Women in Startups & Tech Archives - 91̽ /category/women-in-startups-tech/ Startup News UK and Tech News UK Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:25:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-techround-logo-alt-1-32x32.png Women in Startups & Tech Archives - 91̽ /category/women-in-startups-tech/ 32 32 5. Kate Doerksen /women-in-startups-tech/5-kate-doerksen/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:00:59 +0000 /?p=146068 :Kate Doerksen dz貹Բ:Sage Haven ʴDzپDz:Co-Founder and CEO ±ٱ:https://sagehavenforkids.com     About Kate Doerksen   Kate Doerksen started Sage Haven in...

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About Kate Doerksen

 

Kate Doerksen started Sage Haven in 2023 alongside her sister Anne Pizzuti after witnessing the devastating effects of cyberbullying on a teenage family member. As both a parent and longtime technology founder, she saw what she believed was a gap in how digital communication tools were designed for children. Kids were entering group chats and messaging platforms earlier than ever, yet few products were intentionally built for their developmental stage. Rather than focusing only on restricting access to social media, she set out to create a safer foundation for how children communicate from the start.

Launching Sage Haven came with significant challenges. Building an AI driven product focused on child safety required balancing innovation with responsibility. The technology needed to proactively block harmful messages, links, and images before they were sent, while still preserving a natural and positive experience for kids. Earning trust from parents was another critical hurdle. Families are understandably cautious about both artificial intelligence and digital monitoring tools. The team prioritised transparency, thoughtful design, and interoperability with platforms such as iMessage and Google Messages so families could add protection without isolating their children socially.

As a female founder in the AI space, Kate also navigated the realities of fundraising and scaling in a sector still largely dominated by male led companies. Drawing on her background as a Division I athlete and prior founder, she approached these challenges with resilience and a long term mindset. Earlier in her career, she founded Ditto, an augmented reality and AI eyewear platform that grew to serve more than 70 million users and was acquired by 1 800 Contacts in 2021.

That experience provided both technical insight and operational discipline that she brought to Sage Haven.
Sage Haven is part of a growing movement toward prevention first design in digital safety. While many platforms rely primarily on identifying and moderating harmful content after it appears, Sage Haven focuses on blocking harmful content before it reaches a child and gently encouraging kinder communication in real time. Kate advocates for using artificial intelligence as a protective layer that supports families rather than simply driving engagement.

By focusing specifically on children ages 8 to 12, Kate is helping bring greater attention to the early messaging years as an important window for shaping digital habits and emotional development. Her work contributes to ongoing conversations around responsible AI, child centered product design, and how technology companies can better support families in the digital age.

 

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32. Luma Manina /women-in-startups-tech/32-luma-manina/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:00:58 +0000 /?p=146131 :Luma Manina dz貹Բ:Renewabl ʴDzپDz:Marketing Lead – Core Team Website: https://www.renewabl.com/     dzܳLuma Manina   Renewabl transforms how companies track...

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Renewabl transforms how companies track and procure clean energy.

Historically, companies could claim 100% renewable electricity by buying annual green certificates, even if fossil fuels powered their operations at night or in winter. Renewabl changes that with next-level data transparency.

The platform brings demand data and an existing portfolio together in Renewabl Track, showing an hourly Carbon Free Energy score and avoided emissions. Renewabl Trade then helps teams source renewables for the uncovered hours through tenders and a marketplace across 130 plus vetted sellers, including Danske Commodities, SSE, Qair Group and Statkraft.

Luma Manina joined Renewabl at an early stage to build the brand, growth strategy and industry positioning behind this shift. Luma leads marketing end to end, spanning PR, brand, partnerships, GEO, content, and founder visibility. She positioned Renewabl at the centre of the move toward granular renewable procurement. Renewabl collaborates with key organisations such as EnergyTag, Eurelectric and S and P Global, and their insights have been featured in Montel News, Carbon Pulse, Renewable Energy Magazine, Offshore Magazine, and more. Renewabl co-hosted webinars with Climate Group and contributed to industry debates on how AI driven energy demand will reshape renewable markets.

