Ari Horie has founded women’s Startup Lab (WSLab), a founder development accelerator based in the heart of Silicon Valley providing stage-specific founder training to early-stage startups. WSLab’s mission is to guide women-led startups to victory and inspire change to impact the world.
Ari is a prominent Silicon Valley entrepreneur and has been named one of Silicon Valley Business Journal’s “Women of Influence in Silicon Valley” in 2015, one of CNN’s 10 Visionary Women of 2014, and “40 over 40” Women to Watch in 2015. Ari Horie is an active global keynote speaker at leading tech conferences
In most industries where women dominate purchasing power, female-led companies are experiencing rapid and exponential growth. For example, Pat McGrath Labs, a cosmetics company of the same name headed by a famous make-up artist, became a unicorn in 2018, as did Huda Beauty and Canva, a graphic design platform. Fourteen women-led unicorns in the US form a melting pot of industries, including Eventbrite, an event platform, SaaS-based customer experience management software Medallia and the consumer credit company Credit Karma. A total of $23.9 billion in VC-backed companies around the world have at least 23 female founders. While these numbers are disheartening, a look at the Pitchbook highlights the progress made by female entrepreneurs in building unicorns in a variety of industries.
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