'...as more female-led companies secure significant investments, the future is looking bright.'
before co-founding Confluent in 2014. The business hit a $2.5 billion valuation after it raised $125 million in a Series D led by Sequoia in January. Confluent provides a platform based on open-source software used by companies to move data from isolated systems into real-time pipelines. Backed by investors including
and Index Ventures, the business has raised more than $200 million in VC funding to date. Narkhede is an alumna of the Georgia Institute of Technology., which provides a contact-center platform to help companies with customer service, was co-founded in 2011 by Cristina Fonseca, who previously co-founded Bouncely and VEEP and also spent two years with the World Economic Forum.
, a Portugal-based VC firm she co-founded in 2017, which focuses on early-stage tech investments in sectors including SaaS, AI, fintech and cybersecurity.provides an online platform for users to rent designer clothes and accessories. Jennifer Hyman, who serves as CEO, co-founded the business in 2009 with her Harvard Business School classmate Jennifer Fleiss.
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