Being the minority in a male centric tech world has not stopped women from making ways for future generations to follow. We have constructed a personalized list of the women who step out of comfort zoned and become leaders. Combining tech with fields of education, music, fashion etc or separately, they have managed to make a mark.
Here is a list of a few of them for you to admire.
High growth start-ups are encouraged by her company Entrepreneur First where companies like Blaze have secured millions in funding under it. In order to promote coding especially in the minds of females, she started the venture Code First: Girls.
Ranked in the top 100 women in tech, Sherry Coutu has a number of things under her name. From being angel investor and entrepreneur of LinkedIn, Lovefilm, Artfinder to co chairing Silicon Valley Comes to the UK to being the non executive director of the London Stock Exchange, she has made a strong impact.
A co-founder holding ambitions to make world code literature which is what her company Decoded works towards. Names like Google and Microsoft are attached to her. She has even been an influential speaker in many Girls in Tech Events in UK.
Standing as the CMO and co-founder of the company Blippar which is a unique venture into mobile virtual discovery, Jess Butcher has become an inspiration in the entrepreneur world as a woman of the future.
The Startup Weekend Europe has been brought into a lot of limelight with as many as 300 events alone this year by this talented lady thereby positively influencing the economy and business world in UK.
The launch of the UK campaign ‘Year of Code’ led to the development of Code Club under the leadership of these two ladies. This targets kids at the age of 9-11 so that the passion for coding can be set young. They have extended to a number of primary schools in UK.
Turning her passion into something useful, this fashionista created Girls Meets Dress which is a luxury garment rental service. She along with her co-founder raised money through Global Founders Capital.
Another woman from the fashion industry who co-founded the big data fashion start-up EDITED has chalked out a company that helps with things like the correct retail price of the right products that are needed. The company runs the biggest apparel data warehouse.
Boticca had gained a lot of popularity as the world’s leading online jewellery marketplaces under her guidance. She has graced many Girls in Tech, UK events. Boticca was acquired by the company Wolf & Badger in 2015. Currently she works in Kobalt which is a New York based music tech company.