Founder Focus

Welcome to this post showcasing the African and Asian women founders from the First 50 featured founders from our InvestHer Founder Directory. Check out the full list in our previous post here.

Let's start by saying that these great founders are only some of the founders that we feature in the Directory and there are many, many more women founders featured in the whole Directory.  To check out the full list of founders from each region please check here and note that we update the directory weekly.

​- African Founders from InvestHer Founder Directory
- Asian Founders from InvestHer Directory 

Want to take a quick peek at the founders via Insta? Click below, otherwise, enjoy a more detailed information about each founder below. 

Meet the Asian Founders by clicking on READ MORE below! 👇🏽​

How it all began.
When the pandemic first hit and the world closed down, we wanted to find a way to help women entrepreneurs stay visible to customers to help them keep their businesses growing and potential investors if they were fundraising. We checked the existing directories of women entrepreneurs around the world and didn't find a truly global, diverse one, that catered to both potential customers and investors and covered more than just a few tech or beauty sectors.
​So we built one and made it accessible to all and InvestHer Directory was born! 

From humble beginnings and our first curated 200 founders, we are proud to share we now feature over 1325 companies founded or co-founded by women entrepreneurs and nonbinary founders) from over 50 countries and 75 sectors! (updated weekly).

InvestHer Directory is the first truly global directory of businesses founded or co-founded by women.

"Our definition of “woman” is the broadest possible and includes any
​female-identifying, nonbinary founders."

Here's a quick look at who and what you'll find inside:

• We cover 75 different sectors, more than 50 countries and investment stages ranging from seed to Series C with a few unicorns in there as well
• You'll find over 200 Black women founded or co-founded companies, representatives from the  L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ community and founders of Indigenous heritage, all breaking down barriers in more ways than one.
• Over 700 companies from the North American region, followed by a high representation across Europe.
• Excitingly we've seen an 5% increase in companies from Australia and New Zealand since the start of the InvestHer Founder Directory
• We continue to see a steady influx of Middle Eastern female founded or co-founded companies.
• More positive news from the Asian region, as representatives from here now comprises approximately 7% of the total number of entries.
• Finally, countries across the African continent continue to show strength as we have are close to 50 entries from here.* 

​Want to see all the first 50 featured founders in one go? Then click on your preferred link below.
​* As the founder directory is updated weekly, these numbers will only go up in future!

Read the rest of the post by clicking on READ MORE below! 👇🏽​