WIR
WIR Women Investing in Reindustrialization

100 of the top women in venture, reindustrializing together.

A private community of leading women investing in the sectors rebuilding the physical economy — from defense to manufacturing, energy, climate, and beyond. We meet monthly, off the record, and open doors for one another.

Our story
DefenseManufacturingEnergyClimateLogisticsRoboticsCritical MineralsSemiconductors DefenseManufacturingEnergyClimateLogisticsRoboticsCritical MineralsSemiconductors
~100
Top women in venture, and growing
Monthly
Gatherings — national, and virtual
Off record
Candid by design, every time
~20 → 100
From a handful in a room to a network
How it started

“Do you want to women with us?”

◆ Detroit · The first Reindustrialization Conference
The group that gathered at the first Reindustrialization Conference, Detroit 2023
Detroit, 2023 — where it started.

WIR began at the first Reindustrialization Conference in Detroit. Margaret Roth (Squadra Ventures) looked around a room full of men, found every woman she could — about twenty — and asked each one a simple, slightly cheeky question: did they want to “women” with us? Grab a drink, get to know each other, find the others.

Three years on, those twenty are roughly a hundred of the top women in venture, co-led by Margaret and Isabelle Styslinger (Revolution). We meet every month — now nationwide and virtual, closer and sharper each time.

DETROIT
~20 women meet over drinks.
SINCE
Monthly, off-the-record gatherings.
TODAY
~100 of the top women in venture.
Why we exist

The pie is vanishingly thin.

Women are a sliver of the capital, and a sliver of the founders, in exactly the sectors that will define the next economy. We're here to change the math.

~74%
of U.S. VC firms have no woman investing partner.
~6%
of U.S. venture deals go to all-women-founded teams.
<1%
of venture dollars reach women founders building in critical industries.

And yet firms with women writing the checks are 2.3× more likely to back women founders. The network is the lever. Sources: PitchBook (all-women teams ~1% of U.S. VC); climate-tech 0.4% (Trellis / PwC), 2024–2025.

Where we invest

The sectors rebuilding the physical economy.

Different industries, one through-line — and all women writing the checks.

Defense

Dual-use technology, autonomy, and the modernized supply chains underpinning national security.

Manufacturing

Re-shored production, factory automation, advanced materials, and industrial software.

Energy

Grid, nuclear, storage, and next-gen power — the capacity to run an economy that builds at scale.

Climate

Decarbonizing heavy industry and the hard-tech making clean production economically inevitable.

Logistics

Ports, freight, warehousing, and the supply-chain infrastructure that moves the physical economy.

+ Adjacent

Robotics, critical minerals, and semiconductors — the enabling layers across every sector above.

The room

Completely off the record.

Investors, operators, founders, and policymakers trade candid feedback on deals and sectors, and test theses in a room where nothing leaves it. Past guests include:

Palantir executives Assistant Secretary, U.S. Dept. of State Department of War Department of Energy Department of Homeland Security GPs of leading funds Founders of unicorn companies Operators scaling hard-tech

Have something the room should hear? We're always looking for speakers.

Get in touch

We'd like to meet you.

WIR grows through relationships, not applications. Tell us who you are and we'll find the right way to connect.

Women investing in these sectors
VCs, angels, fund principals, LPs, and operator-investors who share the mission.
Companies worth platforming
Founders building in defense, manufacturing, energy, climate, and beyond who we can help champion.
Allies & organizers
Anyone running events or panels — or looking to back and feature more women in these sectors — can use us as a resource.
Members

The member area is coming.

A private space for the directory, monthly events, shared deal flow, and resources. When you're ready, I can build a password-protected portal and wire it up.