Female Founders

Entrepreneurs
8 min read

Inlightened’s Shelli Pavone on Impacting Health Care Through Diversity and Inclusion

Pavone shares why she founded Inlightened, and how a true commitment to diversity and inclusion in health care organizations is the only way to address the diverse needs of the patients they serve.

Shelli Pavone, Co-Founder & CEO of Inlightened

Female Founders
5 min read

Fresh Conversations: How Mia Pokriefka is Reimagining the Content Experience

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

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Female Founders
8 min read

A New Chapter: How Meha Agrawal is Harnessing the Power of Pen and Paper to Transform Self Care

Meha Agrawal, CEO and Founder of Silk + Sonder, is transforming the way people practice self care and mental wellness at home.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Female Founders
6 min read

How Marstone’s Margaret Hartigan is Creating Solutions for the Next Generation of Investors

Margaret Hartigan is the founder and CEO of digital investment platform Marstone. In this Q&A, she shares how finance piqued her interest, why she started Marstone, lessons learned along the way.

Margaret J. Hartigan, CEO & Founder of Marstone Inc.

Female Founders
6 min read

The Great Outdoors: How Tana Hoffman is Getting Womxn into Adventure Sports

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Entrepreneurs
7 min read

Introducing Neythri: A Community By and For South Asian Womxn

The South Asian diaspora, comprised of immigrants hailing from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives, is the largest in the world. Over 18 million citizens or...

Pranavi Cheemakurti, Investor at Acceleprise

Female Founders
6 min read

Building a Better Future: Rosario Casas’ Mission to Support Hispanic Founders and Technology Solutions

Rosario Casas, co-founder and CEO of XR Americas and co-founder and managing partner of BC Partners, is solving humanity’s most pressing problems through technology.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Entrepreneurs
8 min read

Work in the Time of Coronavirus

I founded Terawatt, an online marketplace, to make accessing career coaching easier and more affordable.

Francie Jain, Founder of Terawatt

Female Founders
5 min read

From Inspiration to Visualization: Randi Bushell’s Mission to Streamline Event Planning

Randi Bushell, co-founder and CEO of Merri, is bridging the gap between envisioning an event and bringing it to life.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Female Founders
8 min read

Coping & Communication: Nicole Lipkin’s Groundbreaking Work to Help Parents Teach Kids the Skills They Need

Nicole Lipkin, founder and CEO of HeyKiddo, is on a mission to make it easier for parents to talk to their kids.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Entrepreneurs
6 min read

A One-of-a-Kind Company: How Kim Kaupe is Creating the Kind of Experiences Superfans Are Really After

Kim’s fan engagement agency has helped over 100 of the world’s top entertainers and brands reach millions of their most loyal fans.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Female Founders
11 min read

PitchMe’s Dina Bayasanova on Tackling Bias in the Future of Work

Dina Bayasanova, CEO and Co-founder, PitchMe

Female Founders
9 min read

Female Founded & Funded: A Conversation with Fuel Capital and Autumn Adeigbo

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
7 min read

Rapid Scaling: How Jo Avent is Helping Companies Find the Talent They Need to Grow

Jo Avent, co-founder and Chief Strategy Office of TalentWall is transforming the way companies hire. TalentWall combines visual candidate management with beautiful, automated analytics dashboards to save recruiting teams time and speed up the hiring process.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Female Founders
6 min read

Dating Games: How Dani Fankhauser is Reinventing Online Dating

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Female Founders
8 min read

8 Low-Cost User Acquisition Strategies That Actually Work

No matter how incredible your product or service is, there’s no guarantee that potential users and customers will be aware that it exists.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Entrepreneurs
4 min read

A Trusted and Safe Digital Space: How Simmone Taitt is Disrupting the Maternal Healthcare Model

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Female Founders
6 min read

“Immediate and Impactful”: How Anna de Paula Hanika’s Game-Changing Tech Improves Health Outcomes for Low-Income Seniors

Anna de Paula Hanika, CEO and Co-Founder of Uno Health, is bridging a staggering gap in the healthcare industry.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn

Female Founders
6 min read

Teaching Girls to Love Their Curls: An interview with the Founder of Healthy Roots Dolls

Yelitsa Jean-Charles, founder of Healthy Roots Dolls, is on the entrepreneurial journey of a lifetime. But her success story started long before her now famous tweet--including a side-by-side picture of herself and her company’s product--offered joy to so many amid tumultuous times.

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

Female Founders
8 min read

Building a Better Workplace: Elizabeth Gulliver’s Mission to Support Working Parents

Elizabeth Gulliver, Co-Founder of Kunik, is building a community of support for working parents. When she became a mother, Elizabeth saw a need to help families struggling to integrate their careers and family.

Dreamers & Doers, A Private Collective for Entrepreneurial Womxn