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#Female Founders

Entrepreneurs
7 min read

Unusual Ventures Partner Sandhya Hegde On Entrepreneurship And Breaking Into Venture Capital

The Crunchbase “Female Founder Series,” is a series of stories, Q&As, and thought-leadership pieces from glass-ceiling-smashers who overcame the odds to found and lead at successful companies and VC firms....

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

Birds of a Feather: Why Lauren Rosenthal’s Recommendation App is Taking Off

This article is part of the Crunchbase Community Contributor Series. The author is an expert in their field and a Crunchbase user. We are honored to feature and promote their contribution...

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Women

Female Founders
8 min read

CEO Of TheVentureCity On Diversifying The Startup Ecosystem

Since Gonzalez-Estefani founded TheVentureCity, 50 percent of its leadership positions have been filled by women, and its 30-plus employees boast 17 different nationalities. Her co-founder, Clara Bullrich, is also a female hispanic entrepreneur from the banking world.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
8 min read

Income Insurance For All: Asteya CEO Alex Williamson On Insurance Products That Fit The Way We Work Today

This article is part of the Crunchbase Community Contributor Series. The author is an expert in their field and a Crunchbase user. We are honored to feature and promote their contribution...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
7 min read

Crypto and Change: How Cecilia Chapiro is Creating Social Impact with Venture Funding

Cecilia Chapiro, Yunus & Youth Founder and Investment Adviser at UNICEF Ventures, is leveraging venture funding and cryptocurrencies to drive long-lasting social impact.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Women

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

Cammila Yochabell, CEO And Founder Of Jobecam, On Transforming Workplace Diversity

Cammila Yochabell is the CEO and Founder of Jobecam, a platform for blind video interviews that aims to make the hiring process more agile, efficient, and fair.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Diversity
5 min read

Female Investors Aim To Reverse Alarming Decline In Women’s Economic Participation

How Women Invest is a direct remedy for the disproportionate effects being felt by women in our challenging economy.

Heather Jerrehian and Nicole DeMeo, How Women Invest

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

5 Signs Of Progress For Women Raising VC Funding

Here are five key themes that have given me substantive hope that we will finally start to see positive momentum for female founders.

Doreen Bloch, CEO of Lucky Analytics and ELLEMENT

Entrepreneurs
8 min read

Making Work Human: Automation Anywhere Co-Founder Neeti Mehta Shukla On People, Culture And The Future Of Work

In this Q&A, Mehta Shukla shares why she started Automation Anywhere, her advice for other founders, and the most valuable lessons she’s learned throughout her career.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
3 min read

Sales & Startups: Jessica Cunningham’s Path to Bloomberg

Jessica Cunningham, Director of Business Development at Bloomberg Second Measure, is building out the leading provider of data analytics.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

How Lolita Taub is Making Returns by Investing in Underestimated Founders

Lolita Taub, Co-Founder and General Partner of The Community Fund, is making venture funding more equitable for underestimated founders.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Female Founders
6 min read

How Nithya Thadani Is Bringing Voice Technology To Deskless Workers

Nithya Thadani is the CEO of RAIN, an industry leader in voice and conversational AI. After building her career in investment banking and innovation, Thadani moved to voice technology in 2016, and RAIN’s story in voice began.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
15 min read

9 South Asian Female Entrepreneurs Changing the Game

At Neythri, a community created by and for South Asian womxn, our goal is to shine a spotlight on female leaders who have been overlooked.

Pranavi Cheemakurti, Investor at Acceleprise

Entrepreneurs
4 min read

AgentSync’s Jenn Knight On Diversity, Community And Finding Investors Who Share Your Values

As co-founder and CTO of AgentSync, Jenn Knight is building the tools and infrastructure powering the insurance industry.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
6 min read

Wealth As Financial Wellness: The Beans CEO Melissa Pancoast On How Tech Can Bridge The Gap

In this Q&A, Pancoast shares insights into her journey founding The Beans, why we need to treat financial wellness as a health problem, and her advice for other entrepreneurs.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

Perseverance, Empathy And A Sense of (Dry) Humor: Asoka Dissanayake Shares Valuable Career Lessons

In this Q&A, Asoka Dissanayake shares her less-than-linear career path and how perseverance, empathy, and a sense of (dry) humor have contributed to her success.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
5 min read

Passion for Podcasts: How Lindsay Tjepkema is Empowering Brands To Rewrite The Content Marketing Playbook

Lindsay Tjepkema, CEO and co-founder of Casted, a content marketing platform built around B2B brand podcasts, is a marketer at heart. She started her career in the discipline and rose through the ranks before taking off her marketer’s hat to become a SaaS founder.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

How Cleo’s Dr. Chitra Akileswaran Is Building Better Workplaces For Parents

The Crunchbase “Female Founder Series,” is a series of stories, Q&As, and thought-leadership pieces from glass-ceiling-smashers who overcame the odds and are now leading successful companies. Dr. Chitra Akileswaran, MBA,...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
7 min read

Plenty’s Shireen Santosham on her Eclectic Career & Passion for Mission-Driven Companies

Shireen Santosham is head of strategic initiatives at Plenty, an indoor vertical farming company that delivers fresh, flavorful, and pesticide-free produce.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase