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…

“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…

My biggest learning so far is how much truth there is to the phrase, “Done is better than Perfect.” MEET SON CA VU, Tech Innovator Son Ca Vu (WG16) the Co-Founder and CEO of Alta, an AI-powered startup whose mission is to empower anyone to build mobile apps quickly and…

MEET DANQING ZHU, Transforming the Supply Chain in Africa “People people people. People are everything in a startup.” Danqing Zhu (WG20) is the Founder of WINGI, a supply chain platform that helps African businesses source products and grow more efficiently. When businesses use the WINGI platform, they can access more, cheaper and better products.. That way, entrepreneurs can focus…

MEET RACHEL WEXLER, FORGING A NEW PATH IN FASHION AND RETAIL “When I finally started a company from scratch it was even more rewarding than I could have envisioned.” Rachel Wexler (C09, W09) is the Co-Founder of Black Iris, an elevated womenswear collection that reimagines iconic, classic silhouettes and prints…