Aniea Essien, a recent Stanford grad, is the Founder and CEO of Iko, a crowdsourced platform that’s fighting to slow language death with the help of machine learning. A first-generation Nigerian American, she’s intimately aware of the pain and problems brought by language death, which claims a new language every fourteen days, disproportionately affecting people of color. She hopes to create products that are exciting, accessible, and rooted in elevating marginalized communities.

Check out Iko here. Support Iko’s crowdfunding campaign here.

@iko.community

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Welcome Céline to Series E! Céline is co-founder of the non-profit Plastic Tides, and founder of the social enterprise start-up ANATO — Forest to face skincare. A water-woman and plant enthusiast, Céline is a regenerative lifestyle evangelist and outdoor educator. Céline leads workshops and expeditions around the world helping people reduce their waste and live a minimalist lifestyle in tune with nature. 

Shop at Anato here.

@anatolife

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Alex Bradberry is the Founder of award-winning The Sparkle Bar Makeup and Beauty Studio, located in Scottsdale Arizona, which opened it’s doors in 2015. The Sparkle Bar is Arizona’s first full-service makeup only studio and was built with a mission to provide confidence to all customers and celebrate diversity and inclusivity in all ways. 

Check out The Sparkle Bar here. 

@thesparklebar

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