Natasha Gillezeau

Tandem co-founder Lauren Humphrey on knowing when to pivot

Australia, Published September 21, 2024

"I’ve started to realise that whatever I feel in my gut doesn’t have to be right, but it needs to be considered. Knowing we needed to pivot - it felt like something was wrong."

Meet Heba Khamis, the CEO enabling robotic dexterity through a sense of touch

Australia, Published September 18, 2024

Did you know humans have 2000 touch receptors in their finger pads to help them grab, touch, grip, and recognise various objects? Yeah, we didn't either. To take robotics to the next level, it turns out robots also need sensors. That’s where Contactile, led by engineer and CEO Heba Khamis, comes into play.

Constantinople co-founder Di Challenor on the power of grit and how she pulled off the largest seed round raise in Australia

Australia, Published September 13, 2024

From cutting her teeth in tech sales at 19, to raising $32 million in a seed round to help make her banking software company Constantinople a reality, Di Challenor presents a founder masterclass in never giving up.

Stripe's head of information Emily Glassberg Sands on what it takes to break into data science

Global, Published September 4, 2024

From rural Montana to a tech unicorn, Emily Glassberg Sands breaks down her journey into data science and how other women can embrace similar opportunities in technology.

Ella Noah Bancroft on living between two worlds

Australia, Published August 20, 2024

In many ways, Ella is a reluctant entrepreneur. But her life-affirming organisation The Returning is a creative and expansive response to the challenge of connecting predominantly Indigenous women with culture, country, and deeper forms of healing.

Dr Jen Gunter wants to help you protect your vaginal health

Global, Published August 9, 2024

Poor quality sex ed combined with misinformation on social media are a noxious combination when it comes to helping young women understand their vaginas. Dr Jen Gunter, a Canadian-American gynecologist, New York Times columnist, and TikTok fiend is here to set the record straight.

Scale Investors' managing partner Samar Mcheileh on how its time for the media to flip the venture capital and gender script

Australia, Published July 27, 2024

Bad, depressing numbers? Boring. The economic and financial opportunities of investing in women and the products and services they create? Yes please.

Tinybeans CEO Zsofi Paterson on what it takes to run a public company

Global, Published July 26, 2024

Zsofi Paterson began her journey with Tinybeans as a user of the private family photo sharing platform before stepping up to the CEO plate in July 2023. As one of just 9 percent of women CEOs running an ASX-listed company, Zsofi shares what she’s learned so far on how to transition from running private to public companies.

Giant Leap partner Rachel Yang on how diverse investment teams help keep each others' biases in check

Australia, Published July 25, 2024

In the venture capital world, having "strong convictions" is often deemed important. But investor Rachel Yang has found that "having more views around the table" allows her team to make better decisions.

What's the deal behind the deals? Only 2-4 per cent of total venture capital goes to women-led companies - and we want to talk about it

Australia, Published July 25, 2024

BCG research has found that women-led businesses generate 12 per cent higher revenues using an average of a third less capital than their male counterparts. Imagine what female founders - and their teams - would be capable of with the same financial resources as their male peers.

Camille Goldstone-Henry on building the Canva of biodiversity

Australia, Published July 10, 2024

Xylo Systems is a first of its kind software tool for tracking biodiversity. Here, Xylo founder Camille drops some hard-won wisdom four years into her entrepreneurial journey.

Jessica Maguire on helping women to reset their nervous systems

Australia, Published June 28, 2024

In our latest Female Founders instalment, we spoke to Jessica Maguire about pivoting from life as a physiotherapist to building an online education platform that helps students beat burnout.