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CEO of O³ , Investor, Entrepreneur, Author of Leapfrog,
The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs

Celebrity Judge

Nathalie Molina Niño is an investor (O³), global tech entrepreneur, and a champion of women, communities of color and the planet. She recently co-founded the trade organization for Builder Capitalism, a long-view, alternative asset class to Venture Capital. A technologist and coder by training, she's a consummate entrepreneur, and the author of LEAPFROG, The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs (Penguin Random House, Tarcher Perigee), named one of Book Authority's "Best CEO Books of All Time."

Nathalie launched her first tech startup at the age of twenty and is the co-founder of Entrepreneurs@Athena at the Athena Center for Leadership Studies of Barnard College at Columbia University. She also founded O³, BRAVA Investments, and served as CRO of PowerToFly, the fastest growing online hiring platform for women in tech.

She has advised organizations such as Disney, Microsoft, MTV, Mattel, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. During her career in tech, Molina Niño was involved in launching and growing a multinational business (with Lionbridge, NASDAQ: LIOX) into a $100M operation in 30+ countries within six years, including the inception of their strategic relationship with Microsoft Bing. 

Today, Molina Niño serves as a Venture Partner at Connectivity Capital Partners, as an advisor for the WOCstar Fund, FullCycle, Accion Opportunity Fund, Vote Run Lead, WE NYC (Women Entrepreneurs NYC) and HOPE (Hispanas Organized for Political Equality).

In support of her efforts to make reproductive healthcare more accessible and affordable, she serves on the board of the National Institute for Reproductive Health and The American Medical Association's Center for Health Equity. In 2019, she was honored with Schneps’ inaugural Women of Wall Street Awards for her influence in banking and finance and was named among People Magazine’s most powerful Latinas.