Celebrating the Women of Silicon Valley

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This week we celebrate these women making their mark in Silicon Valley.

The Women of Silicon Valley

excerpts from Pulse of the Valley, May 1 - 12

Investments in Women-Led Companies

Women-led companies (8) received $51M (2%) of the $1.1B in total investments for the first two weeks of May.

Click on any person or company name to see details, including their LinkedIn profiles, pages and website.

Laura Yecies, CEO & Co-founder of Bone Health Technologies closed a $3.2M Series A with $6.2M in total capital.

Bone Health Technologies develops medical devices designed for low bone mass, such as OsteoBoost, that provides a gentle mechanical stimulation that mimics weight-bearing exercise, providing an effective non-drug intervention.

Yinglian Xie, CEO & Co-founder of DataVisor closed an undisclosed amount Series Unknown with $94.5M in total capital.

DataVisor is the world’s leading fraud and risk management platform that enables organizations to respond to fast-evolving fraud attacks and mitigate risks in real time.

Bella Liu, CEO & Co-founder of Orby AI closed a $4.5M Seed for the company's first outside funding.

Orby AI is building the next-generation AI platform to bring the "auto-complete" experience to everyday business users and automate all mundane and repetitive tasks.

Jessica Powell, CEO & Co-founder of Audioshake closed a $2.7M Seed with $4.7M in total capital.

AudioShake is a powerful AI that can take a recording from any point in time and deconstruct it into separated vocal and instrument tracks called stems.

Paola Santana, CEO & Co-founder of Glass Commerce closed a $3M Seed with $3.8M in total capital.

GLASS Commerce is a Silicon Valley e-Commerce startup revolutionizing how governments buy.

Rachel Chu, CEO & Co-founder of Vibe.xyz closed a $4M Seed for the company's first outside funding.

Vibe.xyz provides an NFT platform that sets out to create the paradigm shift of "NFT-to-Product", the new standard of non-fungibility by providing creatives the tools to curate and customize their NFTs.

Jenne Moore, CEO & Founder of Sourse closed a $2.4M Seed with $6.3M in total capital.

Sourse is a food tech company that is developing new formats for vitamins and supplements, starting with a vitamin-infused chocolate.

Jazzlyn O'Reilly, CEO & Co-founder of SuperDuperSecret closed a $1M Pre-Seed for the company's first outside funding.

SuperDuperSecret is a developer of a meta-game platform that focuses on multiplayer, evergreen games.

Women on the Move

Paige Hendrix Buckner joined the team at All Raise as CEO this month.

Linda Yaccarino joined the team at Twitter as CEO this month.

Innes Bailey joined the team at Remofirst as Director of Customer Success this month.

Victoria Beasley moved from Prelude Ventures to Gigascale Capital as Partner this month

Jill Woodworth joined the team at Alation as CFO this month

Patricia Hamlin joined the team at TaskHuman as VP Customer Lifecycle Marketing this month.

Pamela Peeke joined the team at Bone Health Technologies as Chief Medical Officer this month.

Cynthia Collins, CEO of Editas Medicine has joined the board at Nutcracker Therapeutics this month.

Erin Essenmacher joined the team at Athena Alliance as Chief Experience and Strategy Officer this month.

Andrea Sorian joined the team at Lucid Motors as VP Marketing this month.

Kathy Jeffery joined the team at Element Science as Chief People Officer this month.

Cheryl Messner joined the team at Polly as Chief Customer Officer this month.

Joanna Johnston joined the team at BigPanda as Chief Customer Officer this month.

Sally Pofcher joined the team at Shutterfly as CEO this month.

Teresa Carroll joined the team at Magnit as CEO this month.

Denise Haselhorst joined the team at Chargebee as Chief People Officer this month.

Ayanna Clunis joined the team at TPG Capital Partners as Partner this month.

Rachel Jrade-Rice joined the team at Next Insurance as General Counsel this month.

Kimberly Bambach joined the team at Tivic Health Systems as Interim CFO this month.

Daniela Catalan joined the team at Pipefy as Chief Human Resources Officer this month.

Debbie Dizon Lauber joined the team at Sky Zone as Chief People Officer this month.

Michelle Ragusa-McBain joined the team at SonicWALL as VP Channel Chief this month.

Kathleen Bayless, CFO of Synaptics has joined the board at Amprius in April, 2023.

Rosie Nguyen joined the team at OpenLight as VP Finance in April, 2023.

Angela Hooper moved from Alation to Prophecy.io as VP Field Engineering and Customer Success in April, 2023.

Anastasija Oleinika joined the team at Printify as CFO in April, 2023.

Jennifer Johnston moved from Nimble Robotics to SunPower as COO in March, 2023.

Women Joining Boards of Directors

Marcie Hamilton, GM of Consano Medical has joined the board at Bone Health Technologies this month.

Kian Beyzavi, Venture Partner of Cota Capital has joined the board at Bone Health Technologies this month.

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