Inc. Magazine, April 2024

Female Founders 250

Female Founders 250

Rita Katona

So Good So You

For making plant-based, probiotic wellness shots with renewable energy.

Maggie Kavalaris

Terviva

For developing versatile food products from pongamia trees, allowing the company to shift priorities during a challenging funding period for plant-based food items.

Najwa Khan

dalci

For accomplishing $1 million in sales and securing nationwide distribution for chemical-free treats.

Golnar Khosrowshahi

Reservoir Media

For organically increasing revenue by more than 8 percent and committing to hiring women in the music industry.

Dana Kim

Highlight

For raising an $18 million Series A round and launching a second-generation platform for physical product testing.

Binna Kim

Vested

Integrated communications marketing agency working with brands across financial industry, including banks, asset managers, capital markets firms, fintechs and more.

Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King Enterprises

For investing in entrepreneurs and companies that put women leaders, athletes, and fans first, from early-stage startups to late-stage businesses.

Stephany Kirkpatrick

Orum

For building a payment platform that helped businesses recover after the Silicon Valley Bank collapse.

April Koh

Spring Health

For expanding access to personalized health care plans for eight million users and reducing claims costs by $2,000 per patient per year.

Hannah Kowalski

Emma Relief

For increasing sales 10-fold in less than two years and becoming a nine-figure business that supports gut health.

Ami Kumordzie

Sika Health

For making it easier for people to use their unspent HSA/FSA funds through a structure equivalent to a gift card.

Renée La Londe

iTalent Digital

For providing IT consulting and software services and committing to educating the next generation of women in STEM.

Sabeena Ladha

DEUX

For making “good-for-you” desserts and rapidly expanding retail presence at national grocery chains.

Christie Lagally

Rebellyous Foods

For delivering 10 million pounds of plant-based chicken across the country, reaching 90 school districts.

Robin Laine

Transect

For building a software platform that leverages state and federal data sets to inform land developers of their project’s environmental impacts.

Jasmin Larian Hekmat

Cult Gaia

For expanding retail stores around the country and internationally while maintaining profitability with no investors.

Marina Larroudé

Larroude

For bringing jobs back to her community in Brazil with the opening of her sustainable shoe brand’s first factory.

Anne Read Lattimore

LAKE

For growing revenue by 50 percent, customer base by 185 percent, and employees roster by 134 percent throughout 2023 as a pajama brand.

Kimberlie Le

Prime Roots

For raising $30 million to scale plant-based meat made from koji 6X in 2023.

Cortney Lebens

Muy’Ono Resorts

For pioneering sustainability efforts in the tourism industry and investing in host communities in Belize.

Sarah Lee

Glow Recipe

For increasing global business 43 percent and becoming a top skin care seller in Sephora.

Rosa Li

wildwonder

For growing a probiotic beverage brand 400 percent year-over-year and expanding into 3,000 retail stores.

Marlie Liu

RetailNext

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For integrating 100,000 proprietary AI sensor installations worldwide while growing its workforce by 8 percent and customer base 13 percent.