Karen Cahn is the Founder & CEO of IFundWomen, the go-to funding marketplace for small businesses.
Named to Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Female Founders, The City & State of New York’s Most Responsible CEOs, LinkedIn Top Voices in Entrepreneurship, and Worth Magazine’s Groundbreaking Women of 2024, Karen is a business activist redefining what creating equity in the entrepreneurial ecosystem means.
Since its founding, IFundWomen has empowered over 20,000 startups to raise $200M in early-stage capital and create 95,000 new jobs, helping fuel the small business economy.
Karen is a pioneer in tech and media. For over a decade, she was an early Google Intrapreneur, leading sales teams in search, display, and video. In 2006, Karen started the Branded Entertainment business on YouTube, forging lucrative collaborations between video content creators and global brands. This groundbreaking endeavor marked the genesis of the first native video ad experiences on the web, revolutionizing the monetization potential for YouTube creators.
Karen's journey continued at Aol, where she started Aol’s female creative economy in video by funding and monetizing dozens of women-produced, premium-quality video series. This resulted in Aol nabbing its first-ever Emmy nod.
Karen holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, double majoring in African-American Studies and US History. You can find Karen on all the socials @karencahn