Meet Our Great Female Founders
Aeromutable
De Oro Devices
Flowly
reHarvest
Queen of Raw
Vidafuel
Dermala
Solstice
Oralucent
Unaliwear
Jiminy's
reHarvest
Vidafuel
Solstice
Rosy
Aeromutable
Flowly
Partum Health
Queen of Raw
Atlantic Sea Farms
Unaliwear
De Oro Devices
Braincheck
Jiminy's
Rosy
Refiberd
Oralucent
Partum Health
Refiberd
UnaliWear
UnaliWear is revolutionizing the way aging population lives. Bringing modern technology to this massive and growing market, UnaliWear has developed a smart watch that uses user-specific big data to deliver services, such as fall detection, prevention against wandering and medication reminders – all through a speech interface. Using a patented quick-swap battery system in the band, the watch never has to be removed so it is not being charged overnight when most falls occur.
Founder: Jean Anne Booth
Headquarters: Austin, TX
BrainCheck
BrainCheck provides rapid, mobile cognitive assessment tools and personalized cognitive care planning. Assessments take about 10 minutes, can be performed anywhere, and deliver results on the spot. The system also provides clinical decision support to physicians, allowing them to provide cognitive health education, remote monitoring, and personalized cognitive care management. They are an FDA Class II Medical Device and reimbursable by insurance.
CEO: Kim Rodriguez
Headquarters: Houston, TX
Dermala
Dermala utilizes the human microbiome to develop the next generation of OTC dermatology treatments for the most prevalent skin diseases and conditions, such as acne, eczema and aging. Backed by IP exclusively licensed from a university as well as independently developed, Dermala uses prebiotic and probiotic formulations to improve skin health naturally. Leveraging a technology-driven mobile app solution, Dermala delivers personalized treatments to further optimize outcomes.
Founder: Dr. Lada Rasochova
Headquarters: San Diego, CA
Solstice
Solstice provides a turnkey customer software that connects households and businesses to free community-shared solar power. Eighty percent of Americans are currently locked out of the solar market. Solstice gives them the opportunity to sign up for a portion of a centralized, shared solar farm–saving money with no upfront cost or installation hassle. Solstice’s focus is to make clean energy so simple and so affordable that everyone signs up for it.
Founders: Steph Speirs and Sandhya Murali
Headquarters: Cambridge, MA
Atlantic Sea Farms
Atlantic Sea Farms produces innovative, fresh sea vegetable products under the brand name Atlantic Sea Farms. Their products are never dried or dyed and are farmed by independent lobstermen in the clean cold waters of Maine. Seaweed farming improves water quality, produces a food high in essential vitamins and minerals, and creates a supplemental income source for Maine’s fishermen. Atlantic Sea Farms is the first to market with a fresh, domestic sea vegetable product and their easy-to-use products make kelp approachable and delicious.
CEO: Briana Warner
Headquarters: Portland, ME
Oralucent
Oralucent is the world’s most effective toothbrush and is set to revolutionize oral care. The patented sonic toothbrush emits a type of blue light that is proven to whiten teeth and eradicate harmful bacteria that cause plaque, gum disease, and bad breath. The class 1 medical device overcomes limitations of the mechanical toothbrush by cleaning hard to reach locations between the teeth and below the gum line with no change in brushing habits.
CEO: Nina Grroms Lee
Headquarters: Long Beach, California
reHarvest
reHarvest crafts frozen smoothie products that do good. reHarvest delivers tasty and nutrient-dense smoothies that radically tackle food loss via their commitment to reHARVEST and rePURPOSE unnecessarily discarded produce. All products are formulated with clean and functional ingredients that do good for your body and the world around you. reHarvest also incorporates innovative packaging solutions that allow their products to be shipped at ambient temperature, avoiding environmental impacts and costs of a cold supply chain.
Founder: Kathryn Bernell
Headquarters: Denver, CO
Vidafuel
Vidafuel is a consumer health company developing the next generation of nutrition support for chronic disease prevention, management and recovery. The Vidafuel products provide healthier dietitian-approved medical foods and supplements for patients with chronic or age-related conditions. Vidafuel dietitians convert complex clinical guidelines into convenient nutrition products that solve major dietary pain points, both in the clinical setting and at home. Vidafuel aims to improve health outcomes and quality of life.
Founders: Bette Parolini and Amicia Elliott, PhD.
