Women Startup Challenge Podcast
Business & Economics Podcasts
Women Who Tech is on a mission to fund women-led startups. Through our Women Startup Challenges, which have been held at Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, and London's City Hall, we have brought together the best early-stage, women-led startups to pitch top investors. We've succeeded in enabling more than $20 million raised for women founders. What’s next? The Women Startup Challenge Podcast! Each week we’ll feature one of ten women-led startups competing for a $5,000 cash grant. We’ll hear from the founders, ask some tough questions, and give you the opportunity to vote for your favorite competing startup. Subscribe now to hear every episode and find out how you can help select the winning pitch!
Location:
United States
Description:
Women Who Tech is on a mission to fund women-led startups. Through our Women Startup Challenges, which have been held at Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, and London's City Hall, we have brought together the best early-stage, women-led startups to pitch top investors. We've succeeded in enabling more than $20 million raised for women founders. What’s next? The Women Startup Challenge Podcast! Each week we’ll feature one of ten women-led startups competing for a $5,000 cash grant. We’ll hear from the founders, ask some tough questions, and give you the opportunity to vote for your favorite competing startup. Subscribe now to hear every episode and find out how you can help select the winning pitch!
Twitter:
@womenwhotech
Language:
English
Contact:
202-285-7912
Email:
rfawal@juntomedia.co
Episodes
And the Winner is: Yask!
7/26/2018
The winner of the first season of the Women Startup Challenge Podcast is Andrea Higuera, Founder of Yask!
Yask combines a global community of native speakers with cutting-edge AI technology to offer human quality translations and proofreading in real time. It helps people and businesses to cross borders by communicating correctly and effectively in foreign languages.
Listen to this final episode to learn what advances Yask has made since we recorded their episode and how they'll be using their $5,000 grant.
Find them online at Yask.ai
Thanks to everyone who voted and support Women Who Tech and the Women Startup Challenge!
Duration:00:10:11
Last Chance to Vote!
7/19/2018
Vote for your favorite contestants in The Women Startup Challenge Podcast today! The winner will be announced in the final episode of Season 1 on July 26, 2018.
Duration:00:01:51
Contestant 10: Yask
7/12/2018
The tenth and final contestant in the Women Startup Challenge Podcast is Andrea Higuera, Founder of Yask.
Yask combines a global community of native speakers with cutting-edge AI technology to offer human quality translations and proofreading in real time. It helps people and businesses to cross borders by communicating correctly and effectively in foreign languages.
You can find them online at Yask.ai and rate Andrea's pitch at https://www.womenwhotech.com/vote
Special thanks to our investor co-host, Allie Burns.
Duration:00:11:47
Contestant 9: CloQ
7/5/2018
The ninth contestant in the Women Startup Challenge Podcast is Rafaela Cavalcanti, Founder of CloQ.
CloQ provides easy to reach nano-credit, via app, to the poor and the unbanked while educating them to make better financial decisions. CloQ uses AI to improve results, increase the reach and scalability and minimize the cost of traditional microcredit.
You can find them online at CloQ.eu and rate Rafaela's pitch at https://www.womenwhotech.com/vote
Special thanks to our investor co-host, Allie Burns.
Duration:00:13:52
Contestant 8: Dial A Pad
6/28/2018
The eighth contestant in the Women Startup Challenge Podcast is Faith Kimeu, Founder of Dial A Pad.
Dial A Pad is a multifaceted platform that employs hardware and software solutions to holistically tackle lack of menstrual equity and sexual reproductive health for Kenyan women aged 13-45 years through e-commerce (including self-testing kits for HIV and other STIs), chats with gynecologists, and smart pad dispensers.
You can find them on Twitter and WhatsApp at @dialapad and rate Faith's pitch at https://www.womenwhotech.com/vote
Special thanks to our investor co-host, Allie Burns.
Duration:00:13:49
Contestant 7: Savitude
6/21/2018
The seventh contestant in the Women Startup Challenge Podcast is Camilla Olson, Founder of Savitude.
