Springboard Enterprises
Springboard accelerates the growth of entrepreneurial companies led by women through access to essential resources and a global community of experts. We are a leading network of influencers, investors, and innovators dedicated to building high-growth companies led by women who are transforming industries. The measure of our success is in the results. Since we started in 2000, 950+ Springboard portfolio companies have created more than $76B in value, 28 IPOs, and 10 unicorns.www.springboardenterprises.org
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Oct 14, 2026
Wendy SimpsonGUEST
I'm certainly seeing that in entrepreneurism.
Wendy SimpsonGUEST
Uh, one of the women, uh, started an organization in Australia called Springboard Enterprises, SBE Australia, and, you know, we specifically worked with, uh, female founders.
Wendy SimpsonGUEST
Um, so there's a product, um, which came to market because a woman saw a need, and it's an absorbent underwear.
Wendy SimpsonGUEST
Now, when she presented that to your sort of traditional investor community, they go, "Well, who needs that?" Well, it's a, it's a whole new category now.
Hedy RatnerGUEST
We had the best people working with us, working with financial institutions on providing access to capital.
Hedy RatnerGUEST
We, I was on the National Women's Business Council, which established the first venture capital organization, uh, called Springboard Enterprises-
Dorri McWhorterHOST
Mm
Hedy RatnerGUEST
... to provide venture capital to women.