In partnership with
Namaste Brown Girl,
The group chat is buzzing, the headlines are stacking, and the spring momentum? Hard to ignore. ✨
Welcome back to Brown Girls, Money Moves, your bi-weekly download on who’s building, backing, scaling, and getting recognized the brown girl way. From cover stories and capital raises to brown girl founders landing on major lists (27 to be exact 👀), this issue is all about visibility turning into power - and what happens when brown girls stop being overlooked.
Here’s what’s inside:
🔥 Spicy money moves across media, venture, finance, and PR 🏆 27 brown girl founders making major lists 🍽️ Desi Dinners in SF - the group chat goes IRL 🎙️ Podcast Season 2 loading…and this time, you’re on the guest list 🤎 Gupshup: beauty, fashion, culture, and what’s driving the conversation
Pour the chai, send the follow-up, and let’s get into it. 👀
→ spicy money moves
👑
This week’s brown girl wins are serving headlines, cover stories, and capital. From media moments to major raises, brown girls are shaping the narrative. Here’s who made the spiciest money moves this week.
👑
📸 Main character energy. Anjali Sud landed on the cover of Fast Company, breaking down Tubi’s bold play for the next generation of viewers.
🛋️ No shortcuts, just receipts. Paige Sandher was featured in Forbes after bootstrapping her startup CouchHaus to $1.8M in year one.
💼 Numbers don’t lie. Seven South Asian women landed on Barron’s 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance.
💸 Big cheque energy. Suneera Madhani raised $30M for Worth AI’s Series A, backed by American Express Ventures and more - ****doubling down on data-driven underwriting.
📈 On the map. 1Milk2Sugars, founded by Priya Chopra, was named among Canada’s top growing women-led companies - scaling a PR powerhouse with global reach.
We love celebrating brown girl wins ✨ Got a recent win, milestone, or shoutout you want us to know about? 📩 Submit your win by filling out this form and let the BGA community hype you up. 🤎
→ the brown girl founder’s club
27 brown girl founders. One list. That’s not a moment - that’s a meaningful shift.
This kind of representation doesn’t happen by accident. It means more brown women are building at scale, getting recognized for it, and quietly changing what leadership and success look like.
When brown girls show up on lists like this, it’s not just about visibility. It’s about access, influence, and a signal of what’s coming next.
See the full list here.
→ bga in the wild
🍽️ Another Brown Girls, Desi Dinner in the books. Brown girls came hungry - for the food and the conversation.
SF understood the assignment. Good food, real conversations, and a room full of South Asian women who just get it.
These nights aren’t just dinners. They’re where ideas get sharper, confidence gets louder, and someone leaves with a new intro, a new perspective, or a new move. The kind of night that reminds you why this community exists. 🤎
We’re taking this energy global - from Hong Kong to NYC to Toronto, the tables keep getting longer. Join us for the next one. Get on the waitlist.
→ brown girl angels podcast
🎙️ Season 1 of the Brown Girls, Money Moves podcast was honest, unfiltered, and unapologetically desi.
We sat down with brown girl founders and the investors who bet on them. We unpacked what it really means to build, fundraise, and exit, all through a South Asian lens. 💅
And now… we’re coming back.
🌶️ Season 2 is launching this spring with new guests, a new name, a new look - and the same spicy mission.
This time, we want the BGA community in the room with us. We want to hear from you!
Let us know what South Asian female founder or investor you want us to feature next season.
Drop your suggestions here.
☕️ Missed Season 1? Listen here
→gupshup
💄 Brown girl beauty, approved by Oprah.
🏆 Look who made BCBusiness’s 30 Under 30 list.
✨ Not every investment comes back in returns, some come back in perspective.
👗 Brown girl fashion took over Coachella.
→spread the love
💼Take your seat at the table. See what we’re up to in 2026.
💰 Your new home for brown girls building wealth, writing checks, and changing who gets funded and who gets to fund. Join our Substack.
🙋🏾♀️We love celebrating brown girl founders who are building bold, brilliant, and inspiring companies. Got something in the works or looking to raise soon? We’d love to hear from you.
🫱🏽🫲🏾If you’re looking to get your brand, product or service in front of a community of South Asian women who love to uplift, invest, and support each other—this is your sign. Reach out to learn more about our sponsored content opportunities
Stop optimizing for clicks. Start driving pipeline.
Rising costs. Signal loss. Platform changes. Most paid media fails because it's built for clicks, not revenue.
On April 27th, HubSpot's former Head of Paid breaks down the exact framework for structuring campaigns that drive real pipeline in 2026. 20 minutes. Live Q&A. Free.
If you missed our poll last time, let us know now what you’re interested in!