Aotearoa New Zealand · Est. 2026 · Women founders
Brilliant minds.Unruly ambition.
A private circle for women building companies meant to be significant. Not everyone is ready for it. Read on, and decide if you are.
In eighteenth-century Britain, women gathered to talk ideas in rooms the institutions would not open to them.
They were called the Bluestockings. It was meant as an insult.
We take it as a compliment.
Different century.
Different ventures.
The same refusal to make ourselves smaller.
Before you apply
Know what you are signing up for.
- I.
You will be asked for your numbers. Not your vision. Your numbers.
- II.
If your plan is too small, someone will say so. Out loud.
- III.
Take more than you give, and you will not last here.
- IV.
Playing down a win is not modesty here. It is a waste.
- V.
And on the hard days, you will not be alone.
If that sounds like too much, this isn't your room yet.
If it sounds like relief, read on.
This is not a room for comfort.
It is a room for consequence.
Who it's for
Women in Aotearoa building companies meant to scale — across the country, across Asia-Pacific, across the world.
Bootstrapped or backed, from first idea to scale-up. And the operators, investors and mentors who want to help them get there.
The terms
We take our ideas seriously. We take one another seriously, too.
Bring the real version.
Not the pitch. The problem you're actually stuck on.
What's said here stays here.
Candour depends on discretion.
Contribute.
Share what you know, make the introduction, answer the question.
Challenge the idea, never the ambition.
Question each other's assumptions, never each other's right to aim high.
Membership is by application
If you're ready, apply.
Every application is read by a person. If it's a fit, you'll receive a private invitation to the Bluestockings WhatsApp circle within 5 days.