#ChoosePossibility Project
List of Female Tech Founders & Growth CEOs
Below is a cross-section of female founders and growth CEOs and the companies they founded (current and former), who we reference in the #ChoosePossibility letter that was posted on Re/code earlier this week. This is just a small number of the thousands of women who have started tech companies to help highlight what is possible today.
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Name | Company(ies) Founded or Led (as CEO)
Aakanksha Gaur | FinchReviews
Aarthi Ramamurthy | Lumoid, True&Co
Addie Swartz | Reachire
Adi Tatarko | Houzz
Adora Cheung | Homejoy
Aihui Ong | Love With Food, EdgiLabs
Alex Cavoulacos | The Muse
Alex Constantinople | The Outcast Agency*
Alex Tryon | Artsicle
Alex Wolf | na2ure
Alexa von Tobel | LearnVest
Alexandra Weheda | Spice & Spoon
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson | GlamSquad, Gilt
Alexsis de Raadt St James | Merian Ventures
Alexis Maybank | Gilt
Alice Taylor | Stor Entertainment, MakieLab
Alison Chace | Pink Wisdom
Alison Pincus | One Kings Lane, Summer of Love
Allison Johnson | West
Amanda Pouchot | Levo League
Ami Shah | Peekapak
Amy Chang | Accompani
Amy Errett | Madison Reed
Amy Jain | BaubleBar
Amy Jo Martin | Digital Royalty
Amy Sheng | CellScope
An Coppens | Gamification Nation Ltd.
Anar Simpson | Parallel Earth
Anbu Anbalagapandian | Orange Harp
Anda Gansca | Knotch
Andrea Wildt | Full Circle CRM
Angela Cois | LastRoom, Roomio
Angela Starling | Wikia, Chalk Drop
Angie Chang | Women 2.0, Bay Area Geek Girls Dinner
Anica John | Sarva IP, Mashgin
Anisa Mirza | Giveffect
Anke Audenaert | JumpTime, Favrit Inc.
Ann Miura-Ko | Floodgate Capital
Ann Scott-Plante | Wello
Anna Santeramo | StyleBee
Anne Balduzzi | SameGrain, Inc., Accelerate Partners, LLC
Anne Bonaparte | Buzzsaw, MailFrontier, Tablus
Anne Raimondi | One Jackson
Anne Winblad | Hummer Winblad
Anne Wojcicki | 23andMe
Annie Chang | LOLapps, ButterCouple
Anu Duggal | F Cubed, Exclusively.In, The Tasting Room
Ariella Feldman | VIOLET GREY
Aslaug Magnusdottir | Moda Operandi, Tinker Tailor
Ayah Bdeir | littleBits
Barrie Seidenberg | Viator*
Bea Arthur | In Your Corner
Becky Splitt | Studyblue
Belinda Parmar | Lady Geek & Little Miss Geek
Beth Marcus | Playrific, EXOS
Bethanye McKinney Blount | MailRank
Bettina Chen | Roominate
Bindu Reddy | MyLikes
Bonnie Crater | Full Circle CRM
Brandee Barker | Pramana Collective
Brit Fitzpatrick | MentorMe
Brit Morin | Brit + Co
Brittany Hodak | ZinePak
Bryn McCoy | Citizen Made
Candice H. Brown Elliott | Nouvoyance, Clairvoyante, Triskon
Candice Peters | Hello Parent
Caren Maio | Nestio
Caroline Ghosn | Levo League
Caroline Gogolak | Carbon38
Caroline Walerud | Volumental
Carrie Kerpen | Likeable Media*
Caryn Marooney | The Outcast Agency
Caterina Fake | Flickr, Hunch, Findery
Catherine Levene | Artspace*
Catherine Spence | Pomello
Cathy Edwards | Chomp
Celine Semaan Vernon | Slow Factory
Chandini Ammineni | ActivityHero
Cher Wang | HTC
Cheryl Swirnow | Sherpaa
Cheryl Yeoh | Reclip.it, CityPockets, Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Center
Chia-Lin Simmons | Looky Loo
Chiara Jovanovic | Parentify
Chiu-Ki Chan | Monkey Write, Heart College
Christina Bognet | PlateJoy
Christina Carbonell | Primary
Christina Wallace | Quincy, BridgeUp: STEM @ AMNH
Christine Lemke | ChannelQ, Sense Networks, Evidation Health
Christine Souffrant | Vendedy Corporation
