Archive - Her Hustle

Cold DMs, Community Plays, & Creator Paydays

Actionable tips for building authentic community, Dame acquires Chakrubs to grow its women-led sexual wellness empire, and Verci is paying NYC creators…

Jun 30 •

Summer Heat, Startup Hustle: Female Founders Are Not Slowing Down

Nancy Xu’s Moonhub gets acquihired by Salesforce, Tyler Haney raises $11M for her latest venture, Caitlin Colgrove lands $70M for Hex, and sister duo…

Jun 20 •

New Grads, New Funds, and New Roles: Summer Startup Season Is Here

Touchland acquired up to $880 million, UM female student founder's win $100k, Incora Health set to launch the first clinically-backed smart earrings

Jun 8 •

May 2025

Finals Out, Student Founders Up

Congrats on finishing finals hustlers! Over the past two weeks, female founders collectively raised an incredible $245.15M, and fresh startup job…

May 18 •

Pitch Perfect: The Female Student Founders Winning Big

Congrats to student founders Anantika Mannby, Miki S-Y, Ayah Abdeldayem, and Naomi Rajput for taking home over $56,000 in pitch competition prizes this…

May 1 •

April 2025

Power in Progress

Kristie D'Ambrosio-Correll makes history as first woman to found car company; Helena Polyblank raises $60M for Mendel; Grace Wang lands $20M at $215M…

Apr 7 •

March 2025

Women’s History Month Is Ending—But We’re Just Getting Started

Alani Nutrition’s $1.8B CELSIUS acquisition, Whitney Wolfe Herd returns as Bumble CEO, 6 Femtech startups take their censorship case to the EU, plus…

Mar 30 •

Funding > Mentoring: Kicking Off Women’s History Month

$187.4M Raised by Female Founders, Sheikha Al-Otaibi Takes the Top Prize at Babson’s Pitch Competition, Femtech is Growing—But Where’s the Funding for…

Mar 2 •

February 2025

Big Wins, Big Checks & Big Opportunities for Female Founders

$253.5M Raised by Female Founders, AI & Innovation from Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, Cindy Gallop on DEI & Driving Excessive Income, Stanford Student…

Feb 23 •

From Hackathons to Funding Rounds: Women Founders Turning Ideas into Millions

$203.95M Raised Across 13 Female-Led Startups, Ulu Ventures, the Largest Latina-led VC Fund in the U.S., Closed a $208 million Fourth Fund, GenMD: AI…

Feb 16 •

The Power of Community: Helping Female Founders Build, Test, Invest, & Launch

Diem Opens Investment to Its Community, Early Exposure to Entrepreneurs Increases Female Founders, Female Invest Breaks Records, SRTX Rallies Community…

Feb 9 •

Kicking off February with This Week’s Female Founder Report

$150M+ Raised: The Biggest Wins for Female Founders This Week, UGA Female Student Founders Are Scaling Fast, Hey Jane Faces Online Censorship of Women’s…

Feb 2 •

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