Female Founders Alliance launched in 2017 out of a group of women who wanted to help female entrepreneurs grow companies and land funding. Now the Seattle-based organization will be doing… Read More
There’s no doubt that it has been a challenging year for nearly everyone for so many reasons. Happily, the Seattle area is home to numerous hardworking organizations that are using… Read More
Female Founders Alliance unveiled its third accelerator cohort as it looks to help more female and non-binary founders grow their companies and raise funding. The Seattle-based organization this year is… Read More
Seattle-based Female Founders Alliance released a new report on Thursday that measures the effect of the pandemic on women and non-binary individuals and what the prolonged health and economic crisis… Read More
The Seattle-based Female Founders Alliance announced its third annual Champion Awards in a virtual event on Thursday afternoon, recognizing the accomplishments of women and non-binary leaders from a wide range… Read More
Seattle-based Female Founders Alliance (FFA), an organization and accelerator for early-stage women-led startups, is growing its national presence with the acquisition of New York City-based incubator Monarq. FFA said the… Read More
—Former Microsoft general manager Adrianna Burrows is now chief marketing officer at Seattle-based compensation startup PayScale. Burrows is one of several new executives appointed by new CEO Scott Torrey, who… Read More
— Keyana Corliss, Tableau’s director of corporate communications & global public relations, is departing to join female-founded unicorn Guild Education. The Denver-based company partners with employers to offer education benefits… Read More
When people need support during big life events — whether it be a family member passing away, or a newborn baby — fruit baskets and flowers sometimes aren’t ideal. But… Read More
Workwear for women. Sustainable spirits. Tools for podcasters, car insurance, major life events. An arousing chatbot. A creative intellectual property platform. And underwear for all sizes. The businesses ran the… Read More
Female Founders Alliance is back with its second accelerator cohort as the Seattle-based organization looks to help another round of female-led startups grow their businesses and land funding. Eight companies… Read More
Leslie Feinzaig knows how hard it is to let go of a failed startup idea. In 2016 she launched Venture Kits, a tech company that helped introduce entrepreneurship to kids.… Read More
Nicole Schmidt describes herself as an “accidental entrepreneur.” Her real expertise is in interior design for commercial spaces. She has worked lots of angles in the sector, from hotel designer… Read More
Our world says women can’t break through … All women should be born with a sledgehammer to smash through that glass wall … All we want is gender equality …… Read More
— Black Girls CODE, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching girls of color ages 7-17 about computer programming and technology, is holding three pop-up robotics workshops in the Seattle area on… Read More
It’s already been a busy year for the Female Founders Alliance. The Seattle-based organization continues to march toward its mission of helping women entrepreneurs land funding and it’s getting support from… Read More
Female Founders Alliance started as an online community for women CEOs and startup leaders just 18 months ago. But it has turned into something much more, and that evolution was on… Read More
Female Founders Alliance today announced the eight companies participating in its inaugural Ready Set Raise program designed to help women entrepreneurs land early-stage startup investments. The startups hail from across the… Read More
Sarah Lacy, a longtime tech journalist and columnist, knows the things she says can be controversial. Not that it’s stopped her from building two companies, or standing up for what… Read More
Female Founders Alliance is launching a program to help women entrepreneurs land early-stage startup investments, using input from female founders to design a new effort to close the gender gap in… Read More
It’s a difficult funding environment for female entrepreneurs in today’s technology industry, where less than 3 percent of venture capital dollars went to all-women founding teams last year. But the imbalance is also… Read More