Karen Cahn is the Founder & CEO of IFundWomen, the go-to funding marketplace for women-owned businesses and the people who want to support them with access to capital, coaching, and connections to launch and grow sustainable businesses. Named to Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Female Founders of 2020, and The City and State of New York’s Most Responsible CEO’s of 2020, Karen is a pioneer in tech and media, as she was an early Google Intrapreneur where she spent 10 years leading various monetization teams in search, display, and video. Most notably, Karen started the Branded Entertainment business at YouTube, when, back in the olden times of YouTube 2006, she and a rogue group of sales and product managers, made the connection between big consumer brands and video creators, thus creating the first native video ad experiences monetized on the web. Karen then went on to spend three years creating and monetizing Aol’s growing suite of video content and nabbed Aol 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
