Female Founders

“I would like to be remembered as someone who was not afraid to do what she wanted to do, and as someone who took risks along the way in order to achieve her goals.”

-Sally Ride, Physicist, NASA Communicator and Astronaut

Nearly $40 billion was invested in companies with at least one female founder, representing 17 percent of invested dollars in the year!

50 FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS

1. Cindy Mi, CEO & Co-Founder of VIPKID
   Total funding amount: $825 million
2. Nicky Goulimis, COO & Co-Founder of Nova Credit
   Total funding amount: $19.4 million
3. Jasmine Crowe, CEO & Founder of Goodr
   Total funding amount: $1.1 million
4. Emily Weiss, CEO & Founder of Glossier
   Total funding amount: $186.4 million
5. Julia Collins, CEO & Co-Founder of Zume Pizza
   Total funding amount: $423 million
6.  Shan-Lyn Ma, CEO & Co-Founder of Zola
   Total funding amount: $140.8 million
7. Anne Wojcicki, CEO & Co-Founder of 23andMe
   Total funding amount: $786 million
8. Lisa Skeete Tatum, CEO & Co-Founder of Landit
   Total funding amount: $17.6 million
9. Ritu Narayan, CEO & Co-Founder of Zum
   Total funding amount: $67 million 
10. Heidi Zak, Co-CEO of ThirdLove
    Total funding amount: $68.6 million
11. Total funding amount: €53.9 million
12. Anne Boden, CEO & Founder, of Starling Bank
    Total funding amount: £233 million
13. Yunha Kim, CEO & Founder of Simple Habit
    Total funding amount: $12.6 million
14. Yeva Hyusyan, CEO & Co-Founder of SoloLearn
    Total funding amount: $6.9 million
15. Arum Kang, CEO & Co-Founder of Coffee Meets Bagel
    Total funding amount: $31 million
16. Steph Korey, CEO & Co-Founder of Away 
    Total funding amount: $107.5 million
17. Reshma Saujani, CEO & Founder of Girls Who Code
    Total funding amount: $6.5 million
18. Payal Kadakia, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder of Classpass
    Total funding amount: $239 million
19. Rosanna Myers, CEO & Co-Founder of Carbon Robotics
    Total funding amount: $3.4 million 
20. Neeti Mehta, Senior Vice President Brand Strategy & Culture Architect & Co-Founder for Automation Anywhere
    Total funding amount: $550 million
21. Anita Finnegan, CEO & Founder of Nova Leah
    Total funding amount: €2.8 million
22. Tina Sharkey, CEO & Co-Founder of Brandless
    Total funding amount: $292.5 million
23. Jessica Richman, CEO & Co-Founder of uBiome
    Total funding amount: $109.9 million
24. Michelle Zatlyn, COO & Co-Founder of CloudFare
    Total funding amount: $332.1 million
25. Shreya Misha, CEO & Co-Founder of Flyrobe
    Total funding amount: $10.7 million
26. Marah Lidey, Co-CEO & Co-Founder of Shine
    Total funding amount: $8.3 million
27. Mariam Naficy, CEO & Founder of Minted
    Total funding amount: $297.1 million
28. Sheila Gujrathi, M.D., COO & Co-Founder of Gossamer Bio
    Total funding amount: $330 million 
29. Cristina Junqueira, VP of Branding & Business Development & Co-Founder, NuBank
    Total funding amount: $707.6 million 
30. Michelle Cordeiro Grant, CEO & Founder of WearLively
    Total funding amount: $15 million
31. Georgina Gooley, Co-Founder of Billie
    Total funding amount: $35 million
32. Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO & Co-Founder of Promise
    Total funding amount: $3.1 million
33. Benedetta Arese Lucini, CEO & Co-Founder of Oval Money
    Total funding amount: $7 million
34. Morgan DeBaun, CEO & Co-Founder of Blavity
    Total funding amount: $9.4 million
35. Afton Vechery, CEO & Co-Founder of Modern Fertility
    Total funding amount: $7 million
36. Josefin Landgard, COO & Co-Founder of KRY
    Total funding amount: €79.1 million
37. Tracy Lawrence, CEO & Co-Founder of Chewse
    Total funding amount: $33.9 million
38. Anda Gansca, CEO & Co-Founder of Knotch
    Total funding amount: $34.3 million
39. Jessica Mah, CEO & Co-Founder of inDinero
    Total funding amount: $9.9 million
40. Kelly Peng, CEO & Co-Founder of Kura Technologies
    Total funding amount: $1.5 million
41. Lisa Falzone, CEO & Co-Founder of Athena Security
    Total funding amount: $100K
42. Mariya Nurislamova, CEO & Co-Founder of Scentbird
    Total funding amount: $28.4 million
43. Karime German, Internal Ops Manager & Co-Founder of Grin Scooters
    Total funding amount: $72.7 million
44. Maha Achour, CEO & Co-Founder of Metawave
    Total funding amount: $17 million
45. Aba Schubert, CEO & Co-Founder of Dorae
    Total funding amount: $50 million
46. Allison Robinson, CEO & Founder of The Mom Project
    Total funding amount: $10.6 million
47. Annie Tao, VP of Operations & Co-Founder of Horizon Robotics
    Total funding amount: $700 million
48. Christine Spang, CTO & Co-Founder of Nylas
    Total funding amount: $30 million
49. Edith Harbaugh, CEO & Co-Founder of LaunchDarkly
    Total funding amount: $76.3 million
50. Sandy Jen, CTO & Co-Founder of Honor
    Total funding amount: $115 million

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More female founders to recognize:

These are more female founders in the tech industry who started innovative companies and changed our thoughts and how we engage with technology.

• Jennifer Pahlka, Code For America
• Michelle Zatlyn, CloudFlare
• Elisabet de los Pinos, Aura Biosciences
• Julia Hartz, Eventbrite
• Cynthia Breazeal, Personal Robots Group
• Kimberly Dillon, House of Mikko
• Caterina Fake, Flickr
• Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe
• Dina Kaplan, blip.tv
• Birame Sock, Third Solutions
• Pooja Sankar, Piazza
• Jessica Mah, InDinero
• Michelle You, Songkick
• Sheryl Sandberg, Leanin.org
• Tracy Sun, Poshmark
• Janet Oganah, Attica Communications
• Reshma Saujani, Girls Who Code
•  Privahini Bradoo, Blue Oak

WHAT WE DO WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY SHOW GIRLS THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CAN AND SHOULD BE VALUED.

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Take a look at an inspirational organization named “WTF”, for women who dream about entering the technology field as well as articles about female role models in the tech industry on the “Code Like a Girl” website.

{1} Retrieved from: https://code.likeagirl.io/15-quotes-from-women-in-tech-that-will-inspire-you-773d4aeb6ae5

{2} Crunchbase Research. 2019. Retrieved from: https://about.crunchbase.com/blog/50-female-entrepreneurs-list/ .

{4} Retrieved from: http://10years.firstround.com/.

{3} Hess, M. (2011). Huffington Post. Retrieved from: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/female-tech-founders_n_916751?ref=women-in-tech&guccounter=1&slideshow=true#gallery/5bb387e2e4b0fa920b9b786d/12.