Female Founders

Female Founders
7 min read

Canvas CTO Maria Telleria On Bringing Automation To Construction

The Crunchbase “Female Founder Series,” comprises stories, Q&As, and thought-leadership pieces from glass-ceiling-smashers who overcame the odds and are now leading successful companies. Maria Telleria is the co-founder and CTO...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
9 min read

Wheel Founder And CEO Michelle Davey On Improving Patient Access By Empowering Clinicians

In this Q&A, Wheel founder and CEO Michelle Davey shares her experience scaling a digital health company during the pandemic and guidance for founders on picking the right investors.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
5 min read

Duality Technologies Co-Founder And Chairwoman Rina Shainski On Innovation, Team Culture, And Preserving Privacy And Trust

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. Rina Shainski is the...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
6 min read

Paying It Forward: How One Female Co-Founder Aims To Make Tech More Inclusive To Women

We can create inclusive spaces where women can feel comfortable reaching out for help and guidance. All it takes is paying it forward.

By Karen Ho, Co-founder at Swiftly

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

How Botco.ai Co-Founder and CEO Rebecca Clyde Fought the Funding Battle as a Female, Latine Tech Leader

In this Q&A, Rebecca Clyde shares why it’s important to trust your gut, prepare yourself for rejection, and lean on grit, scrappiness, and resilience when starting a company.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
10 min read

Stark CEO Cat Noone on Accessibility, Design, and Leaving the World a Better Place

Cat Noone is passionate about ensuring everyone can access the world’s latest innovations. That’s why Noone co-founded Stark and developed a suite of tools designed to help make widely used software products more accessible.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
5 min read

How Leila Kashani Disrupted the Beauty Industry with an Anti-Beauty, Beauty Brand

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
5 min read

How Fabi Hubschmid is Connecting Small Businesses Around the World

Fabi Hubschmid is COO and co-founder of Markaaz, the world’s first global platform to verify and connect every small business on the planet and the network of partners that support them.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
7 min read

5 Steps To Ensure Your Return To Work Strategy Isn’t Excluding People From The Future Of Work

This is what business leaders can be doing make sure their industries equally include workers with disabilities, and those of all ages, backgrounds and family situations.

By Rachel Sheppard, Director of Global Marketing at the Founder Institute

Entrepreneurs
9 min read

Amanda Schutzbank on Investing in Highly Emotional, Values-led Brands

Since 2015, Schutzbank has worked in venture capital across two leading firms before starting her own, all focused on early-stage companies.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

After Diversifying Silicon Valley, Angela Benton is Tackling Data Ownership

A seasoned entrepreneur and tech executive, Angela Benton has successfully launched three companies. Her latest is Streamlytics, a next-generation data ecosystem that provides ethical, human-powered data, to democratize data collection that compensates consumers for opting in to share their data.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
11 min read

Women Leaders on How to Build an Inclusive Team Culture (at Any Company Size)

The following 12 women leaders have made inspiring strides in ensuring they meet the diverse needs within their teams, ultimately setting an example of upfront and ongoing effort.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Women

Female Founders
8 min read

Charu Noheria On Changing The Way The World Learns

Charu Noheria is the co-founder and chief operating officer of Practically. In 2018, she co-founded the company, an experiential learning app for STEM, and has been working to revolutionize the...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
7 min read

A New Model: How MOTHER SUPERIOR’s Jo Marini Is Redesigning VC

Jo Marini is the founder and CEO of MOTHER SUPERIOR, a venture and social purpose foundry that is redefining and redesigning venture capital.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

April Harris, Founder Of Keeping You Sweet, On Entrepreneurship And The Power Of Female Support

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...

Azizza Brinson, Media Relations & Strategy Specialist at Hotwire

Female Founders
8 min read

How Melanie Fellay From Spekit Is Upending The Way You Work

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Entrepreneurs
5 min read

Challenging Workplace Culture: Michele Heyward’s Mission for More Representation in STEM

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

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Women

Entrepreneurs
9 min read

Levels Co-Founder Casey Means On The Lessons She’s Learned As An Entrepreneur

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.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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

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

Female Founders

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