These female entrepreneurs saw large gender-based gaps in the startup ecosystem — and set out to address them. — Alice Zhang and Jarah Euston shared a surprising, but all too common, experience while attending a large San Francisco angel investment conference in 2018. At that point, the startup world appeared to be on the cusp of change. Groups like All Raise and Women Who Tech had been carving out…

“Our vision is for any freelance artist to have an easy path to consistent income, benefits, and a long-term safety net — just as they would in any other field.” Meet Ramita Ravi C17 GR20, the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Artswrk, a marketplace that connects artists to work. The goal…

“Startups are growth machines where you are constantly in search of ‘fast moving water.’ ” Meet Vivian Chen W11 — she describes herself as a “thinker, tinkerer and a bit of a troublemaker”. She loves to build things, challenge the status quo and help people stand out. Vivian has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Fast Company, and other media outlets. Her work has been…

MEET SARAH ELGER, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT PIONEER “Making the transition from artist to entrepreneur over the last few years has been incredibly rewarding as well as challenging — and came with a steep learning curve. I had to dramatically shift my mindset to focus on solving customers’ problems, not only pursuing my own artistic dreams.” Sarah Elger…

“This is my second business that I’ve started, and this one has a lot of Wharton grads on the cap table! The network and connections I made at Wharton certainly has helped Nurture& tremendously.” Meet Emily Motayed Lancaster WG16, Founder and CEO of Nurture&, a premium, DTC nursery and family…

“When looking back on our childhoods, there are no brands or companies that we could look up to where the founders looked like us…Creating a brand like Twrl Milk Tea that embraces our heritage and combines our backgrounds as Chinese/Taiwanese Americans is something we are extremely proud of.” We’ve developed…

We’ve developed the WAFFA Female Founders Shop to generate awareness for our amazing Alumnae Founders and to help drive customers and sales to their businesses. Visit our Shop and check out the wide array of innovative and appealing products and services, whether you are doing some holiday shopping, or browsing…

“In building any business, you’re signing up for the good, the bad and the unexpected. It comes with the territory of entrepreneurship. Each day is its own rollercoaster!” MEET RANA TAGHDISI ARGENIO, REDEFINING LUXURY BEDDING Rana Taghdisi Argenio (W10) is the Founder of 10 Grove, a brand of luxury Italian…

“The struggle and iteration to find product-market fit after creating a new software product that we think has great value was a surprise to me.” MEET NONA ULLMAN, EDTECH INNOVATOR Nona Ullman (WG96) is the Founder and CEO of LessonLoop, the first company to offer educators a data-driven professional learning platform to instantly improve learner…