Five companies with female founders that are doing amazing things

Fi Bendall - SmartCompany - 3 May 2018

Often the news about women in business can be pretty negative. That’s totally understandable considering we still have a long way to go before we’ve reached equity of opportunity and outcomes. Issues like access to funding and capital, respect, discrimination and harassment all continue to loom large for professional women and female entrepreneurs alike.

However, now and again it’s nice to focus on the positive stuff and celebrate the achievements of women who are creating opportunities for themselves and those around them.

These five companies are not household names, but each one is doing great work in its industry, and each has recently undertaken a successful capital raising. Along with that, these companies can count a woman as either its sole founder or co-founder.

Credit Karma

Credit Karma was created to give people access to, and some control over, their credit scores. Founders Ken Lin, Ryan Graciano and Nichole Mustard have overseen the growth of the company since it started in 2007. Lin had the idea for the business and he was soon joined by Graciano and Mustard, who is the company’s chief revenue officer. Read more