Articles about Female founders

San Francisco had an all-female AI ‘Hacker House’ — is Seattle ready for its own?

Seattle’s tech community has seen similar women-focused spaces. It could be the right time for a new physical space with the AI boom underway. Read More

Amazon earmarks $53M for women-led climate tech companies

Amazon on Thursday announced two efforts to support women who are leading climate tech companies: The Seattle-based tech giant is… Read More

How a ‘Wonder Women’ party and an Amazon vet helped this e-commerce startup raise fresh funds

New funding: TheWMarketplace, an e-commerce platform promoting women’s businesses, has raised $1.4 million. The round was led by Erika McKitterick,… Read More

Proxi morphs from trick-or-treating tool to an ambitious mapping startup that just raised $1.2M

Melinda Haughey and other parents were desperate for safe trick-or-treating in the midst of the pandemic in 2020. They began… Read More

Gender gap: Women-led companies make up 8% of the GeekWire 200 startup list

The numbers tell the story. Out of the 200 companies listed on the GeekWire 200, our ranking of the top… Read More

Despite more attention on female founders, funding to women-led startups hasn’t increased

In response to several sexual harassment allegations and the massive diversity gaps throughout the tech industry, there’s been a lot… Read More

Just 17% of startups have a female founder — the same figure as 5 years ago

There have been increasing efforts over the past few years to close the gender gap in tech, and particularly in… Read More