The platform prioritizes Asian American-led businesses, immigrant-led businesses, and the mom-and-pop suppliers and producers behind popular heritage brands. Read More
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The startup striving to make talking about vaginal wellness as normal as discussing skin and hair care
Happy V says it is helping women without access to health insurance receive effective treatment options at an affordable price. Read More
The virtual pizza party startup that staged a major revival during the pandemic shutdowns
Pizzatime, a pizza catering service tailored for virtual parties and meetings, originally launched and shuttered in 2019, only to come back online in 2020 after COVID hit. Read More
Meet the maker behind the world’s first-ever PMS gummy vitamin
The cofounder is a former Disney Imagineer who left to pursue building her own brand that would help women who were suffering from PMS. Read More
Meet Fable, the pet care brand with a 5,000 person wait list
The pet gear industry has boomed over the past year during the pandemic, and Fable is outpacing all projections for its design-forward products. Read More
This ready-to-eat food startup relies on inspiration from traditional recipes
A Dozen Cousins offers a line of modernized ready-to-eat beans inspired by traditional Black and Latino recipes from throughout the Americas.
Changing the plant-based food industry one spoon at a time
This is an installment of Startup Year One, a special series of interviews with founders about the major lessons they have learned in the immediate aftermath of their businesses’ first year of operation. Nydia Shipman and Sarah Renahan started the Worthy Company in 2018. As new moms, they were seeking a better eating experience that […]
The future of maternity workwear is all in the details
This is an installment of Startup Year One, a special series of interviews with founders about the major lessons they have learned in the immediate aftermath of their businesses’ first year of operation. While pregnant with her first son and working full-time at the United Nations as a strategist for partnerships, business development, and stakeholder […]
The founder who decided to to stop fundraising and instead hold onto her equity
This is an installment of Startup Year One, a special series of interviews with founders about the major lessons they have learned in the immediate aftermath of their businesses’ first year of operation. Many founders fall into the trap of believing that fundraising is a rite of passage in the startup world. But it can […]
This female-founded face mask brand had a wait-list of more than 40,000 customers
This is an installment of Startup Year One, a special series of interviews with founders about the major lessons they have learned in the immediate aftermath of their businesses’ first year of operation. The pandemic has fueled a cottage industry of different products that never seemed necessary in everyday life, but nothing has come close (or perhaps, become […]