Women-founded and owned startups on the P&Q Top MBA Startups list raised a combined $137.74 million of the $2.455 billion raised by all startups on the ranking.
2018 Rank | Startup Name | Funding Amount (millions) | Founder(s) Name(S) | Year Founded | Industry | School | Latest Funding Round | Location |
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18 | Guild Education | $31.50 | Brittany Stich and Rachel Carlson | 2015 | Education | Stanford Graduate School of Business | $21 million Series B on September 6, 2017 | Denver, Colorado |
19 | Away | $31.00 | Steph Korey and Jen Rubio | 2015 | Consumer Products | Columbia Business School | $20 million Series B on May 19, 2017 | New York, New York |
25 | Dia&Co | $20.00 | Lydia Gilbert and Nadia Boujarwah | 2014 | E-commerce | Harvard Business School | $20 million Venture on September 13, 2016 | Brooklyn, New York |
35 | Havenly | $13.32 | Jessie Dixon, Emily Motayed, Lee Mayer | 2014 | Interior Design | Wharton | $5.8 Series A on March 29, 2016 | Denver, Colorado |
38 | Hello Alfred | $12.50 | Jessica Beck and Marcela Sapone | 2013 | Home Automation | Harvard Business School | $10.5 million Series A in April 2015 | New York, New York |
47 | LOLA | $11.20 | Jordana Kier and Alexandra Friedman | 2014 | Consumer Products | Columbia Business School | $7 million Series A on December 12, 2016 | New York, New York |
53 | Vow to be Chic | $10.00 | Kelsey Doorey | 2013 | E-commerce | UCLA Anderson | $5 million Series A on June 15, 2016 | Santa Monica, California |
87 | Simple Mills | $4.22 | Katlin Smith | 2013 | Food Manufacturing | Chicago Booth | $3.04 million Venture on February 17, 2016 | Chicago, Illinois |
91 | ExplORer Surgical | $4.00 | Jennifer Fried | 2015 | Healthcare | Chicago Booth | $3 million Series A on August 29, 2017 | Chicago, Illinois |