Christine Tsai | 500startups
Christy Wyatt | Good Technology
Cindy Padnos | Illuminate Ventures, Vivant Corporation
Claire Chambers | Journelle*
Clara Shih | Hearsay Social
Cynthia Kellogg | Gift Gather
Crista Freeman | Phin & Phebes Ice Cream
Dana Loberg | Movielala, Art Debutant
Danae Ringlemann | Indiegogo
Dani Fankhauser | ReadThisNext
Danielle Applestone | Other Machine Company, SnipeSwipe LLC
Danielle Morrill | Mattermark, Referly
Darlene Mann | Akoonu
Dawn Lepore | Drugstore.com*, Prosper
Debbie Sterling | GoldieBlox
Deborah Jackson | PlumAlley.co, Women Innovate Mobile, JumpThru
Debra Minoff | ScreenPrism
Dedra Chamberlin | Cirrus Identity
Deena Varshavskaya | Wanelo
Deepa Subramanian | Wootric
Deepti Sharma Kapur | FoodtoEat
Desiree Vargass Wrigley | GiveForward
Diana Williams | Joyus
Diane Greene | Vxteme, VMWare, Bebop
Donna Dubinsky | Numenta, Handspring, Palm
Donna Novitsky | Yiftee
Doreen Bloch | Poshly
Eileen Carey | Glassbreakers, Hear My Pitch
Eileen Gordon Chiarello | Barnraiser
Elena Krasnoperova | SimplyCircle
Elena Silenok | Clothia, Sputnik Mobile
Elisa Camahort | BlogHer
Elisa Steele | Jive Software*
Elisabeth Boonin | Rolltape
Elizabeth Holmes | Theranos
Elizabeth Yin | LaunchBit
Elizabeth Zaborowska | Bhava Communications
Ellen Siminoff | Shmoop*
Elli Sharef | HireArt
Eloise Bune | Gracious Eloise
Elyse Goldberg | CampusBolt
Ema Hussain | GraphScience, Enterprise Services
Emily Fallon Baum | Keyrious
Emma Mulqueeny | Rewired State, Young Rewired State; ERA4 Ltd.
Erica Douglass | Whoosh Traffic, Simpli Hosting, Market Vibe
Erin Fors | Cutline Communications
Erin McKean | Wordnik
Eunice Nuekie Cofie | Nuekie
Evgeniya Usmanova | CareLuLu
Falon Fatemi | Node.io
Fern Mandelbaum | Vista Venture Partners, Skyline Products
Francine Badia | Bonobos
Galina Fedorova | GOODdler
Galyn Bernard | Primary
Gayle Crowell | RightPoint
Galyn Bernard | Primary
Gillian Morris | Hitlist
Gin Nikoloff | Hire10
Gina Bianchini | Mightybell, Ning, Harmonic Communications
Gina Pell | Ginapple Studios, Splendora
Gina Trapani | LifeHacker, ThinkUp
Gisel Kordestani | Crowdpac
Grace Garey | Watsi
Gulnaz Khusainova | Easysize, Brameter, Youreserve, The Time Machine
Halle Tecco | Rock Health
Hayley Barna | Birchbox
Heather Holmes | TapGenes
Heather Marie | Shoppable
Heather Meeker Haas | Meeker Quinn
Heather Stephenson | Ideal Bite, Old School Media,
Heddi Cundle | myTab
Heidi Roizen | T/Maker
Heidi Messer | Linkshare, WorldEvolved, Collective[i]
Heidi Zak | ThirdLove
Helen Whelan | Success Television, MyPrimeTime
Holly Liu | Kabam
Ida Tin | Clue
Jade Wang | Sandstorm.io
Jaime Bancroft Gennaro | Neologic, LLC, Cornbread, LLC
Jalak Jobanputra| Future Perfect Ventures
Jane Barratt | GoldBean
Jane Park | Julep
Janelle Kellman | KitOrder
Janine Darling | STASH
Jeanette Cajide | Blurtt
Jeanne Pinder | ClearHealthCosts
Jen Bekman | 20x200
Jen Helms | Playmation Studios, Solution Dojo
Jennifer Aldoretta | Groove
Jennifer Dulski | The Dealmap
Jennifer Fleiss | Rent the Runway, Carter Admissions
Jennifer Fonstad | Aspect Ventures
Jennifer Hyman | Rent the Runway
Jennifer Lum | Adelphic
Jennifer Pahlka | Code for America
Jennifer Sharp | HDgreetings
Jennifer Tejada | Keynote Systems
Jennifer Yemu Li | Musefind
Jess Gartner | Allovue
Jess Lee | Polyvore
Jesse Draper | Valley Girl
Jessica Alter | FounderDating
Jessica Banks | RockPaperRobot
Jessica Greenwalt | CrowdMed, Pixelkeet, Jessica Greenwalt Design