Luma translates complex energy topics into clear narratives that customers and investors trust. Renewabl is backed by Helen Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Nesta, Encevo Group and South Pole. The company has joined Tech Nation Climate Cohort and completed programmes with Plug and Play, Barclays Eagle Labs and Growth London. Renewabl has won Energy Tech Challengers Climate Fintech StartUp 2024, Business Awards UK Clean Energy Awards Energy Efficiency Initiative of the Year, and Tech Impact Awards Best Initiative to Increase Sustainability in Tech 2025.

Commercial traction is accelerating across multiple sectors. Renewabl has run pilots and tenders with large international retail and FMCG groups, diversified industrial businesses, and leading European data centres seeking stronger proof behind 100% renewable claims. A case study example; one client improved its hourly clean coverage to 60 percent across four countries, reaching over 70 percent in Czechia after gaining visibility through the platform.

Luma brings over ten years of experience in tech startups, including an accelerator environment supporting thirteen early stage ventures at once. She has helped founders raise over 500000 pounds in seed funding and built growth systems that materially reduced acquisition costs and improved conversion. She holds a Global Talent visa for exceptional promise in digital technology and earned a full Roscoe Scholarship for an MSc in Digital Marketing.

As AI, data centres and electrification accelerate global demand, renewable accountability becomes critical. Luma believes growth in climate tech depends not only on strong engineering but on clear market education and trusted communication.

Renewabl is scaling toward Series A, and Luma is building the platform voice and strategic partnerships that will carry it there.

 

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6. Ashley Edwards /women-in-startups-tech/6-ashley-edwards/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:00:55 +0000 /?p=146071 :Ashley Edwards dz貹Բ:MindRight ʴDzپDz:Founder and CEO ±ٱ:https://www.mindright.io/         About Ashley Edwards   MindRight was built for people...

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About Ashley Edwards

 

MindRight was built for people who need mental health support but don’t see themselves reflected in, or can’t access, traditional therapy. We match members with MindRight Partners from their own communities, everyday people who provide culturally affirming emotional support via text message, making care affordable, accessible, and human.
I founded MindRight because my life experiences showed me the power of communities to care for each other. After graduating from Yale, I moved back to New Jersey and lived in Newark while working in the local education system.

I saw intergenerational trauma up close and how limited culturally responsive mental health support was. At the same time, I witnessed how, when formal support was out of reach, informal networks stepped in. Coaches, teachers, grandparents, and other trusted community members became the emotional backbone of their neighborhoods.
I carried this insight to Stanford, where I enrolled in a joint MBA and MA in Education program and began the research that became MindRight Health. We partnered with schools to train community members to deliver mental health support to underserved youth, especially Black and Brown communities facing disproportionate barriers to care. As demand grew and school budgets remained unpredictable, I expanded MindRight into a for-profit model to scale sustainably, serve all ages, and protect the mission. At the heart of it all is a simple belief: our communities can heal ourselves.

One defining challenge I overcame was fundraising as a mission-driven company led by a Black woman founder. In a landscape where Black women receive a fraction of venture capital, culturally grounded mental health solutions are often treated as niche. Investors questioned market size, willingness to pay, and whether MindRight fit traditional healthcare categories.

I heard no repeatedly but did not shrink from the mission to make it more comfortable. I strengthened the proof, sharpened our data, clarified the model, and positioned MindRight to partner with institutions and health plans that can scale access. That persistence led to a milestone I am proud of: becoming the first Black woman in New Jersey to raise more than $1 million in venture capital. Breaking through that barrier unlocked growth and validated equity-centered mental health innovation at scale.

MindRight has helped shift the mental health conversation by proving culturally grounded support can be trusted, effective, and scalable. To date, MindRight has facilitated over two million text messages, delivering personalized, compassionate support at a fraction of the cost of traditional therapy. Our longest-standing members have remained engaged for more than six years, reflecting rare trust and retention.

