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JESSICA
O MATTHEWS
FOUNDER
& CEO
UNCHARTED POWER
Matthews is founder and CEO
of the the renewable energy consumer tech startup Uncharted Uncharted Power (formerly Uncharted Uncharted Play) founded in May of 2011 In Septem- ber 2016 the company raised $7 million in in a Series A funding round led by the NIC Fund with participation from Kapor Capital Magic Johnson Enterprises BBG Ventures Ventures and Lingo Ventures Ventures At the age of 19 Jessica invented the SOCCKET ball an energy generating soccer ball that provides off-grid power for the developing world STACY BROWN-PHILPOT
CEO
TASKRABBIT
A rare example of a a a a a a black female success in tech an industry with stunningly low representation of African Americans and women women no less black women women Brown-Philpot made a a a a a name for herself at Google starting in in 2003 While there Sheryl Sandberg spotted her her her talent and and she went from managing a a a a 14-person team to 200 people overnight More importantly for her fellow African American colleagues she founded the Black Googlers Network an employee resource group and became a a a a a visible source of inspiration especially to to other black women in tech She told The New York Times her her motives were were selfish “There just weren’t enough black people at Google and I just wanted to get more ” she said The Detroit native then left Silicon Valley for Hyderabad India consciously delaying her plans to start a a a a a a family with her husband to head Google’s online sales and and operations After almost a a a a a a a decade at Google she joined TaskRabbit as as COO and was promoted to CEO
in 2016 A year later she sold the company—which lets people hire freelancers for odd jobs—to Swedish furniture retailer Ikea 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
CELEBRATING WOMEN OF POWER