Wine, Without the Pretentiousness
Jessica Hershfield founded Just Enough Wines with the mission to change the perception of drinking wine. Whether you enjoy wine in the can, in a glass, on a beach, or on your couch, Just Enough Wines will always be a perfect choice.
Democratizing Venture Capital
Merit is a distributed venture capital platform with the mission to diversify the venture capital space. Users anonymously submit analyses and thinking about a company or industry and provide feedback on other users’ submissions. The goal is to allow aspiring investors to create a track record of investment theses to then pursue a career in venture capital.
Reinventing Fetal Medical Technology
Raydiant Oximetry has developed a safe and non-invasive technology that directly monitors a babies’ oxygenation during childbirth. For obstetric providers who are dissatisfied with current fetal heart rate monitoring systems, this technology leads to better-informed decision-making and better patient care.
The Future of Micromobility
Tortoise can safely drive any small electric vehicle from a location where it’s underutilized or obstructing the road, to a city-approved parking spot, a public transit hub, and in the near-future, your doorstep.
A Marketplace for Gyms, Fitness Trainers, and Consumers
Hourful is a platform to connect personal trainers to hourly gym rentals allowing greater flexibility for trainers and improved occupancy rates for gyms.
Season 2 Introduction
Season 2 is launching! We discuss our learnings from Season 1 and what we’re focused on for Season 2.
Reinventing Doggy Daycare for Flexibility and Convenience
DogDrop, founded by Shaina Denny and Greer Wilk, is reinventing doggy daycare to be more flexible and convenient to puppy parents. They have redesigned spaces and their staff is highly specialized in working with dogs of all needs. Shaina and Greer have a strong commitment to trust as well as the dog and owner experiences.
A Platform for the Latin American Startup Ecosystem
Mosaico Ventures is a hub for all things entrepreneurship and innovation in Latin America. Mosaico shares resources on startup investing and the Latin American ecosystem and aims to connect founders with investors.
From Google to Startup Founder to Venture Capitalist
Minnie Ingersoll is a long-time Silicon Valley product leader and operations executive. She co-founded Shift and supported the business as COO after 11+ years at Google.
Minnie has loads of experience scaling a $100M+ business, hiring hundreds of employees, and is in her early stages of being an investor.
From Investment Banking to Publishing
Voyage Group of Magazines has publications in LA, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, San Diego, and Phoenix. Voyage showcases the stories not usually shared by major publication with the goal of shifting the consumer dollar towards small businesses, local artisans, and ma & pa shops.
Modernizing Women's Work Bags
Harlen is a modern careerpiece company providing professional women with a piece that works for multiple use cases. Julie Cantor has a unique vision for her brand and product that supports women’s progression in business. In this interview, we get insight into how she worked with Italian artisans to create Harlen’s products and her focus on sustainability.
A Side Hustle that Supported 75 Environmental Non-Profits in California
Ajay Bawa, current MIT MBA student, started Seed Consulting Group with the goal to bring environmentally passionate professionals and organizations together to drive a more sustainable California through pro-bono consulting projects. Listen to how he turned his frustration to find the right volunteer opportunity and his interest in the environment into a non-profit organization!
The Comfiest Travel and Lounge Wear by the Coolest New-Mom Founders
Rec Room is your soft n stretchy "i don't want to get dressed" dress. Think Lulu or Alo but with the everyday wear look!
These two Stanford GSB grads struck a balance between the comfort of athleisure and the sophistication of everyday wear in their Rec Room products!
Bringing Blockchain to the Everyday Developer
Alchemy provides the leading blockchain development platform powering millions of users in 197 countries worldwide. Backed by Stanford University, Coinbase, the Chairman of Google, Charles Schwab, and founders and executives of globally leading organizations, Alchemy powers billions of dollars of transactions for top companies around the world and has been featured in TechCrunch, Wired, Bloomberg and numerous other media outlets.
Financing the Founders Shaping the Future of Women’s Life Sciences
Avestria Ventures is a California based venture capital firm focused on women's health and life science. They seek out early stage businesses with a product or service that utilizes technology and/or data to improve the quality of healthcare, improve access, lower costs or empower patients.
Leading Women on a Path to Full Nourishment
Needed is a nutrition company focused on helping you identify what you do need from what you don't. These two nutrition nerds created an innovative product that is addressing women’s nutritional deficiencies in a new way. Needed’s Omega-3 product is simple, clean, and can be incorporated into everyday foods like coffee or a smoothie.
The Voice Technology Better Than Siri and Alexa
Phebi uses speech recognition, NLP, AI and machine learning to create affordable, easy-to-deploy software that improves business outcomes by voice-enabling market and survey research, e-commerce and business intelligence.
The Ups and Downs of Creative Entrepreneurship
LOU.EARL is a lifestyle brand of modern luxury footwear for women, founded in 2013 by shoe designer and developer, Laura Unruh.