She Ventures Forward

Claudia Laurie spent two and a half years at Uber mastering the science behind pricing, incentives, and subscriptions before leaving to build Prive, a subscription billing platform for D2C brands. Four years later, she had raised $5M, processed half a billion dollars in GMV, and successfully exited through an acquisition. In this episode, Claudia breaks down how she and her co-founder pivoted from...

In this episode of She Ventures Forward, Natalie sits down with Kelly Lacob, CEO and co-founder of Xella Health, the first precision healthcare platform built specifically for women.. Kelly opens up about the real mechanics behind her $3.7M pre-seed raise: why going straight to institutional investors was a costly mistake, how she built a proof of concept with almost no money, what it took to grow...

In this episode of She Ventures Forward , Natalie sits down with Audrey Wisch, founder and CEO of Curious Cardinals, a personalized learning platform helping students discover their purpose through mentorship. Audrey shares how Curious Cardinals began as a passion project while she was a student at Stanford and evolved into a venture-backed company serving thousands of students with a network of h...

Zinnie Zhang joins She Ventures Forward to share how she’s building Enttor, an AI marketing platform helping enterprise teams scale authentic social media engagement. From identifying gaps in marketing software to raising pre-seed funding , Zinnie’s story is inspiring in turning frustration into innovation.

Kate O'Keefe wants to end the era of building products nobody wants. In this episode, the Heat Seeker AI founder and former BCG and Cisco exec shares how market experiments, not surveys, are the key to finding product-market fit—and why marketers everywhere are rethinking their playbook.

Today, Powered by Hue co-founder and CEO Janvi Shah takes us inside her journey from solving her own pain point in beauty to building a platform used by major brands. In this episode, she shares how she turned personal experience into a powerful vision, the tactical steps behind raising $4.5M, and what it’s really like to fundraise. If you're building something from scratch or wondering how to...

In this episode of She Ventures Forward , Natalie sits down with Emma Bates, co-founder and CEO of Diem, a social search engine built to feel more like the girl’s bathroom at 1am than a Google rabbit hole. Emma shares the origin story of Diem, why traditional search fails women, and how she’s building an alternative front door to the internet. She opens up about raising $5 million, navigating bias...

In this episode of She Ventures Forward, Ali Debow, co-founder of swsh, shares how she and her team pivoted multiple times before landing on an AI-powered shared photo album app. She talks about the early days of testing ideas on college campuses, dropping out of NYU to go all-in, and raising $2.4M to build the future of consumer social. Ali also shares insights from her experiences as a Z Fellow...

In the latest episode of She Ventures Forward , Natalie sits down with Julia O'Mara, co-founder and COO of Pickle, a peer-to-peer rental marketplace that’s changing the way we think about fashion. Julia opens up about the unconventional path that led Pickle from a social polling app to a thriving community-driven rental platform. She shares insights on raising $8 million in seed funding, the c...

In the sixth episode of She Ventures Forward, Natalie sits down with Sophie Wyne, co - founder of Ariglad. Sophie shares lessons learned from pivoting Ariglad's product as well as her journey through YC and how that helped her build and raise what Ariglad is today.

In the fifth episode of She Ventures Forward, Natalie sits down with Pavla Bobosikova, the founder and CEO of WFHomie, to discuss raising for a remote first platform during COVID, how accelerators help with financing, and how to navigate an early stage M&A, especially when no priced round had ever been done before.

 Join us for the fourth episode of She Ventures Forward with Valkyrie Holmes! Valkyrie shares her unique path from working with organizations like SpaceX and NASA to tackling the complex world of insurance with Faura, which aims to reduce natural disaster risk for homeowners at only 20. She discusses the challenges she faced while raising at a pre-seed level, how she thinks about getting customers...

In the third episode of She Ventures Forward, join us as we explore SC Moatti's journey from product visionary at Meta and Nokia to founding managing partner of Mighty Capital. SC shares her unique entry into venture capital, her strategies for distinguishing Mighty Capital in a competitive industry, and her insights on what makes a startup stand out to investors 

In the second episode of She Ventures Forward we sit down with Kirthiga Reddy. From being the first employee at Facebook India, to the first female investing partner at Softbank, to her innovative efforts in blockchain through co - founding Virtualness and empowering women through founding Lifterly, Kirthiga's journey is a masterclass in navigating the venture capital landscape. Learn how she...

In the first episode of She Ventures Forward we sit down with entrepreneur Monisha Perkash, co-founder of Lumo Bodytech. In a deep dive into Monisha’s journey, discover how she raised $26 million across Seed, Series A, and Series B funding rounds. From challenges in scaling a hardware-centric startup to the resilience required in the competitive world of venture capital, Monisha shares invaluable...