TechFoundHer

We're delighted to be attending the InterTradeIreland Venture Capital Conference this week! Make sure to reach out and connect with our CEO Máirín Murray in advance. Well done to all involved. Meg Magill Elaine Patterson Alison Currie Drew O'Sullivan

📢 Final call for SoCircular 2025!  🌟 Celebrate Dublin’s social enterprise and circular economy scene this coming Monday, 3rd March in the Wood Quay Venue, Dublin 8. Hear from leaders in these fields on the supports offered, tips for getting your enterprise more social and circular, and for insider knowledge on what may be next for the circular economy. Places are limited, so don’t miss out! Find out more & sign up at: https://lnkd.in/eWzQm3VC #SoCircular #Circular #LEW2025 Mary Mac Sweeney Ross C. Juliet Tennent Joanna Travers Abby Beale Anna Pronicheva Cormac Turnbull Dublin City Council Community Resources Network Ireland (CRNI) LEO Dublin City dr. joanne rourke Jane McDaid Claire Downey Lucy Clarke Michael Scriney Evanne Kilmurray Inner City Enterprise Orla Butler Paul Berry The Rediscovery Centre THINKHOUSE We Make Good LEODublinCity . VivaGreen Group shareclub Stillgarden Distillery Goodbody Clearstream Chris Mooney-Brown

Congratulations to the incredible female founders who secured funding this week! Here’s a roundup of the female founders who raised capital, according to Crunchbase: • Kat Miroshnikova (London, UK) – Co-founder of Unit Network, a decentralized financial ecosystem enabling the tokenization of real-world and digital assets, raised $18M in funding led by Blockchain Founders Fund and Outlier Ventures. • Brooke M. (San Francisco, CA) – Founder of RAD Security, an AI-driven cybersecurity platform protecting cloud infrastructure, secured $14M in Series A funding led by Cheyenne Ventures.R • Alex Zenla, Emily Long, and Ariadne Conill (Seattle, WA) – Co-founders of Edera, a startup revolutionizing workload isolation technology for cloud security, raised $15M in Series A funding led by Microsoft’s M12. • Adina Simu (San Jose, CA) – Co-founder of Auditoria.AI, an AI-powered automation platform for CFO offices, secured $38M in funding led by Innovius Capital and Dell Technologies Capital. • Helen Hastings (San Francisco, CA) – Founder of Quanta, an AI-powered accounting automation platform, raised $4.7M in seed funding led by Accel. • Celine Halioua (San Francisco, CA) – Founder of Loyal, a biotech company developing longevity drugs for dogs, secured $22M in Series B-2 funding led by Valor Equity Partners and Collaborative Fund. • Natalie J. Galant, PhD, Ph.D. (Toronto, Canada) – Founder of Paradox Immunotherapeutics, a biotech startup advancing antibody therapies for protein misfolding diseases, raised $10M in funding from SymBiosis. • Layla Hosseini-Gerami (Cambridge, UK) – Co-founder of Ignota Labs, an AI-driven company rescuing failed drug development projects, secured $6.9M in seed funding led by Montage Ventures and AIX Ventures. • Prof. Romana Schirhagl (Groningen, Netherlands) – Co-founder of QT Sense, a quantum disease detection startup developing nano-MRI diagnostics for sepsis and cancer, raised $6.3M in funding led by QDNL Participations. • Hailey Swartz (Miami, FL) – Co-founder of Actual Veggies, a plant-based food company creating clean-label veggie burgers, secured $7M in Series A funding led by Relentless Consumer Partners. • Bessie Schwarz & Dr. Beth Tellman, PhD (New York, NY) – Co-founders of Floodbase, a climate adaptation platform providing parametric flood risk insurance, raised $5M in funding led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund. • Nicole Mazza (London, UK) – Co-founder of Relay Technologies, an AI-powered parcel delivery logistics startup, secured $35M in Series A funding led by Plural. • Camille van Horne (New York, NY) – Co-founder of Highstock, a platform connecting brands with wholesale buyers for unsold inventory, raised $5.5M in seed funding led by Greylock. From AI-driven cybersecurity and quantum health diagnostics to fintech and climate tech, these female founders are reshaping industries!

