Female Founders

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. Melanie Fellay is the...

Michele Heyward, Founder and CEO of Positive Hire, is on a mission to create inclusive workplaces for underrepresented women in STEM.

In this Q&A, Casey Means shares her inspiration behind starting a metabolic health company, Levels, and the most valuable lessons she’s learned as the co-founder of a company.

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.

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

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

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.

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