Nearly 90% of our users are Black women, a level of representation uncommon in digital mental health. Partners like The Loveland Foundation work with MindRight, offering free support to Black women, expanding access while honoring cultural context and lived experience.

My leadership has been recognised across tech and health innovation, including Forbes 30 Under 30 and being named a Top 50 Digital Health Luminary, helping open doors for more diverse founders and models of care that reflect how people actually live.
 
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41. Maisie Holder /women-in-startups-tech/41-maisie-holder/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:00:55 +0000 /?p=146154 :Maisie Holder dz貹Բ:World Summit AI ʴDzپDz:COO Website: https://worldsummit.ai/     About Maisie Holder   My name is Maisie Holder, I’m...

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About Maisie Holder

 

My name is Maisie Holder, I’m an accomplished technology and innovation leader, currently serving as Chief Operating Officer at the World Summit AI. My career has spanned strategic growth, community building, and high-impact program delivery. I’m responsible for shaping internationally renowned AI summits and platforms that bring together leaders spanning industry, academia, government, and startups.

Further, I am the Managing Director at InspiredMinds!, the organisation behind the summit. I drive the team forward in our mission to spread AI4Good across healthcare, education, STEM and government-level AI. We want to ensure that AI is available to all economies, countries and cultures, and have so far built the world’s largest and most active AI community of over 500,000 members in 160+ countries.

My career has been built around a clear mission: to ensure emerging tech is developed responsibly, inclusively, and with real-world societal impact. Over the past several years, I’ve been central in the development of World Summit AI from a relatively local but high-impact conference to a truly global community and platform. I am deeply involved in developing and 3x3cuting the summit’s vision and mission.

For the summit, I oversee strategic direction, international partnerships, programme development, cross-sector engagement and more. It is my responsibility to ensure we remain a voice for credible, relevant, and responsible real-world adoption of AI.

My work is about more than promoting events. The Summit isn’t merely another trade exhibition show, instead we’re pursuing the development of infrastructure for global collaboration. In my time with the Summit, I’ve helped to convene thousands of decision makers from all around the world and across various industries to neutrally discuss complex issues in relation to AI.

In particular, I take pride in my contributions to positioning the summit as a catalyst for policy-informed change and dialogue. Throughout the years, I have championed themes including responsible AI governance, generative AI, and accelerated adoption, ensuring that conversation moves beyond hot air into practical implementation.

Diverse representation within technology is a passion of mine. I’ve actively been involved in championing greater representation of women in AI and emerging tech across the world. As a woman in technology leadership, I am proactive in ensuring diverse speaker representation and initiatives that make high-level tech conversations more accessible to underrepresented groups.

I am committed to building purpose-driven communities that amplify diverse voices and promote accessibility within technology. Ultimately, I want to bridge the gap between cutting-edge tech and real-world societal benefits.

 

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37. Janthana Kaenprakhamroy /women-in-startups-tech/37-janthana-kaenprakhamroy/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:00:54 +0000 /?p=146144 Name: Janthana Kaenprakhamroy dz貹Բ:Tapoly ʴDzپDz:CEO and Founder Website: https://www.tapoly.com/     dzܳJanthana Kaenprakhamroy   Janthana Kaenprakhamroy’s journey is one of...

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Janthana Kaenprakhamroy’s journey is one of resilience and innovation. Raised in Yasothon, Thailand, she became the first in her family to attend university before moving to London to build a career in finance. As a chartered accountant and former internal audit director at top-tier investment banks, she saw an opportunity to disrupt an industry in need of transformation.

In 2016, she founded Tapoly, a digital managing general agent (MGA) designed to serve gig economy workers and micro-SMEs, a market of over 1 billion people worldwide. Traditional insurers often overlooked these businesses, but Tapoly provides affordable, tailored coverage by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and big data analytics.