Jessica Herrin | Stella and Dot, WeddingChannel.com
Jessica Lessin | The Information
Jessica Livingston | YCombinator
Jessica Mah | InDinero
Jessica Perilla | JPD Studio
Jessica Taylor | Rolltape
Jessie Arora | Embark Labs, TeacherSquare
Jessie Becker | InPress Technologies
Jill Salzman | The Founding Moms, The Founding Kit, Bumble Bells, Paperwork Media
Joanna Drake Earl | Core Ventures, CurrentTV
Joanna Shields | Tech City Investment Organisation
Joanna Weidenmiller | 1-Page*
Jodi Sherman Jahic | Aligned Partners
Jordan Gaspar | Accel Foods
Jody Vandergriff | WebDAM
Jory Des Jardins | BlogHer
Josefina Petrus | The Love of Chilies Limited (UG haftungsbeschränkt)
Joyce Kim | Soompi.com, SimpleHoney, Stellar.org
Julia Hartz | Eventbrite
Julie Allegro | Allegro Venture Partners
Julie Fredrickson | Stowaway
Julie Logan | Nutmeg
Julie Uhrman | OUYA
Julie Sygiel | Dear Kate
Julie Wainwright | The Real Real, Smartnow
Julie Yoo | Kyruus
Kadesha Thomas Smith | CareContent
Kara Parsons | Uneekee
Kara Swisher | Re/code, AllThingsD
Karen John | Heartwork
Karen Moon | Trendalytics
Kari Saitowitz | The Fitting Room
Kass Lazerow | Buddy Media, Golf.com
Kate Hao | Happy Mango Inc.
Kate Nelson | Ludicrum Labs
Kate O’Neill | [meta]marketer, KO Insights
Kate Sekules | Refashioner
Katherine Berry | Allocadia, Resonance Marketing
Kathryn Finney | digitalundivided*, TBF Group
Kathryn Minshew | The Muse
Katia Beauchamp | Birchbox
Katie Mitic | Sitch, Desktop.com
Katina Mountanos | Manicube
Katrin Scholz-Barth | Katrin Scholz-Barth Consulting
Katrina Lake | Stitch Fix
Kelechi Anyadiegwu | Zuvaa
Kellee Khalil | Loverly
Kelsey Doorey | Vow to be Chic
Keri Kandel | Unami Health
Kerry Cooper | Choose Energy*
Kim Chandler McDonald | KimmiC
Kim Gordon | Depict
Kim Kaupe | ZinePak
Kim Polese | Marimba, ClearStreet*, Spikesource*, CrowdSmart*
Kim Scott | Juice Software
Kimberly Bryant | Black Girls Code
Kimberlie Cerrone | Neurobiotechnologies, Tiatros
Kirsten Green | Forerunner Ventures
Kristen Koh Goldstein | Scalas, BlackOps, Loyalty Lab
Kristine Steuart | Allocadia, Resonance Marketing
Kyle Canepa | Modern Shift
Laney Whitcanack | BigTent
Lara Aldag | Higgle, The Aldag Group, LLC
Laura Ching | Tinyprints
Laura Fitton | oneforty
Laura Mather | Unitive
Laura Michelle Berman | Melon
Laura Vaughn | Sitting in a Tree, Blackbird RSVP
Laura Yecies | SugarSync, Inc.*, Catch.Com*, Context Engines
Lauren Flanagan | WebWare, BELLE Capital USA, Phenomenelle Angels Fund
Lauren Jupiter | Accel Foods
Lauren McLeod | Flightfox, Globetrooper
Lauren Mosenthal | Glassbreakers, MyCubbys LLC
Lauren Wyatt | GradeTrain
Leah Busque | TaskRabbit
Leah Culver | Grove, Pownce
Lecia Kaslofsky | FactBox
Leesa Soulodre | BluePedal Group, r3intell
Leila Janah | Sama Group, Incentives for Global Health
Lesa Mitchell | Merian Ventures
Leslie Bradshaw | Jess3
Lesley Gold | SutherlandGold Group
Leslie Ikemoto | Animeeple
Leura Fine | Laurel & Wolf
Lily Liu | Public Stuff
Limor Elbaz | Discretix, Aspect9, Peerlyst
Lina Chen | Nix Hydra
Lindsay Andrews | Mini Bar Delivery
Lisa Stone | BlogHer
Lisa Sugar | PopSugar
Lise Buyer | Class V Group
Liz Derr | Simularity, MiaVia
Liz Tilatti | ZipFit
Liz Wessel | Campus Job
Liz Whitman | Manicube, Lewis Albert LLC
Lorna Borenstein | Grokker
Lynda Weinman | Lynda.com, Ojai Digital Arts Center
Lynn Jurich | Sunrun
Madeline Parra | Twizoo
Maia Bittner | Rocksbox
Maisie Devine | Poacht, Inc.
