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Inc.’s annual Female Founders list celebrates the nation’s most innovative women entrepreneurs, who collectively generated approximately $12.3 billion in 2025.
Goodfin, the agentic wealth platform unlocking access to private market investing, is delighted to announce that its Founder and CEO, Anna Joo Fee has been named to Inc.’s 2026 Female Founders 500, honoring the most dynamic women business leaders in the United States. The honor recognizes founders whose bold ideas, resilience, and execution are shaping the future of their industries.
Each year, Inc. editors evaluate applications through a rigorous, multi-round selection process. Founders are assessed on both quantitative performance metrics, including revenue growth, funding, sales, and audience size, as well as qualitative factors such as innovation, social impact, and brand momentum. The final list represents entrepreneurs who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and measurable progress over the past year.
Goodfin has achieved 10x YoY growth while fundamentally reimagining how accredited investors access private markets — through AI-powered analysis, curated pre-IPO portfolios, and institutional-grade guidance now available beyond institutional walls. Goodfin’s agentic platform powers millions in private market investments and is proven to meet the standards of the CFA level III exam.
"Each year, we are increasingly amazed by the extraordinary leaders on our Inc. Female Founders 500 list,” says Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc. “The honorees on this year’s list include innovators in AI, beauty and wellness trendsetters winning devoted fans, and nonprofit leaders making a real impact in their communities. Together, they’re showing all of us what trailblazing female leadership looks like.”
The 2026 Female Founders honorees collectively generated approximately $12.3 billion in 2025 revenue and $12.2 billion in funding to date, underscoring the economic impact of women-led businesses across sectors.
About Goodfin
Goodfin is an agentic wealth platform unlocking access to private market investing for a new generation of investors. Founded in 2022, Goodfin combines frontier AI technology with domain expertise to deliver curated portfolios, intelligent analysis, and institutional-grade guidance to a community of investors who seek to own and shape the future.
About Inc.
Inc. is the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of its community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating the future of business. Inc. is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with fellow leading business publication Fast Company. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
To see the complete list of honorees, please visit: https://www.inc.com/female-founders/2026
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