100 Women in Tech to Follow on Twitter

It’s no secret that the startup world and tech sector can often look like a big fraternity. And when you dig into the data you can see why. Women startup founders raise roughly 2% of all venture funding, even though they own 38% of the businesses in the U.S., according to Techcrunch.

Over the past two years, I’ve been doing my own research. I have talked with close to 2,000 women-led startups and investors through our Women Startup Challenges. And here’s what I’ve learned.

While there is no shortage of women-led ventures who are launching game changing products, many investors have a pipeline problem in connecting with diverse-led startups. The investor world is a mirrorocracy. 89% of partners at VC firms are men. Investors tend to network with people in their personal networks for deal flow. They also rely on warm intros from startup founders they have worked with. If women founders are not part of VCs networks and not in VCs portfolios, women-led ventures can not access capital to scale their startups.

If you can’t find women-led startups in your pipeline that are doing interesting, noteworthy, and innovative work in tech, here’s a list of 100 women in tech to follow on Twitter where you can begin to expand your network.

Entrepreneurs and Technologists

1. Alexa Andrzejewski, Cofounder, Foodspotting
2. Erica Baker, Senior Engineering Manager, Patreon
3. Angela Benton, CEO, NewMe Accelerator
4. Dr. Sue Black, Tech Evangelist; Founder, Techmums; Campaigner, Bletchley Park
5. danah boyd, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research; Founder, Data & Society
6. Joanne Bradford, Chief Operating Officer, SoFi
7. Lisa Mae Brunson, Founder, Wonder Women Tech
8. Jessica Butcher, Cofounder, Blippar
9. Kimberly Bryant, Founder, BlackGirlsCode
10. Angie Byron, Director of Community Development, Acquia
11. Elisa Camahort, Cofounder, BlogHer
12. Majora Carter, Cofounder, StartUp Box
13. Sandy Carter, Vice President, Amazon Web Services
14. Jean Case, CEO, Case Foundation
15. Angie Chang, Cofounder, Hackbright Academy
16. Shaherose Charania, Cofounder, Women2.0; Advisor, Republic.co
17. Tracy Chou, CoFounder, Project Include and Software Engineer
18. Katy Croff Bell, Engineer and Chief Scientist, Nautilus Live; Emerging Explorer, National Geographic
19. Morgan DeBaun, CEO and Founder, Blavity
20. Kelli Thomas-Drake, Founder, MyPurpleFolder
21. Caterina Fake, Founder, Findery; Cofounder of Kahvila Siili, Sesat School, Hunch, Flickr
22. Sibyl Edwards, President, DC Web Women; Cofounder, Black Female Founders
23. Jennifer Fleiss, Cofounder, Rent the Runway
24. Jessie Frazelle, Open Source Developer
25. Cindy Gallop, Founder, Make Love Not Porn
26. Lilibeth Gangas, CTCO, Kapor Center
27. Gesche Haas, Founder, Dreamers // Doers
28. Mary Hodder, Entrepreneur
29. Arianna Huffington, CEO, Thrive Global
30. Jennifer Hyman, Cofounder, Rent the Runway
31. Janet Ikpa, Diversity Program Manager, Twitter
32. Jorey Des Jardins, Cofounder, BlogHer
33. Valerie Jarrett, Former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama; Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls
34. Neelie Kroes, Board member, Salesforce and Rijksmuseum; Advisory Board, Uber
35. Alexandria Lafci, Cofounder, New Story
36. Fei-Fei Li, Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University, and Director of Stanford AI Lab
37. Holly Liu, Cofounder and Chief of Staff, Kabam
38. Sandi MacPherson, Founder, Quibb
39. Jessica O. Matthews, Inventor, Entrepreneur, and Social Scientist; Founder and CEO, Uncharted Play
40. Marissa Mayer, Former CEO, Yahoo
41. Deldelp Medina, Director, code2040
42. Susan Mernit, Cofounder, Hack the Hood and Oakland Local
43. Erie Meyer, Senior Director, Code for America and Cofounder, Tech LadyMafia
44. Maci Peterson, Cofounder, On Second Thought
45. Shireen Mitchell, Founder, digitalsistas
46. Leanne Pittsford, Founder, Lesbians Who Tech
47. Nicole Sanchez, CEO, Vaya Consulting
48. Reshma Saujani, Founder and CEO, Girls Who Code
49. Clara Shih Founder and CEO, Hearsay Social; Board Member, Starbucks
50. Star Simpson, Engineer, Otherlab
51. Sukhinder Singh, Founder, theBoardlist
52. Aminatou Sow, Cofounder, Tech LadyMafia
53. Megan Smith, Former CTO of US
54. Amanda Steinberg, Founder, DailyWorth
55. Debra Sterling, Founder, Goldieblox
56. Lisa Stone, CMO, Ellevest, CoFounder, BlogHer
57. Padmasree Warrior, CEO, NextEV USA
58. Susan Wojcicki, CEO, YouTube
59. Lea Verou, Human-Computer Interaction PHD Candidate, MIT, Web Developer, Author
60. Jessica Verrilli, Vice President of Corp Development and Strategy, Twitter and Investor
61. Natalie Villalobos, Head of Global Programs for WomenTechmakers, Google

Investors

1. Nisha Dua, Partner, BBG Ventures
2. Anu Duggal, Director, Female Founders Fund (F Cubed)
3. Kathryn Finney, Founder, digitalundivided
4. Melinda Gates, Co-Chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
5. Arlan Hamilton, Founder, Backstage Capital
6. Carolina Huaranca, Principal, Latinx at Kapor Capital
7. Jalak Jobanputra, Founding Partner, FuturePerfect Ventures
8. Shelly Kapoor Collins, Partner, Propeller Venture Capital
9. Freada Kapor Klein, Cofounder, Kapoor Capital
10. Sarah Kunst, Investor and Founder, Proday
11. Aileen Lee, Founder, Cowboy Ventures
12. Christine Lu, Impact Investor, America Innovates
13. Susan Lyne, President, BBG Ventures
14. Ann Miura-Ko, Cofounding Partner, FLOODGATE
15. Rehana Nathoo, VP of Social Innovation (Impact Investing), Case Foundation
16. Natalia Oberti Noguera, Founder and CEO, Pipeline Angels
17. Ellen Pao, Investor and Cofounder, Project Include
18. Heidi Roizen, Venture Capitalist and Operating Partner, DFJ
19. Kate Shillo, VC and Director, Galvanize
20. Joanne Wilson, Investor
21. Monique Woodard, Investor, 500 Startups

Media and Reporters

1. Davey Alba, Staff Writer, WIRED
2. Katie Benner, Reporter, NY Times Tech
3. Johana Bhuiyan, Senior reporter, Recode
4. Elizabeth Dwoskin, Correspondent, Washington Post Silicon Valley
5. Kerry Flynn, Business Reporter, Mashable
6. Jessica Guynn, Tech Reporter, USA TODAY
7. Xeni Jardin, Editor, Boing Boing
8. Lynne D. Johnson, Tech contributor
9. Sarah Lacy, Founder, Pando
10. Sage Lazzaro, Startups and Tech Writer, New York Observer
11. Danielle Morrill, Founder, Mattermark
12. Shalini Ramachandran, TV and Broadband Industry Reporter, Wall Street Journal
13. Katie Roof, Senior Writer, Techcrunch
14. Aarti Shahani, Tech Reporter, NPR
15. Kara Swisher, Founder, Recode
16. Goldie Taylor, Editor at Large, The Daily Beast
17. Melissa Jun Rowley, Contributor, Forbes
18. Gillian B. White, Editor, The Atlantic