Mamtha Banerjee | Magicflix
Maran Nelson | Clara Labs
Marcela Miyazawa | Wanderable
Maren Donovan | Zirtual
Margaret Lee | aParently
Margaret Tung | PareUp
Margit Wennmachers | The Outcast Agency
Marci Harris | POPVOX
Maria Seidman | Yapp
Maria Sipka | Linqia, Starfish Community Group, Cherry Group
Maria Thomas | Etsy*
Mariah Chase | ELOQUII, Send the Trend
Mariam Naficy | Minted, Eve.com
Marianna Boguslavsky | Boguslavsky & Co
Mariya Genzel | Saygent; YourTourBook
Marla Malcolm Beck | Bluemercury
Mary Ann Byrnes | Corsair Communications, Logictier, Citizen Sports
Mary Hodder | Dabble, Wellness Moble, Village
Mary Lou Jepsen | One Laptop per Child, Pixel Qi Corporation, MicroDisplay Corp
Mary Lou Song | FuelX, Ongo, Tokoni
Mary Trigiani | Spada
Masha Krol | Travelabulous
Mathilde Collin | Front
Maura Rodgers | Spinway, Strutta, Bootup, Perch
Mauria Finley | Citris Lane
Maxine Bedat | Zady
Meaghan Rose | Rocksbox
Meg Whitman | Ebay*
Megan Lamb | Cutline Communications
Megan Smith | PlanetOut*
Melania Galea | Catwalk15
Melanie Perkins | Canva
Melinda Byerley | Vendorsi, TimeShareCMO
Melinda Epler | Change Catalyst, Tech Inclusion,
Melissa McCreery | The Muse
Melissa Kwan | Flat World Applications
Melody McCloskey | StyleSeat
Michele Helene Cohen | Wabi Sabi Eco Fashion Concept
Michelle Miller-Edwards | MIX Marketing Strategies
Michelle Munson | Aspera
Michelle Norgan | Blink
Michelle Peluso | Travelocity*, Site59
Michelle Phan | Ipsy
Michelle Zatlyn | CloudFare
Micki Krimmel | Supefit Hero LLC, NeighborGoods
Mila Krivoruchko | Milasya
Milana Rabkin | Stem
Milena Berry | PowerToFly
Mitchell Baker | Mozilla
Na’ama Moran | Sourcery, Munera, Zappedy, Hooja
Naiyya Saggi | BabyChakra
Nasrin Hafezparast | Which Web Design Company, Outcomes Based Healthcare
Natalia Burina | Parable
Nathalie Miller | Doxa
Neha Narkhede | Confluent
Nicki Violetti | Front Desk, Inc.
Nicole Yeary | Ms.Tech
Nidhi | Simple Park, Easy Diva
Niki Kohari | AgileZen, TaskTorch
Nilofer Merchant | Rubicon, GoLive
Olga Vidisheva |Shoptiques
Pam Miller | Numoon Communications, Kaufer Miller Communications
Pamela Castillo | Finale
Paulina Arreola | Lavadero
Polly Liu | Beaucoup
Pooja Sankar | Piazza
Poornima Vijayashanker | Femgineer, BizeeBee, Inc.
