Creators, Corgi, Care
Anthropic's $10B. Insurance and health tech raises. Creators, campus reps, and early hires open across NYC, SF, and beyond!
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Daniela Amodei, Co-Founder & President of Anthropic, an AI research company building Claude, raised $10B in funding at a $350B valuation led by GIC and Coatue.
Emily Yuan, Co-Founder & COO of Corgi, an insurance carrier built for startups and technology companies, raised $108M in funding led by YC.
Marta Bralic Kerns, Founder & CEO of Pomelo Care, a virtual healthcare platform for women and children, raised $92M in Series C funding at a $1.7B valuation led by Stripes.
Barbara Oliveira, Co-Founder & CCO of Luminate Medical, an Ireland-based medical device company developing patient-centered technologies to prevent hair loss and other side effects during chemotherapy, raised $21M in Series A funding led by ARTIS Ventures.
María González Manso, Founder & CEO of Tucuvi, an AI care management platform using clinical voice AI to expand healthcare capacity, raised $20M in Series A funding led by Cathay Innovation and Leadwind.
🎥 Katrin from Frich is hiring a paid NYC-based Creator Partnerships Intern to help grow creator relationships for the Gen Z money platform making finance relatable.
🥕 Madison from Agora Marketplace is hiring a Growth & Community Intern to help grow a digital home for local food, community, and independent producers.
🌐 Maggie from The Collective is onboarding founding fellows across media, writing, and operations to join a tight-knit founder and VC community in NYC, SF, and Boston.
💼 Anna from Ingeborg Investments is opening applications for a Summer 2026 Internship offering hands-on exposure to venture investing, research, and women-focused capital.
🧠 Michelle from Flint AI is hiring a Chief of Staff to help build autonomous websites that design, launch, and optimize themselves.
📣 Merry from Glimpse is hiring a content lead to grow community-driven short- and long-form content for the NYC-based startup automating the back office for consumer brands.
✨ Aliett from Fazit is gorilla hiring a Head of Partnerships to own brand and cultural partnerships across beauty, sports, and music.
🏛️ Pranathi from Holly is hiring a Product Operations Analyst to help scale a govtech platform for local governments.
🚀 Jianna from Cardinal is hiring Founding Engineers to help build next-gen document processing and GTM infra.
✍️ Jenna from SISU is hiring storytellers to grow its narrative consultancy helping high-growth startups and VC firms shape storytelling, PR, and distribution.
🧴 Shai from Bubble is hiring across senior brand, marketing, retail, and creative roles to help scale dermatologist-backed skincare for the mass market.
🎬 Maggie from This January is hiring paid interns across social content, copywriting, design, film, and project management at the DC-based creative agency.
💜 Melissa from Sibyl is hiring a part-time Growth Marketer to help ethically grow an AI-native mental health platform focused on the reproductive journey.
👁️ Ascension from Babe Original is hiring paid Spring 2026 Campus Reps to run campus events, build community, and create content for its lash and beauty brand.
🎓 Ohana is hiring paid, remote Campus Marketing Strategy Leads to help build the student housing marketplace for college students subleasing and finding short-term housing.
🏙️ Applications are open for NYC Scale Ready Studio, a 12-week accelerator helping NYC-based women founders scale revenue and systems. Apply by Jan 21.
💁♀️ Teli Labs matches and introduces young talent to founders at top early-stage startups & SMBs. Apply to join here!
ChatGPT launched ChatGPT Health, a dedicated health and wellness experience, with Halle Tecco backing it as a way to break down healthcare’s paternalistic walls, pushing for free access to medical information, reliable sources over “junk science,” and greater patient autonomy in understanding conditions and treatment options.
Foundess announced its inaugural Foundess 25 for 2025, spotlighting 25 standout womxn founders across Enterprise, Impact, Frontier, Lifestyle, and Healthcare who are building impactful companies across six countries and four continents.
Stephanie Roulis launched the Startup Boston Student Ambassador Program to fix Boston’s post-grad startup on-ramp by bringing events, guidance, and ecosystem access directly to students.
Maya Lekhi kicked off Build ’n Chill, a three-day cabin retreat bringing together 15 female founders for focused building, deep connection, and idea-sharing.
Airbnb, Amazon Prime, Android, App Store, Bitcoin, Chat GPT, Gmail, Google Maps, Instagram, iPhone, Netflix streaming, Spotify, TikTok, Uber, WhatsApp, X, Zoom, and much more didn’t exist 20 years ago. What do you think the next 20 years will bring us?
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Love,
Daniela & Adrian