Zume Pizza is a robotic food prep company that automates-you guessed it-pizza. Julia Collins is the first Black co-founder of a billion-dollar company.

Her efforts have helped fuel innovation in the startup community-unleashing fresh ideas and empowering new voices with funding support that creates opportunities and economic growth for Black and Latinx women entrepreneurs everywhere. Setting out to make the world of tech more inclusive, Kathryn Finney founded digitalundivided in 2012. Now that’s an amazing use of technology! Kathryn Finney-Digitalundivided Delivering the right data, analytics, and support, she’s able to help companies use that food before it goes to waste-creating healthy, nutritious meals for some of America’s 42 million people in need. Her company wants to solve the logistics challenges that divert 72 billion pounds of food into the waste stream every year. What happens when you combine technological innovation with a passion for sustainability and helping others? Just ask Jasmine Crowe, Founder and CEO of Goodr, an organization focused on closing the divide between America’s food supply chain and hungry communities. What better way to drive growth and effect real change than to increase diversity in the next generation of STEM creators and innovators? Kimberly Bryant launched Black Girls Code with the mission to introduce young and pre-teen girls to computer programming-providing increased access and exposure to the skills, opportunities, and encouragement to succeed in STEM professions. The technology industry thrives on innovation. We hope you’ll join us in supporting pioneers who are making history by working to break down barriers, build up communities, and inspire others! Kimberly Bryant-Black Girls Code

We’re celebrating the end of Black History Month and the beginning of Women’s History Month by honoring some of these incredible women and introducing you to their amazing companies. While these businesses are spread across every industry, seeing women succeed in tech is something we are always excited to see. As of 2019, 50% of all women-owned businesses are owned by women of color. In fact, 89% of all new businesses started by women are founded by women of color. The landscape of entrepreneurship has shifted, and women of color are leading the shift.

Girl Code by Jess Bryant