
Real Mamas™ of Crypto, AI, Digital Assets, Technology, Finance
For mamas building the future, and raising it.
A curated community of senior women across crypto, AI, emerging tech and finance who are also mothers. We keep the bar high, the conversation honest, and every interaction worth your time.
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About Real Mamas™ community
We built the
room we always knew we needed.
Real Mamas™ community started the way most good things do: out of a personal need that turned out to be everyone's. After coming back from maternity leave, our founder Joyce found herself doing what so many senior women do, quietly splitting herself in two. Serious professional in the room. Mother somewhere off to the side, never mentioned. As if the drive to build a career and the drive to raise a family came from different people, instead of the exact same one.
Here's the thing nobody says out loud: if you trained for an ultra marathon, no one would question the early mornings, the exhaustion, or the obsession. They'd call it dedication. Motherhood asks for all of that and more, and somehow you're supposed to keep it off your desk. That never made sense to us. So we built a place where it doesn't have to be that way: a room of women who are all-in on their careers and all-in on their families, and who never have to pretend otherwise.
Meet the founder
Joyce Lai
Real Mamas™ Founder. Fintech attorney, organizer of the Fordham Law Blockchain Regulatory Symposium, and mom of two.

Testimonials
Real words from Real Mamas
“We share the joys and challenges of motherhood while genuinely lifting each other professionally. Invaluable.”

“What sets Real Mamas apart is the caliber of women in it, founders, lawyers, investors, builders, all balancing ambitious careers and family. There's nothing else like it.”

What the room talks about
All the tabs you have open in your brain
- Job Opportunities
- Macro Economics
- Birth Stories
- AI
- Deal Flow
- Crypto
- Geopolitics
- Wellness
- Fundraising
- Sleep Training
- Career Pivots
- Childcare
- Board Seats
- IVF
- Hiring
- Regulation
The vetted community
Ways to be a part of the community
- Real Mamas - Base$199 / year
- Collaboration City - ProWaitlist open
Membership is by application and referral.
How to joinCollaboration City™
Deeper access, and a wider network.
Collaboration City™ residency is where Real Mamas™ community becomes a working network that reaches beyond the core community to move your work forward. It is for members who want an edge at work and at home. What is shared here stays here, and that confidentiality is part of what makes the access worth having.
The founding residency is full. Join the waitlist for the next intake.
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Sponsor and partner with us
Be part of what we're building. Not just a banner on it.
A collaborative partnership with a vetted audience of senior women in tech. Sponsor placements and a real seat at the table.
Become a sponsor or partnerEvents
How the room gathers
- VirtualMeet & GreetMeet & connect with the community
- VirtualBraintrust Office HourCC ExclusiveShare your work, solve problems together with confidentiality
- VirtualSpeaker SessionsCC ExclusiveLearn & network with leaders beyond Real Mamas
- VirtualCommunity TownhallConnect, share your wins
- IRLSummitAnnual community gathering
- IRLConference Meet-upsHang out with members at industry events
- VirtualCareer Day for KidsCC ExclusiveGive your kids an edge
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