Savitude’s comprehensive, AI-based solution makes buying decisions easier. With Savitude's easily installed SaaS technology, shoppers answer 6 simple questions, then Savitude's Knowledge Base and machine learning automatically curate goods into personalized collections for each shopper’s individual shape and proportion.
You can find them online at Savitude.com rate Camilla's pitch at https://www.womenwhotech.com/vote
Special thanks to our investor co-host, Allie Burns.
Duration:00:12:56
Contestant 6: NotesFirst
6/14/2018
The sixth contestant in the Women Startup Challenge Podcast is Patricia Lopez, Founder of NotesFirst.
NotesFirst is a smartphone and cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) platform designed for doctors and healthcare providers in emerging markets to capture, access, and curate patient information at the point-of-care. It is an intuitive, customizable, and quickly deployable platform.
You can find them online at NotesFirst rate Patricia's pitch at https://www.womenwhotech.com/vote
Special thanks to our investor co-host, Allie Burns.
Duration:00:11:40
Contestant 5: Motivo
6/7/2018
The fifth contestant in the Women Startup Challenge Podcast is Rachel McCrickard, Founder of Motivo.
Motivo is an online platform providing remote consultation services to mental health professionals. In the past, these consultation hours have occurred through expensive in-person sessions. Motivo provides access to a robust network of mental health professionals through secure video conference.
You can find Motivo at Motivo and rate Rachel's pitch at https://www.womenwhotech.com/vote
Special thanks to our investor co-host, Adam Zuckerman.
Duration:00:14:47
Contestant 4: VitalSines
5/31/2018
The fourth contestant in the Women Startup Challenge Podcast is Sarah Goodman, Founder of VitalSines.
VitalSines creates products that empower individuals to live longer, healthier lives. Their popular device iHeart Internal Age revolutionarily measures arterial stiffness to provide consumers with an affordable way to monitor and improve their overall health.
You can find VitalSines at VitalSines and rate Sarah's pitch at https://www.womenwhotech.com/vote
Special thanks to our investor co-host, Adam Zuckerman.
Duration:00:14:05
Contestant 3: RaceYa
5/24/2018
The third contestant in the Women Startup Challenge Podcast is Abigail Edgecliffe-Johnson, Founder of RaceYa.
RaceYa educates, entertains and inspires kids through play. Their customizable, programmable radio-controlled car is a hands-on vehicle for STEM connected to a digital community that lets kids share their creations and challenges them to develop skills from engineering to robotics.
You can find RaceYa at RaceYa.com and rate Abigail's pitch at https://www.womenwhotech.com/vote
Special thanks to our investor co-host, Adam Zuckerman.
Duration:00:13:18
Contestant 2: Second Screen
5/17/2018
The second contestant in the Women Startup Challenge Podcast is Estella Gabriel, CEO of Second Screen.
Second Screen is a curated social platform streaming bite-sized sophisticated series for the mobile culture. We rebrand and repackage good-but-unseen independent feature films to view just like a high-quality cable series of 10-minute episodes.
You can find Second Screen at WatchSecondScreen.com and rate Estella's pitch at https://www.womenwhotech.com/vote
Special thanks to our investor co-host, Adam Zuckerman.
Duration:00:14:01
Contestant 1: ImpactVision
5/10/2018
The first contestant in the Women Startup Challenge Podcast is Abi Ramanan, CEO of ImpactVision.
ImpactVision's software combines hyperspectral imaging with machine learning to provide information about the quality of foods non-invasively and rapidly for food supply chains. For example, the tenderness of meat, the freshness of fish or the presence of contaminants, from images.
You can find ImpactVision at www.impactvi.com and rate Abi's pitch at https://www.womenwhotech.com/vote
Special thanks to our investor co-host, Adam Zuckerman.
Duration:00:12:04
Women Startup Challenge is coming soon!
3/30/2018
Each week we’ll feature one of ten women-led startups competing for a $5,000 cash grant. We’ll hear from the founders, ask some tough questions, and give you the opportunity to vote for your favorite competing startup. Subscribe now to hear every episode and find out how you can help select the winning pitch.
If you would like to apply to be a contestant, visit https://www.womenwhotech.com/women-startup-challenge/podcast
Duration:00:01:13