Technology is at the heart of Tapoly. Using AI-driven risk assessment models and seamless API integrations, Tapoly connects insurers with global distribution partners, delivering personalized, on-demand insurance. Tapoly’s insurance-specific chatbot further enhances customer interaction, improving efficiency and lowering costs.

Tapoly has expanded its offerings to cover over 700 professions, providing policies such as Professional Indemnity, Employers’ Liability, Cyber Insurance, and Contents Insurance. With over 50,000 policies sold and 40+ distribution partnerships, Tapoly is scaling rapidly.

Disrupting the traditional insurance industry has been a challenge, as the sector has been slow to adopt technology. Securing partnerships with insurers required persistence and a strong case for innovation. Overcoming regulatory hurdles and proving the value of AI-driven solutions in streamlining distribution, manual underwriting and processing inefficiencies were crucial milestones in driving industry-wide adoption.

Tapoly is continuing to scale its AI-powered underwriting and claims automation while expanding its white-label SaaS solutions for global insurers. Its AI‑driven digital MGA and SaaS platform is set to deliver flexible business insurance for freelancers, contractors and micro‑SMEs through an intuitive, mobile‑first customer journey. At the heart of the service is an AI underwriting engine and LLM‑powered chatbot that guides customers from discovery to purchase, dynamically tailoring questions, explaining cover in plain language and enabling quote‑to‑bind in under 60 seconds without jargon or paperwork.

Tapoly has distinguished itself in the sector, securing the Made in the UK, Sold to the World Award (2024), Innovator of the Year at the UK FinTech Awards (2023), and Insurance Broker of the Year at the Women in Finance Awards (2023).

Janthana has also been recognised as one of Forbes’ Top Women Founders to Watch, an EliteX Top 5 Impactful InsurTech Leader 2025 and Innovator of the Year at the UK FinTech Awards 2023.

Beyond Tapoly, Janthana is also a published author, with her book “Navigating Insurtech: Opportunities and Challenges in Digital Insurance” (May 2024) cementing her thought leadership in the industry.

With a clear mission to democratise access to insurance, Tapoly continues to innovate, scale, and transform how businesses, freelancers, and gig workers protect themselves in an evolving digital economy.

 

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7. Christina Kosmowski /women-in-startups-tech/7-christina-kosmowski/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:00:53 +0000 /?p=146074 :Christina Kosmowski dz貹Բ:LogicMonitor ʴDzپDz:CEO Website:https://www.logicmonitor.com/         dzܳChristina Kosmowski   Christina Kosmowski is the CEO of LogicMonitor, the...

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Christina Kosmowski is the CEO of LogicMonitor, the AI-first platform for Autonomous IT. At the inflection point of the AI era, she is driving a category shift from reactive IT operations to intelligent systems that sense, decide, and act.

In a world where digital performance directly impacts revenue, brand trust, and customer experience, Christina is redefining modern IT leadership. Today, LogicMonitor supports 145,000 users across 30 countries, with a 96% customer retention rate. She has positioned the company to define the Autonomous IT category, helping enterprises eliminate blind spots, reduce operational toil, and protect revenue in increasingly complex hybrid environments.

Christina brings more than two decades of enterprise software experience. During her 15 years at Salesforce, she helped pioneer the Customer Success movement, scaling global renewals, consulting, support, and success functions. At Slack, she built and led Customer Success and Enterprise GTM teams during a period of hypergrowth and market transformation. Across each chapter of her career, she has focused on translating complex technology into measurable business outcomes.

At LogicMonitor, Christina has led a fundamental shift from traditional monitoring toward Autonomous IT across hybrid environments. Over the past year, she accelerated this transformation by bringing AI-driven detection and automated remediation into production, enabling enterprises to move beyond reactive firefighting. In environments generating vast volumes of telemetry, her focus has been on turning data into intelligence and intelligence into action.

Under her leadership, LogicMonitor now processes more than 2 trillion metrics per day across over 5 million devices, giving organisations the context to prioritise what matters and prevent issues before customers are affected. Early adopters report up to an 80% reduction in alert noise and 67% fewer incidents, freeing IT teams to focus on innovation instead of incident response.

