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This week we celebrate these women making their mark in Silicon Valley.
The Women of Silicon Valley
excerpts from Pulse of the Valley, December 19 - 30
Investments in Women-Led Companies
Women-led companies (5) received $70M (11%) of the $634MB in total investments for the week.
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Crystal Tang, CEO and Co-founder of
Intelligent Racing, closed a $2.3M Seed in the company's first outside funding.
Intelligent Racing harnesses existing knowledge from the world's leading scientific research universities and combines it with self-developed fully autonomous race cars for an exciting and educational gaming experience.
Sarika Bajaj,, CEO and Co-Founder of
Refiberd, closed a $2M Series A with $2.6M in total capital.
Refiberd provides an AI and robotics-based textile recycling system that sorts discarded textiles and then uses a patent-pending textile recycling process to recycle the sorted textiles into 100% repurposed thread.
Marissa Pittard,, Co-Founder of
Beaming Health, closed a $2M Series Seed in the company's first outside funding.
Beaming Health is the marketplace for autism care and other developmental differences, aggregating resources such as clinical specialists, and an autism-friendly barber, plus help for applying for grants and help for parents to navigate and manage it all.
Maria Artunduaga,, CEO & Co-Founder of
Samay Health, closed a $1M Series Pre-Seed with $3.7M in total capital.
Samay Health is building the best clinical-grade respiratory monitoring platform at home using wearable patches and powerful AI algorithms.
Ritu Lal,, CEO & Co-Founder of
GEn1E Lifesciences, closed a $17M Series A with $22M in total capital.
GEn1E Lifesciences is a next-gen biotech company working on treatments for inflammatory and age-related diseases.
Kimberlie Le,, CEO & Co-Founder of
Prime Roots, closed a $28.8M Series B with $47.3M in total capital.
Prime Roots is reimagining protein itself and offers vegetarian-based fungi super protein food products that include salmon burger that replicates the taste, texture, and nutrition of meat and seafood products.
Women on the Move
Hadas Finkelman joined the team at
Leadspace as
CFO this month.
Jennifer Phillips joined the team at
Forge Global as
Chief Growth Officer this month.
Victoria Hughes moved from
Earnest to
Forge Global as
Chief People Officer this month.
Suzi-Kay Jacoel joined the team at
Silver Creek Pharmaceuticals as
Head of Business Strategy in November, 2022.
Kendra Niedziejko moved from
xMatters to
Mattermost as
CFO this month.
Katherine Barnhisel Rincon moved from
Rapyd to
GridGain Systems as
CMO this month.
Women Joining Boards of Directors
Nancy Gioia product development, manufacturing, strategy and planning of Ford Motor Company has joined the board at
Power Integrations this month.
Aparna Iyer Sr. Director of Product Management of Quantum Art has joined the board at
Quantum Art this month.
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