The Female
Founder
Fellowship.

A vetted, dues-paying fellowship of women building consequential companies — across CPG, services, tech and hospitality. Founded by Jess Peters & Larysa Nakonecznyj. Small rooms. Big table.

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CHAPTER · 02
Where
founders
become
fellows.

A founder builds alone. A fellow never does. The distinction is the point — and it's what every woman in this room has earned.

235
Founding fellows
Vetted. Dues-paying.
01 / 04
11
Cities worldwide
New York to Lagos.
02 / 04
08
Industry verticals
CPG to hospitality.
03 / 04
100%
Applications read by us
Every one. Personally.
04 / 04
AS FEATURED INForbesThe CutFast CompanyBloombergVogue BusinessInc.TechCrunchArchitectural Digest
§ CHAPTER THREE · THE CODE · FOUR PILLARS
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§ The Code
Friendship.
Mentorship.
Partnership.
Fellowship.
“The Fellowship is held together by four pillars. Break one, and the whole thing collapses.”
— JESS PETERS & LARYSA NAKONECZNYJ, FOUNDERS
THE FOUR PILLARSEST. 2026
PILLAR · No. 01
Friendship.
AUTHENTICITY · VULNERABILITY · TRUST
A FELLOW —
Comes as she is.
No faking it. No pretending to be anything you aren’t. We meet each other honestly — the wins, the wobbles, the works-in-progress. You bring the full self. We bring ours.
PILLAR · No. 02
Mentorship.
INTRODUCTIONS · REFERRALS · LADDER DOWN
A FELLOW —
Connects the dots.
Makes intros. Gives referrals. Sends the lead, opens the door, forwards the email. Every fellow mentors one chapter below her. Generosity is the dues.
PILLAR · No. 03
Partnership.
AMBITION · VISION · SCALE
A FELLOW —
Dreams big.
Has big goals, bigger vision. Goes where others don’t. We don’t shrink our ambitions to make the room comfortable — and we don’t let each other shrink ours either.
PILLAR · No. 04
Fellowship.
HONESTY · DISCRETION · FOLLOW-THROUGH
A FELLOW —
Holds integrity.
No over-selling. No over-promising. No over-compromising. We say what we mean and do what we said. What’s said at the table stays at the table. Receipts live longer than applause.
Signed, every one of us.
THE FELLOWSHIP CODE · v.1
§ Verticals
Eight rooms.
One table.
↓ Filter fellows by industry
CPG
Food & Beverage
Pantry brands, CPG snacks, functional drinks, better-for-you.
047 FELLOWS ↗
CPG
Beauty & Personal Care
Skincare, haircare, color, fragrance, wellness rituals.
039 FELLOWS ↗
CPG
Home & Lifestyle
Homegoods, scent, tabletop, textiles, small-batch objects.
022 FELLOWS ↗
CPG
Fashion & Apparel
Ready-to-wear, accessories, intimates, modern heritage.
028 FELLOWS ↗
SERVICES
Marketing & PR
Agencies, fractional CMOs, brand studios, creative shops.
034 FELLOWS ↗
SERVICES
Professional
Legal, finance, HR, ops — the scaffolding that scales companies.
019 FELLOWS ↗
TECH
Tech & Software
SaaS, marketplaces, consumer tech, AI tooling for operators.
031 FELLOWS ↗
HOSPITALITY
Hospitality & Experiences
Restaurants, hotels, events, members clubs, wellness studios.
015 FELLOWS ↗
§ Chapters · not revenue bands
We sort by chapter, not by dollars.

Revenue bands lie. The woman at $90K with two kids and a kiln is often the one you want at your table. We sort by where you are in the journey.

01
Seedling
Pre-launch
Still inside the idea. Building the first thing in public or in private.
02
First Chapter
Year 1
Launched. Learning what the market actually wants to pay for.
03
Momentum
Year 2–3
Repeatable revenue. Hiring the first real team. Systems over heroics.
04
Compounding
Year 4–6
Category-shaping. Press stops being surprising. You are a reference.
05
Legacy
Year 7+
The sherpa stage. You pull the rope back down for the next founder.
§ Membership
Three chairs.
One table.
01 · CIRCLE
The Circle
For Seedling & First-Chapter founders.
$1,800
per year
  • Members-only Slack with industry channels
  • Monthly cohort roundtables (8–12 founders)
  • Quarterly virtual masterclass series
  • Press opportunity queue
  • Two in-person event invitations per year
Most chosen
02 · TABLE
The Table
For Momentum & Compounding founders.
$4,800
per year
  • Everything in The Circle
  • Mentor matching — two 1:1s per quarter
  • 150+ member-only events, chapter-wide
  • Annual two-day retreat (North America)
  • Curated intros — investors, press, operators
  • Private dinners in your home city
03 · CHAIR
The Chair
For Legacy founders who pull the rope back down.
By nomination
  • Everything in The Table
  • Stage + speaking platform at retreats
  • Shape programming for your vertical
  • Co-invest alongside fellow Chairs
  • Mentorship rotations with cohort members
A member in her own words —
“I raised my round at a Fellowship dinner. My lead was sitting two seats over.
— FELLOW · CPG BEAUTY · LOS ANGELES
§ Fellows · directory preview
A few women in the room.
12 / 235 · All verticals
AO
Amara Okafor
Fig & Fern
CPG · Momentum
Brooklyn
PV
Priya Venkatesh
Lume Ritual
CPG · Compounding
Los Angeles
SB
Sofia Benally
House of Adobe
CPG · First Chapter
Santa Fe
DP
Danielle Park
Kiln Studio
SERVICES · Momentum
Toronto
IW
Imani Walker
Ledger + Co.
SERVICES · Compounding
Atlanta
HL
Harper Lin
Tidepool
TECH · First Chapter
Austin
RA
Rosa Alvarez
Mesa Hospitality
HOSPITALITY · Momentum
Mexico City
NS
Naomi Sato
Kettle & Lark
CPG · Momentum
New York
§ Founded by
Two founders. Ten companies. One hunch.
JP
Co-founder
Jess Peters
Alpha Admissions & Eithio
I built two businesses looking for the room I wished existed. So we built it.

Jess built Alpha Admissions into a category-defining consultancy before founding Eithio. She has mentored hundreds of women through their first million in revenue and believes community is the most underpriced asset in founding.

LN
Co-founder
Larysa Nakonecznyj
Nako Creative Inc.
Fellowship over network. Network gets you a coffee. Fellowship gets you through Year Two.

Larysa founded Nako Creative, the studio behind some of North America's most-loved emerging CPG brands. She is known for a studio culture that rewires how women-led companies tell their own story.

§ A seat at the table
Where founders become fellows.