Christina has also expanded the platform to eliminate blind spots across increasingly complex digital ecosystems. With capabilities such as LM Uptime, Dynamic Service Insights, full OCI support, and the acquisition of Catchpoint in December 2025, she has unified infrastructure, Internet performance, and digital experience visibility into one connected system.

She has paired platform transformation with strong business momentum, securing an $800 million investment round at a $2.4 billion valuation and forming strategic partnerships with OpenAI and IBM to advance AI-first innovation at enterprise scale.

Internally, Christina ensures AI adoption is embedded into daily workflows across teams, reinforcing a culture of continuous learning and innovation. She is equally committed to inclusive leadership, with women representing 60% of LogicMonitor’s 3x3cutive leadership team. Through initiatives such as the Women in STEM scholarship and mentorship programs, she is expanding pathways into technical careers. Christina also serves on the board of Rapid7 and is a founding partner of Operator Collective, investing in and accelerating the next generation of diverse B2B technology leaders.

Christina Kosmowski is not only leading a high growth AI company. She is reshaping how enterprises operate in the AI era while proving that transformational, inclusive leadership drives both innovation and impact. Autonomous IT starts now, and she is helping define its future.
 
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38. Anam Lakhani /women-in-startups-tech/38-anam-lakhani/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:00:51 +0000 /?p=146148 :Anam Lakhani dz貹Բ:Alinea Invest ʴDzپDz:Co-CEO and Co-Founder Website: https://www.alinea-invest.com/     dzܳAnam Lakhani   Anam Lakhani is the Co-Founder and...

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Anam Lakhani is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Alinea Invest, a next-generation wealth platform reimagining investing for Gen Z through a social-media-inspired, education-first experience. Designed to meet young investors where they already are, Alinea lowers the barriers of traditional institutional investing by making wealth-building more intuitive and accessible. With a background spanning Wall Street, Y Combinator, and Forbes 30 Under 30, Anam represents a new class of fintech founders focused on redesigning financial infrastructure for the next generation.

Built for investors rather than traders, Alinea Invest replaces the complexity of traditional brokerage platforms with guided, intuitive investing tools designed for first-time participants. Central to the platform are its managed investment profiles, which allow users to “set and forget” their portfolios rather than actively trade. Investors can start with as little as $1, combining the accessibility of incremental investing with the structure and diversification principles traditionally associated with private banking and wealth management. Managed profiles remove barriers of entry for a new generation of investors by providing automated allocation frameworks or “playlists,” enabling users to build wealth passively while maintaining clarity around strategy and goals.

Alinea’s AI copilot, “AI Allie,” differentiates the experience by functioning as a conversational guide. Rather than navigating static dashboards, users can engage directly with AI Allie to understand personalised portfolio decisions, market movements, and long-term financial implications. AI Allie translates complex financial concepts into accessible language, helping investors connect current-day actions with future wealth-building outcomes.

Under Anam’s leadership, Alinea has become one of the fastest-growing consumer fintech platforms, surpassing 2 million users and achieving 4x year-over-year growth in 2025. In January 2026 alone, the company generated $4.8M in net revenue and secured $22.5 million in user acquisition financing, reflecting both rapid adoption and strong engagement. The platform’s growth is driven by a highly differentiated user base, with 53% first-time investors and 57% women, significantly above industry averages and indicative of a broader demographic shift in wealth creation.

Through its combination of AI-driven guidance, managed investing infrastructure, and accessibility-first design, Alinea Invest is pioneering the broader transformation underway in fintech. Anam’s work positions the company at the forefront of platforms designed for the next generation of long-term investors.

 

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22. Kriti Sharma /women-in-startups-tech/22-kriti-sharma/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:00:50 +0000 /?p=146111 :Kriti Sharma dz貹Բ:IFS Nexus Black ʴDzپDz:CEO Website: https://www.ifs.com/en/products/ai/nexus-black     dzܳKriti Sharma   Artificial intelligence is often discussed in theory,...

