It’s hard to overlook the fact that female founders are strongly represented in the impact-focused industries. This might be a reflection of the educational background, leading to a focus on economics, the humanities, natural sciences, as well as creative subjects. However, the vast majority of tech startups are still founded by men and it’s totally mind-boggling that the pace of change in this arena is soooo slow.

There are AWESOME women building and growing companies, developing exciting products, solving critical problems, and harnessing the power of technology to spur innovation.

At positiveblockchain.io, we want to contribute to this group of women. We want to help move the above linked statistics in a better direction. Part of that mission is to celebrate every inspiring #bosslady out there, so we elevate the “Female Founder” marker in our database

Below, meet 10 inspiring projects having at least one female founder in their team:

Domi

Your digital rental passport.

Provenance

A social enterprise building a traceability system for materials and products using blockchain.

Agriledger

Providing the Right Tools for the Participants in the Agricultural Supply chain

PPPHealth4All

A multi-stakeholder digital platform to facilitate sustainable and people-centered public-private partnerships for global health.

CIRCLES

Basic Income on the Blockchain.

RECICLOS

RECICLOS a digital and smart solution (smart contracts based) to encourage the good recycling practices of bottles and cans.

ZeroNet

We believe in open, free, and uncensored networks and communication.

Hiveonline

Helping entrepreneurs get access to credit and new markets, with a reputation based on facts about what they do, so they don’t need a bank account to prove they’re reliable.

UnBlocked Cash by Oxfam

Much faster, less expensive, and more transparent financial aid for relief efforts

CoinSence

CoinSence platform enables users to connect, make collective decisions, activate resources, and create shared value.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared war on the corona virus also at the digital level. On March 28, the organization joined forces with several companies that already use the blockchain technology to develop a platform to collect and share data to fight the virus. Among them are IT groups such as IBM, Oracle, Microsoft and the blockchain company Hacera. In future, regional data on the spread of the pandemic will be summarised and evaluated on the “MiPasa” platform. The information will be exchanged between government agencies, health authorities, but also individuals. The Blockchain provides significant advantages: At the same time, the data can be transmitted and stored securely and always up-to-date and verifiable.

One of the pioneers in this field is the IT group IBM, which was once the largest manufacturer of personal computers, but has specialized in software, big data analysis and now blockchain technologies for many years. With its blockchain platform IBM Food Trust, retailers can trace the origin and whereabouts of individual goods, such as fresh fish or vegetables, back to the manufacturer in virtually real-time. What used to take days or weeks of research can now be retrieved in seconds. If you are intere

Customers of the IBM platform include large retail chains such as the French company Carrefour. By 2022, it wants to enable the traceability of hundreds of fish products in all 12,000 stores. Customers will then be able to scan a QR code on the packaging and receive all information about the origin of a product.

By using the blockchain, however, the companies are by no means only concerned with strengthening consumer confidence and guaranteeing the freshness of fish. The example of the luxury goods group LVMH shows this. With the technology companies Consensys and Microsoft, the French have created an application based on Blockchain that can be used to verify luxury goods. This means that the trade with cheap copies is massively hindered – and that one’s own brand can be strengthened and revenues tend to increase.

The market for blockchain applications will grow even faster, also due to corona expansion. Experts estimate that the volume will grow from $1.5 billion in 2018 to $23.3 billion in 2023. In the view of Gartner’s market researchers, the service and transport industries will benefit most from this. The blockchain already plays an important role in the financial sector. The growth drivers are: Greater efficiency, more transparency in the movement of goods and the controllability or verification of goods. Achievements that are more in demand than ever in the corona crisis.