Serving underrepresented founders to drive innovation in the Bay Area
Our 2023 participants

Lauren Dunford
Co-founder and CEO, Guidewheel
Guidewheel provides plug-and-play FactoryOps to factories around the world to empower them to reach sustainable peak performance.

Eleanor Cooper
Co-founder and CEO, Pathstream
Pathstream provides a coaching-supported career mobility platform that helps employees build the skills they need to navigate opportunities within their company and unlock growth for their careers and companies.

Samuel Ethiopia
Co-founder and CEO, DocSpera
DocSpera is an integrated digital healthcare solution that helps improve workflow management in hospitals by focusing on care coordination, cost reduction, and improving patient outcomes.
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