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Artificial intelligence is often discussed in theory, but my work has focused on making it practical, responsible, and measurable in the real world. Throughout my career, I have built and scaled AI products across global technology organisations including Sage, GfK, and Thomson Reuters, ensuring that advanced technology translates into inclusive and commercially impactful solutions.

Stepping into the role of CEO of Nexus Black in July 2025 marked a pivotal moment. Nexus Black was created as a driver of AI innovation within IFS, designed to fast track bespoke AI solutions for complex industrial challenges. The opportunity was clear, but so were the obstacles. Industrial AI projects frequently stall at proof of concept stage, disconnected from frontline operations and lacking measurable outcomes. Overcoming this required a fundamentally different approach.

Under my leadership, Nexus Black embeds multidisciplinary teams directly with customers on site, working side by side with engineers and operators to build contextual, agentic AI tailored to live environments. Within weeks, we signed and delivered our first customer engagement, demonstrating that industrial AI can move from ambition to impact at unprecedented speed. Our work now spans manufacturing, energy, aerospace, and utilities, enabling predictive maintenance that saves millions, compliance automation that reduces risk, and infrastructure planning that strengthens resilience.

Responsible innovation has remained central throughout my journey. As Founder of AI for Good UK, I have led the development of AI technologies addressing domestic violence prevention, mental health support, and digital education access. This work has been recognised by Forbes, the United Nations, and the UK Prime Minister Points of Light award. In addition, I serve on the board of Rightmove PLC, contributing to governance and innovation at FTSE 100 level.

The impact of my work lies in shifting AI from generic experimentation to contextual intelligence embedded in critical infrastructure. By combining startup agility with enterprise scale, I am helping redefine how AI is built, deployed, and trusted. My mission is to ensure the UK leads not only in AI capability, but in responsible, inclusive, and transformative industrial innovation.

 

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40. Tori Harris /women-in-startups-tech/40-tori-harris/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:00:47 +0000 /?p=146152 :Tori Harris dz貹Բ:EA Global AI ʴDzپDz:Head of Commercial Website: https://eaglobal.ai/     dzܳTori Harris   As Head of Commercial at...

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As Head of Commercial at EA Global AI, my primary responsibility is driving sustainable revenue growth by building the commercial foundations of a lean, fast moving AI company. I oversee all revenue generating functions, including sales, marketing, partnerships and customer onboarding, ensuring alignment between product capability and market demand. My role centres on translating complex AI capability into clear commercial value while developing scalable systems that support long term growth.

EA Global AI is a UK based artificial intelligence company that helps organisations automate the completion of complex documentation such as due diligence questionnaires, tenders, proposals and sustainability reporting. Our platform draws on approved internal content to generate accurate draft responses, reducing manual workload while improving consistency and compliance. We work primarily with SMEs and enterprise teams across sustainability and sales functions, helping to reduce operational friction in documentation heavy roles.

My route into technology has been unconventional. I began my career training as a hair and makeup artist before founding and scaling two service based businesses. Building founder led ventures from the ground up taught me financial discipline, customer centric thinking and operational resilience. That customer first mindset remains central to how I approach commercial leadership today.

Across my career, I have worked in edtech, employee wellbeing and AI, holding responsibility across growth, partnerships, brand and commercial strategy. This breadth has shaped my leadership approach. I understand how functions operate under pressure, how commercial decisions influence delivery, and how sustainable growth depends on cross functional clarity rather than isolated targets.

I chose to work at EA Global AI because I believe artificial intelligence should solve practical business problems rather than exist as abstract innovation. In documentation heavy sectors, professionals spend significant time manually completing repetitive forms that carry compliance risk. By applying AI responsibly to this process, we enable organisations to focus on higher value work while maintaining oversight and control.