Share share share 50 businesses registered in the last 24 hours, will you add yours? Did you know most teenagers in Ireland cannot name 3 female entrepreneurs! We are creating Ireland's first comprehensive directory of women led businesses in advance of IWD2025. All businesses, all shapes and sizes, all industries, established and start up (18 months+). Let's make these businesses more visible, let's shine a light and put our money where our mouth is and support women led businesses. We can't all invest in women, we can't all mentor women BUT we can all buy from women! Come on all you successful women that are in my network, add your business! It's 100% free, there is no hidden agenda, there is no small print! Please share with you networks and let's get this directory to 300 businesses by Wednesday. I know we can do it! There is no cost for businesses and no membership required and we want to highlight as many women-led businesses as we can. All businesses must be over 18 months old and be a minimum of 50% women owned. Here is the link that women need in order to register:  https://lnkd.in/eruadrUv or go to https://lnkd.in/geCy8DB4 The business name, promoter details, website, product and location gathered in the questionnaire will be used to create a profile. Other information will be used to create reports with aggregated, annonimised data to drive change and equality. No individual business information will be shared with 3rd parties..ever! Please share with any female-led business that you know, and together lets make a difference! Caroline Dunlea Gina London Caroline Reidy Bevin Mahon AIBF President Ciara Crossan MIH Marissa Carter Elaine Carroll (BBS, AITI, QFA) Network Ireland Going for Growth Sarah Naylor McNamee Sonya Lennon Mary Casey Mary McKenna, MBE Lorraine E. Curham Reta Octania Clara Galvao

Speaker Announcement: Excited that Lata Setty VC, Investor and champion is joining our TechFoundHer International Women's Day's event. Only a few tickets left so book asap. https://lnkd.in/enu648GS Our TechFoundHer IWD event Entrepreneurship as Activism is an all island gathering. 🗓️ Thursday, March 6, 2025, 11:00 to 13:00 📍 Huckletree, 42 Pearse Street, Dublin, D02 HV59 🎟️ Registration essential: https://lnkd.in/enu648GS Shout out to KC Peaches Café & Catering Group and Huckletree for supporting our event!

Congratulations Tanya Vacarda - this is fantastic news! 👇

🚀 MEET OUR SPEAKERS 🚀 We’re excited to hear from Anna Marie Turley, Head of Fintech, Financial Services & Cybersecurity in Enterprise Ireland, at the first-ever All-Island International Women’s Day Celebration! Anna Marie’s previous roles included Head of Entrepreneurship & HPSU Operations and Manager of the Retail, Consumer & Online Department. Prior to that she worked as a Senior Development Adviser across the organisation.   Prior to Enterprise Ireland, Anna-Marie worked in industry for over 10 years and has considerable experience in a variety of industry sectors, most notably ICT, both in Irish early stage start-up companies and globally trading multinational businesses including Ericsson, Dell and Smurfit.   She is a Governance Committee member of both the Irish Photonic Integration Centre (IPIC) and LERO, the Research Ireland Centre for Software. She also serves and the NSAI IoT and Digital Twin Committee.  As part of her wider commitment to developing innovation and entrepreneurship in society, Anna-Marie is a regular judge at the BT Young Scientist, Ireland’s premier science competition for school children and was appointed to serve as a member on the Council of Gaisce.   A native of Monaghan, Anna-Marie holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science, an MBS in Management Information Systems from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and a MSc in Business Practice from UCC! Join us on Saturday 8th March in Croke Park—get your tickets here: https://bit.ly/4hkFJR9 Women in Business NI InterTradeIreland Enterprise Ireland AIB #NetworkIreland #SupportedByAIB #BreakingBarriers

Congratulations to Máirín Murray for one year of TechFoundHer. Thanks for the invite to the 1st birthday party! 🥳 I took part in the TechFoundHer Innovation Labs programme at the end of last year. A fantastic experience, especially for someone who does not see themselves as a ‘techie’ person. This programme really made the world of tech a lot less daunting and opened my eyes to how we could embrace tech in the future growth of our businesses Dun Homes and StudioPARK Architects. Máirín Murray is a force to be reckoned with. She has achieved so much already with TechFoundHer in one year and I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next!

Congrats Dr. Pragya Sharma - such a powerful and inspiring journey 👇🏻 with Gran Lab Ltd.

A big shout out to KC Peaches Café & Catering Group for supporting our TechFoundHer IWD event on Thursday 6th March! Katie Cantwell you are an angel!! Thanks for all your support!! Only a few tickets left so book asap: https://lnkd.in/enu648GS 🗓️ Thursday, March 6, 2025, 11:00 to 13:00 📍 Huckletree, 42 Pearse Street, Dublin, D02 HV59 Join us on 6th March at Huckletree in Dublin 11am - 1pm! Are you in position to support our event as an Angel??? Please dm Máirín Murray as looking for an angel to help with event costs.