Our story
“We have known each other for many years through our respective roles. Christine works with AngelVest and Co-Founded Girls Just Wanna Have Fund$ . I [Christine] often worked with Nicole who founded her business Next Chapter Ventures.
Together we found we had a common passion and single minded goal of getting more women in control of their personal finances and ready to start investing.
It was a natural synergy to come together to build Sophia to Learn. Invest. Change the world.”
Christine & Nicole
Sophia Co-founders
Our team
Christine Yu
Co-founder
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Nicole Denholder
Co-founder
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Dr. Suellen Lee, Phd
Head of Wellness
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We're on a mission to change that
Sophia was built to capture the increasing capital of women and provide the much needed education for women to achieve their financial goals.
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Accessible investment training for women
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Demystifying the world of investing
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Pathways to wealth creation
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Creating a gender inclusive and diverse investing ecosystem
“We believe financial education will drive more investment dollars into women-led startups resulting in a positive impact on the world.” Nicole Denholder, Co-founder
Our Net-Zero Commitment
As a startup, we're committed to our net-zero commitments
As a remote-first team, we are focused on maintaining our minimal carbon footprint as an organisation. As we grow, we are committed to ensuring that our net-zero commitments are maintained. We are committed to achieving carbon net-zero by 2024 and becoming carbon negative by 2025.