The impact of this work is particularly visible in sustainability and regulated industries, where inefficient documentation processes can slow growth and create operational risk. Our platform provides structure, traceability and efficiency, allowing businesses to respond with greater confidence and credibility.

Like many companies operating in the AI space, we face emerging challenges. The pace of technological change is rapid and regulatory scrutiny continues to increase. Responsible AI usage, data governance and transparency are central to long term industry trust. At EA Global AI, we prioritise compliance, secure infrastructure and human oversight within product development, balancing innovation with accountability.

I am proud to help build a commercially disciplined AI company that values substance over noise. My focus is not only on growth, but on ensuring that growth is structured, sustainable and grounded in genuine customer need.

 

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48. Dr. Maria Kardakova /women-in-startups-tech/48-dr-maria-kardakova/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:00:47 +0000 /?p=146169 :Dr. Maria Kardakova dz貹Բ:iCook ʴDzپDz:CEO, Co-Founder Website: https://icook.health   dzܳDr. Maria Kardakova   iCook is an AI-powered nutrition platform for...

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iCook is an AI-powered nutrition platform for individuals and healthcare professionals that transforms personalized nutrition through biomarker integration, clinical-grade meal planning, and automated grocery delivery. We help people navigate the 76% of nutrition confusion that leads to 11 million preventable deaths annually by connecting health data to actionable, evidence-based nutrition.

I founded iCook after witnessing the broken food system firsthand during my PhD in Biosciences and Medicine at the University of Surrey. As a registered nutritionist and co-author of AI food recognition systems, I saw how people struggle with decision fatigue, generic advice, and poor adherence to nutrition plans. The gap between clinical nutrition science and everyday food choices was costing lives and overwhelming health systems.

We launched iCook as the first fully-integrated AI kitchen assistant that connects Electronic Health Records, blood and DNA biomarkers, grocery retailers, and 1,000 custom recipes curated by nutritionists and chefs. Our Mary AI assistant provides evidence-based guidance across biomarkers, fridge inventory, calendars, and shopping lists. Today, we serve 65,000 active users across 176 countries with 250,000 downloads, achieving 10.7% conversion rates that are three times the industry average.

We have proven clinical and commercial traction that sets us apart. We have integrated with major retailers including TESCO, Sainsburys, Walmart, Waitrose, and ASDA for seamless grocery delivery. We partner with RANDOX for blood test integration, enabling 360-degree personalization based on real health markers. Our retention metrics show 19.4% day-30 retention, and we maintain an industry-leading 70.6x LTV to CAC ratio with just £0.25 customer acquisition cost. In 2025, we generated £120K net revenue from B2C subscriptions.

Our impact extends beyond consumers. We are launching iCook Pro for clinics, insurers, and healthcare organizations, tapping into a £170B global market of nutrition, fitness, and wellness professionals. In the UK and EU alone, we have identified a £63M serviceable market across 94,000 reachable professionals including 28,000 dietitians and nutritionists, 63,000 private GPs, and 3,400 health clinics. We are currently piloting with NHS, PureGym, and running clinical trials to validate outcomes for GLP-1 users and chronic disease management.

What makes iCook unique is our clinical integration. Unlike competitors such as MyFitnessPal or Noom, we are the only platform built on UK clinical guidelines including the EatWell Guide, NICE, and SACN recommendations. We connect directly to Electronic Health Records and real biomarker data rather than relying on self-reported information. Our scientific rigour is validated through partnerships with the University of Surrey, University of Cambridge, the British Dietetic Association, and NNEdPro Global Centre for Nutrition and Health.

We are raising £1M pre-seed to scale Mary AI 2.0, accelerate growth marketing, and expand clinical pilots with NHS and GLP-1 programmes. Our goal is to reach £11M ARR by 2028, moving from our profitable B2C foundation into B2B2C scale across healthcare systems, reaching 21M downloads and 159K paid subscriptions by 2027. We are building the clinical infrastructure that will finally connect nutrition science to the kitchen.

 

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