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Prospective New Mother | GiGi McDowell

Features & Press

Selected features, conversations, and collaborations

My work has allowed me to step into rooms where creativity, leadership, and storytelling meet. I’m grateful for opportunities to share my journey, contribute to meaningful conversations, and collaborate with brands and platforms that value craft, intention, and representation.

From media features to brand collaborations and speaking opportunities, these are a few experiences reflecting the intersections of creativity, entrepreneurship, and community that shape my career.

Vanity Fair

In 2021, Fêtefully became one of the few Black women-owned companies to raise over $1 million in venture capital; behind-the-scenes, two entrepreneurs were dreaming big. GiGi McDowell had an idea: make planning a wedding less stressful. The longtime wedding planner from Dallas came up with a business plan for an online platform....

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Radhika Jones was joined by Audemars Piguet CEO of the Americas Ginny Wright, interior designer Brigette Romanek, and entrepreneur Gigi McDowell in celebration of inspiring intergenerational women and mentorship at the AP House Los Angeles.

PR Newswire

Black Owned and Female Founded Fêtefully Raises $1.3 Million in Funding

Middle Market Growth

Technology Personalizes the Wedding Planning Experience -- Weddings are back in a big way, with 2.5 million ceremonies expected this year. But where are all the industry’s investors?

Advocate Oak Cliff

With wedding-planning startup, Oak Cliff native is one of 98 Black female founders to raise $1 million

Dallas Business Journal

Event planning startup lands $1.3M seed round ahead of upcoming launch

Dallas Innovates

Three Dallas Startups Join Google for Startups’ Black Founders Fund Fêtefully, Safer Management, Inc. and XR Sports Group received a total of $300,000 in funds as three of 50 founders chosen for the program focused on boosting Black entrepreneurs leading high potential startups.

Dallas Innovates

Disrupt Dallas, an event celebrating minority founders and the North Texas diversity pipeline and entrepreneurial ecosystem, kicked off Dallas Startup Week. McDowell served as the Disrupt Dallas chair and was the mastermind behind the event that also included a talk with Morgan DeBaun, co-founder and CEO of the digital content company Blavity.

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