Headquarters: Nashville, TN
Queen of Raw
Queen of Raw enables companies to take action on excess inventory by reusing, reselling, and recycling deadstock through one-of-a-kind climate fintech software. Activities are measured and reported while turning pollution into profit and easily integrates directly into the existing inventory management software; current customers have seen a 15%+ reduction in costs optimizing supply chain operations globally.
Founders: Stephanie Benedetto & Phil Derasmo
Headquarters: New York, NY
Flowly
Flowly is a mobile platform for chronic pain and anxiety. Flowly teaches you to control your heart rate and breathing so that you can better manage your nervous system. Flowly takes you from a state of pain, anxiety, or stress, and transitions you into a state of Flow: relaxed yet focused. All experiences can be accessed just on the phone or in Virtual Reality. Flowly also includes an in-app community where users can share resources and experiences.
Founders: Celine Tien, Narae Kim, Julien Soros
Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA
Jiminy’s
By thinking differently about the protein source in our pet’s food, Jiminy’s created a better dog food that delivers enormous benefit. Jiminy’s makes delicious, sustainable, insect-based dog food and treats that nourish pets and promote long-term stewardship of the earth. Jiminy’s has made a commitment to fighting climate change, and with their products they’ve made it easy for pet parents to make an eco-friendly choice for their furry kids.
Founder: Anne Carlson
Headquarters: Berkeley, CA
Rosy
Designed by doctors and psychologists, Rosy creates solutions to empower women on their journey to sexual wellness. Rosy’s novel mobile platform offers an evidence-based, holistic approach to sexual health including education, behavioral interventions, community, and personalized support, and it’s now recommended by more than 3500 healthcare professionals for sexual health concerns. In a recent study, Rosy users experienced a statistically significant improvement in multiple aspects of sexual function including desire, arousal, orgasm and pain.
Founder: Lyndsey Harper, MD
Headquarters: Dallas, TX
Flourish
Flourish helps women get healthy for good by teaching their members to build sustainable habits across the full spectrum of behavioral health: nutrition, hydration, sleep, stress, relationships, and movement. Flourish incorporates gold standard practices that were previously only available through meeting one-on-one and often in-person with a registered dietitian or therapist. Flourish delivers virtually and at scale through a subscription membership offering personalized coaching from credentialed health experts, community support, and evidence-based education.
Founders: Claire Siegel and Jonathan Ganthier
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Aeromutable
Aeromutable is bringing aerospace technology into the trucking industry through designing and manufacturing aerodynamic modification systems that increase vehicle efficiency and safety. Aeromutable’s first product is a non-intrusive trailer add-on system that improves aerodynamic performance and provides 3 times the fuel savings of its nearest competitors, saving 9.76B gallons of fuel per year in the US alone and providing the trucking industry the ability to increase profitability while massively reducing their carbon footprint.
Founders: Sandra Manosalvas-Kjono, PhD, and David Manosalvas-Kjono, PhD
Headquarters: San Diego, CA
De Oro Devices
De Oro Devices makes mobility assistive devices to allow people with mobility disorders to walk confidently and safely. Their beachhead market is in Parkinson’s Disease where they help overcome freezing of gait, one of the most common and most debilitating symptoms of Parkinson’s. De Oro’s initial patent-pending device, NexStride, combines a green laser line visual cue and a metronome auditory cue into a small portable device that can attach to any cane, walker, or walking pole.
Founders: Sidney Collin, William Thompson
Headquarters: San Luis Obispo, CA
Refiberd
Over 186 billion pounds of textile waste are generated each year, and less than 1% is recycled into new clothing. Refiberd is solving this global textile waste crisis through their patent-pending system that can process post-consumer waste into brand new textile products. Refiberd’s textile recycling system has two stages: 1) an AI and robotics-based system which sorts discarded textiles by material and color, and 2) an eco-friendly chemical textile recycling process which converts the sorted textiles into new Refiberd thread.
Founders: Sarika Bajaj, Tushita Gupta, Mingyue (Ida) Wang
Headquarters: Oakland, CA
Partum Health
Partum Health is a digital care company working to radically improve the health of women and families, starting with fertility, pregnancy, and early family life. Partum’s care model brings together experts including perinatal mental health providers, physical therapists, birth doulas, postpartum doulas, lactation consultants and more. Families get the best of online and offline care including digital care coordination, telehealth and in person care to comprehensively prevent complications and address their full range of health needs.
Founders: Meghan Doyle, Matt Rogers
Headquarters: Chicago, IL