can be found outdoors in any weather?—?skiing, biking, hiking, sailing?—?loves a good meal with bubbly, craft beer and good friends, hilariousness and life.
Her husband is a startup-web-developer-turned-beer-guy and they live on a hops farm in Upstate New York with their two boys.
She can be found on Twitter at @just_kate.