Dr. Libbi Finnessy is the Founder & CEO of Gem Healthcare LLC. Tell us about your company. What inspired you to start it? As you may see, I run a dental practice in Bellevue, WA. After a few trips to Guatemala doing my own dental mission, in early 2018 I founded GEM Healthcare LLC. GEM […] [...]
Focus on Highly Scalable Startups Founded by Women and Non-Binary Individuals. Today we are proud to announce the Ready Set Raise Class of 2020. Eight outstanding companies were selected to participate in an eight week program that kicks off today. The teams will work one-on-one with specially selected mentors and investors to refine their pitch […] [...]
Seven months ago, our lives were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, we have clear evidence that the brunt of its economic impact in the United States has been borne by women. Last month, 865,000 women left the workforce – four times more than the equivalent number of men. Venture funding for women-founded companies has […] [...]
Kristina McCann is the Founding Broker of Chroma Realty. Tell us about your company. What inspired you to start it? The real estate industry is stale. I repeat: the real estate industry is stale. I began this company with multiple missions. First, to stop ‘agent abuse’, which is the chipping away at commission through nicks […] [...]
Raven Smith is the Co-Founder of Cousin Craze. Tell us about your company. What inspired you to start it? Zora and I always wanted a YouTube channel. So, one day we were talking and we thought about the fun we always have and decided we should have a cousin-themed show on YouTube to show everyone. […] [...]
Lu Cysewski is the Co-Founder & CEO of coolperx. Tell us about your company. What inspired you to start it? We provide conscientious branded merchandise to our corporate clients. It’s important for us to offer products that help our clients engage with their audience, make the recipient feel great (because isn’t that what gift-giving is […] [...]
Larissa is Employee No. 1 at Brex, a partner* of FFA. Tell us about the professional journey that took you where you are today. What major lessons did you learn along the way? I grew up in the northeast of Brazil, in a state called Alagoas. My family has been there producing sugar out of […] [...]
Caden Lorenzini was an intern for the Female Founders Alliance. She is currently studying Political Science and Sociology at Villanova University. Can you tell us a little bit about your background? I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington where I grew up with my parents Robin and Court and my two sisters, Sierra and […] [...]
Linda Chen is the Founder of Baby Monster Group. Tell us about your company. What inspired you to start it? Several years ago, I took my daughter, who was almost four years old, to shop for her birthday present. At that age, she usually willingly accepted my suggestions. But, when I suggested getting some Lego […] [...]
Rukudzo Gawa was an intern for The Labz. He is currently studying Math & Computer Science at Kalamazoo College. Can you tell us a little bit about your background? I am from Harare, Zimbabwe. I grew up in a low-income family that worked hard to take me through half of High School where I later […] [...]
