About the Founders
For our final week of Arts & Culture month we want to introduce you to three founders from the InvestHer Directory whom all place originality at the heart of their ventures. Karina Iskin, Co-Founder & CEO at Iskin Sisters is creating wearable art in the shape of customised jewellery, allowing for individuality in expression. Elizabeth Vargas, Founder & CEO at Edge Music Network, inspires originality via her interactive digital music network, providing live and on-demand content through her powerful video syndication platform. Finally, we have Morgan DeBaun, Founder & CEO at Blavity, the leading news company and media brand for Black millennials + Gen Z in the U.S.

About the Founders
This week our three featured founders are all tapping into their imaginations when it comes to promoting art! Angie Madara, Founder & CEO at Growd Global, is working with parents and children to find, design and match them to co-curricular activities such as music, sports and arts. Rebecca Hui, Founder & CEO at Roots Studio, is leading a collective of future-forward creatives, grassroots community organisers, and technologists reimagining cultural preservation. Julie Bonnecarrere, Founder & CCO at Northern Lights Entertainment, is currently developing Nebulae: a sci-fiMMO strategy game encompassing an integrated political simulator and 3D combat in space.
They are all pushing boundaries and using their imagination to find new creative ways to place art at the forefront in public debate.

About the Founders
For our second week of Arts/Culture/Entertainment month, our three featured founders are all focused on empowering artists. Pamela Valdes Esteva, Co-Founder & CEO at Beek.io, is passionate about bringing the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers in the world the opportunity to access the best audio content: podcasts, audiobooks and meditation. Véra Kempf, Co-Founder of Singulart, is equally passionate about having people experience the emotional power of art through her online platform, where contemporary art & design furniture are accessible to art lovers on an international scale. Finally, this week, we want you to meet Anni Chen, Founder of Kuaikan. If you’re looking for China's original anime and cartoon works, this is the right place for you!

About the Founders
A new month equals a new theme and during the month of September we will introduce you to some fabulous founders in the Arts/Culture/Entertainment industry from our InvestHer Directory. Renata Thome, Co-Founder & CCO, Alpha’a is making art accessible for all through her socially conscious, community-oriented online platform. Sarah Mak, Co-Founder & CEO, Folktale is on a mission to transform how organisations globally approach storytelling. Clothilde Chalot, Co-Founder & CEO, NomadPlay is making it possible to access thousands of interactive sheet music and play along with the best musicians.
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Art is truly at the centre of all heARTs this month, read on below to learn more about these passionate founders.

About the Founders
​Our founders this week really go the extra mile and encourage you to think about transportation while on holiday. Meet Emily Brooke, Founder & NEC at Beryl, her sustainable approach to transportation led her to develop urban cykling products. Whether you are into full-time van-life, a casual camper or something in between, Breanne Acio, Founder & CEO at Sēkr has you covered, making outdoor travel easier, safer and more connected through communities. Heading to India? Then let Chitra Gurnani Daga, Co-Founder & CEO at Thrillophilia, curate your travels.

​Let's Go!

About the Founders
This week we would like for you to meet Ama Marfo, Co-Founder & CEO at Airfordable, dedicated to making travel accessible and affordable for all, because all of us deserve to have new experiences in our lives. Our second founder this week is Olga Pavuka, Founder & CEO at DeepH, placing emphasis on technology when it comes to tracking energy/activity in order to help us live our happiest and healthiest lives. The third founder of the week is Antoinette Palmer-Davis, CEO at Ettenio, focused on providing customers with 100% jamaican handmade ecoluxury personal care products with only the best from nature.
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​This week it’s all about affordable wellness, happy pampering!

About the Founders
Johanna Mukoki, Co-Founder & Owner of Travel with Flair is adding a little bit of sophistication to the world of corporate travel, making it the easiest it has ever been as clients now can book their routine travel online, whenever and wherever. In her search for excellence, Kristin Karst, Co-Owner & Executive Vice President of AmaWaterways ended up starting her own travel company, placing luxury at the heart of her riverboat holiday tours. On the other end of the travel spectrum is Aziza Chaouachi, Co-Founder & CEO at Leavy.co, offering millennials on a budget a way to use their homes as a means to a holiday end through her home rental platform.
​Bon Voyage!

About the Founders
This week it’s all about innovation and wellness! Our three founders from the InvestHer Directory all believe this combination is the the way forward when it comes to women’s wellbeing. Ciara Donlon started Theya Healthcare when breast cancer survivors regularly came to her for comfortable, functional and beautiful alternatives when healing after their surgeries. So she created underwear made from bamboo material that helps them heal better. Polly Rodriguez believes all women deserves to experience pleasure in a safe way and by creating beautiful, body safe vibes & accessories through Unbound she is determined to make it happen. Our final trailblazer this week is Joanna Griffiths, busy bringing revolutionary solutions to life through Knix and transforming an underwear market that had too much frill and not enough function.

What a journey!

The InvestHer Directory started with one entry, one inspiring female founded company that deserved to be found by investors, partners and customers.
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Today we have over 1500 incredible companies founded by women from around the world, and we continue to grow each week!

The fact that only 2% of Venture Capital goes to women-only founded teams is unfortunately neither a surprise to anyone anymore, nor has it changed in more than 30 years! The Gender Funding Gap is estimated to be $1.7 Trillion and even though all evidence show that investing in (and buying from) women entrepreneurs is a $12 TRILLION opportunity, progress remain slow.
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We created the InvestHer Directory because of our fundamental belief that women are the greatest untapped resource to re-ignite the global economy and for that to happen, they need a platform which allows them to be found by investors, partners and customers. The InvestHer Directory is that platform.

About the Founders
Our founders this week all focus on facilitating access to information which will allow women to lead the healthiest life possible. Take Cécile Réal, CEO, Endodiag, for example, she is busy radically changing the lives of millions of women suffering from endometriosis by providing them with earlier and easier diagnosis. Beatrice Dixon, Co-Founder & CEO, The Honey Pot Company, is equally busy, manufacturing plant-based, chemical-free feminine hygiene products intended to offer healthy alternatives to feminine care. We will also introduce you to Shashwata Narain, Co-Founder & CEO, Veera Health, and her work which include building modern healthcare solutions for women's chronic conditions in India. Curious to know more? Of course you are, read more about these incredible founders below.