Pree Walia | Preemadonna
Rachel Blumenthal | Cricket’s Circle
Rachel Jacobs | AppreNet* (In Memoriam)
Rachel Law | Interface Foundry PBC
Rachel Payne | FEM Inc., inDplay, Hotwire
Rachel Sklar | the Li.st
Rachna Dhamija | Ejenta
Rashmi Sinha | SlideShare, Uzanto Consulting
Rathna Sharad | Runway2Street
Rebecca Lynn | Canvas Venture Fund
Rebecca Palm | CoPatient, Comtech Solutions*
Roan Bear | Full Circle CRM
Robin Wolaner | TeeBeeDee
Rose Broome | HandUp
Ruchi Sanghvi | Cove
Ruzwana Bashir | Peek
Sabrina Riddle | Madison Reed
Sandi Lin | Skilljar
Sandi MacPherson | Quibb
Sandra Kurtzig | Kenandy, The ASK Group, EBenefits
Sandra Lin | Kiwi Crate
Sandy Jen | Meebo, Honor
Sara Holouback | Luminary Labs
Sarah Kavanagh | Cable&Clark, Topaz Research, Inc.
Sarah Leary | Nextdoor, FanBase
Selina Tobaccowala | Evite, SurveyMonkey*
Semira Rahemtulla | PlayTell
Shadiah Sigala | Honeybook
Shaherrose Charania | Women 2.0
Shan-Lyn Ma | Zola
Shadiah Sigala | Honeybook
Shanna Tellerman | Pencil and Pixel, Sim Ops Studios
Shannon Byrne Susko | Paradata Systems Inc.
Sheila Lirio Marcelo | Care.com
Sheri Atwood | SupportPay
Shilpa Shah | Cuyana
Shireen Yates | 6SensorLabs
Sindhya Valloppillil Kalghatgi | HELIX
Skye Elijah | CoinBeyond
Son Preminge | Intendu
Sonja Hoel Perkins | Broadway Angels
Sonali Perera | Slidelane
Sophia Amoruso | Nasty Gal
Sophia Rossi | HelloGiggles, Inc.
Soraya Darabi | Zady
Stacy Delo | Maybrooks
Stephanie Burns | Chic CEO
Stephanie Horbaczewski | StyleHaul
Stephanie McLean | Trendy Treat*
Stephanie Tilenius | Vida Health, PlanetRx
Sthir Malkapur | Giving Privilege
Sudheera Vangurim | Yumpkin
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy | Joyus, Yodlee, Polyvore*
Sumaya Kazi | Sumazi
Susan Feldman | One Kings Lane
Susan Gregg Koger | ModCloth
Susan Jeffers | Toovia
Susan Johnson | Women.com
Susan Lyne | Gilt, BBG Ventures
Susan Mason | Aligned Partners
Susan Perry | Taylannas Inc.
Sylvia Chebi | ThalesLab, Greentizen, Datum Uruguay
Tania Yuki | Shareablee
Tanya Prive | Onevest, CoFounder’s Lab*
Teresa Phillips | Graspr
Terri Brax | Women Tech Founders, TeacherCare
Theresia Gouw | Aspect Ventures, Release Software
Tina Brown | LiveMedia
Tina Fitch | Hobnob, Switchfly
Tina Sharkey | Sherpa Foundry*, iVillage
Tracy DiNunzio | Tradesy
Tracy Lee | Wingman
Tracy Sun | Poshmark
Tracy Young | PlanGrid
Trish Costello | Portfolia, CVE-Kauffman Fellows,
Trisha Roy | Barn & Willow
Valerie Wagner | ZipDial
Vamsee Nalamothu | Cognito
Vanessa Green | FINsix, Saha Global
Vanessa Torrivilla | Goldbely
Veatrice Glenn | Insightful Decisions, Inc.
Vicki Zhou | WiseBanyan
Victoria Ransom | Wildfire
Vidya Narayanan | Silverlabs
Vivienne Ming | Socos, Augniscient
Wenda Harris Millard | Medialink
Wendy Lea | Cintrifuse*, The Sales Consultancy
Yael Afalo | The Reformation
Yasmine Mustafa | 123 Link It, Girl Develop It Philly, ROAR for Good
Yinka Abdu | Suede Lane
Zem Joaquin | Ecofabulous
*Non-founder CEO
