Invite & Approval Only: Founders & Funders ($500K–$10M+ ARR / Funding) 🕯️
Building a company is never easy. Building one as a woman often comes with an entirely different set of expectations, obstacles, and tradeoffs.
We're taking over a private atelier for an evening of candle-making and high-signal conversation among founders & funders—anchored by a fireside with Joy Wan, Founder & CEO of BestSign. Joy built BestSign (上上签) into one of Asia's leading e-signature and contract platforms, serving millions of enterprises (including 200+ Fortune 500 companies), hundreds of millions of users, processing billions of contracts, and raising more than $70M from investors including Tiger Global and 5Y Capital. Today, she's leading the company's evolution into AI-native trust infrastructure while taking a category-defining SaaS business across borders.
The format is intentionally intimate. You'll pour your own candle alongside a curated group of founders and investors, creating the kind of setting where every conversation has the opportunity to become a lasting relationship.
Then a fireside on:
- Building a category-defining SaaS company out of Asia—and scaling it globally
- The realities of building as a woman founder: navigating fundraising, leadership, and the challenges that often differ from those faced by male founders
- Reinventing an established business for the AI era while preserving the trust built over the past decade
- How BestSign earned the trust of 200+ Fortune 500 companies—and the enterprise GTM strategies behind winning and expanding global customers
- What meaningful sponsorship of women founders actually looks like—and how funders, operators, and allies can create more opportunities for the next generation
We'll close with an open AMA, followed by wine, bites, and plenty of time for conversation.
You'll leave with:
💡 Honest lessons from one of Asia's most accomplished SaaS founders
🤝 Meaningful relationships with founders & funders building at a similar stage
🕯️ A candle you poured yourself
🥂 A memorable evening centered on genuine connection, thoughtful conversation, and community
Speakers:Joy Wan, Founder, BestSign ($73.81M raised): Joy Wan is the Founder & CEO of BestSign (上上签), one of Asia's leading e-signature and contract platforms, now reinventing itself as AI-native trust infrastructure for the enterprise. Under her leadership, BestSign has raised $70M+ from investors including Tiger Global and 5Y Capital, and grown to serve millions of enterprises and hundreds of millions of individuals — processing billions of contracts to date. She's a rare woman founder building category-defining SaaS out of China and scaling it across borders, known for her perspective on cross-border growth and integrity-driven building. Today she's focused on the AI era of trust: making governance smarter, contracts intelligent, and the enterprise more connected.
Sophia Xiao, Founder, Managing Partner, Armaro Capital: Sophia Xiao is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Armaro Capital, a multi-family office and venture Fund of Funds that provides global investors with access to top-performing venture fund managers across Silicon Valley and New York. A builder, problem solver, and investor, Sophia focuses on identifying differentiated investment opportunities and backing emerging venture managers with the potential to generate outsized returns. Through Armaro Capital, she combines disciplined manager selection, aligned partnerships, and exclusive access to help global investors participate in the next generation of innovation. Passionate about expanding access to venture capital and supporting the entrepreneurs and investors shaping tomorrow's economy, Sophia is dedicated to building long-term value at the intersection of technology, capital, and global markets.
Brought to you by:Gunderson Dettmer:
Gunderson Dettmer is the preeminent international law firm with an exclusive focus on the innovation economy. The firm serves market-leading venture capital and growth equity investors and pioneering companies through inception, growth and maturity.
Gunderson Dettmer invites attendees to a 30-min intro call with Partner Sogoal Salari to discuss legal questions, available for one week after the event.
Sprinto:
Sprinto is the world's first Autonomous Trust Platform, detecting change across your posture, determining what's at risk, and acting across compliance, vendor risk, AI governance, and more — so your organization stays trustworthy without the operational chaos.
Get 25% off on your first year of compliance. Send us an email at startups@sprinto.com and put 'Supermomos' in the subject.
Private Founders & Funders Candle Artelier Night ft. BestSign Founder ($70M+ raised, 200 of Fortune 500 as clients) & Co-Founder of Armaro Capital
Speakers
Joy W.
Founder
$73.8M raised
BestSign
Sophia X.
Founder, Managing Partner
Armaro Capital
Wed, Jul 08, 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM (PDT)
Venue to be shown to approved guests (San Francisco)
25 attendees
Invite & Approval Only: Founders & Funders ($500K–$10M+ ARR / Funding) 🕯️
Building a company is never easy. Building one as a woman often comes with an entirely different set of expectations, obstacles, and tradeoffs.
We're taking over a private atelier for an evening of candle-making and high-signal conversation among founders & funders—anchored by a fireside with Joy Wan, Founder & CEO of BestSign. Joy built BestSign (上上签) into one of Asia's leading e-signature and contract platforms, serving millions of enterprises (including 200+ Fortune 500 companies), hundreds of millions of users, processing billions of contracts, and raising more than $70M from investors including Tiger Global and 5Y Capital. Today, she's leading the company's evolution into AI-native trust infrastructure while taking a category-defining SaaS business across borders.
The format is intentionally intimate. You'll pour your own candle alongside a curated group of founders and investors, creating the kind of setting where every conversation has the opportunity to become a lasting relationship.
Then a fireside on:
We'll close with an open AMA, followed by wine, bites, and plenty of time for conversation.
You'll leave with:
💡 Honest lessons from one of Asia's most accomplished SaaS founders
🤝 Meaningful relationships with founders & funders building at a similar stage
🕯️ A candle you poured yourself
🥂 A memorable evening centered on genuine connection, thoughtful conversation, and community
Joy Wan, Founder, BestSign ($73.81M raised): Joy Wan is the Founder & CEO of BestSign (上上签), one of Asia's leading e-signature and contract platforms, now reinventing itself as AI-native trust infrastructure for the enterprise. Under her leadership, BestSign has raised $70M+ from investors including Tiger Global and 5Y Capital, and grown to serve millions of enterprises and hundreds of millions of individuals — processing billions of contracts to date. She's a rare woman founder building category-defining SaaS out of China and scaling it across borders, known for her perspective on cross-border growth and integrity-driven building. Today she's focused on the AI era of trust: making governance smarter, contracts intelligent, and the enterprise more connected.
Sophia Xiao, Founder, Managing Partner, Armaro Capital: Sophia Xiao is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Armaro Capital, a multi-family office and venture Fund of Funds that provides global investors with access to top-performing venture fund managers across Silicon Valley and New York. A builder, problem solver, and investor, Sophia focuses on identifying differentiated investment opportunities and backing emerging venture managers with the potential to generate outsized returns. Through Armaro Capital, she combines disciplined manager selection, aligned partnerships, and exclusive access to help global investors participate in the next generation of innovation. Passionate about expanding access to venture capital and supporting the entrepreneurs and investors shaping tomorrow's economy, Sophia is dedicated to building long-term value at the intersection of technology, capital, and global markets.
Brought to you by:
Gunderson Dettmer:
Gunderson Dettmer is the preeminent international law firm with an exclusive focus on the innovation economy. The firm serves market-leading venture capital and growth equity investors and pioneering companies through inception, growth and maturity.
Gunderson Dettmer invites attendees to a 30-min intro call with Partner Sogoal Salari to discuss legal questions, available for one week after the event.
Sprinto:
Sprinto is the world's first Autonomous Trust Platform, detecting change across your posture, determining what's at risk, and acting across compliance, vendor risk, AI governance, and more — so your organization stays trustworthy without the operational chaos.
Get 25% off on your first year of compliance. Send us an email at startups@sprinto.com and put 'Supermomos' in the subject.
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