S4E11: Rathna Sharad

Rathna Sharad is helping make international shipping easy, affordable and friction-free from “anywhere to anywhere” through her company, Flavor Cloud, which she co-founded in 2017. Rathna started in the shipping space with her first company, Runway2Street, a marketplace to help smaller companies sell luxury women’s clothing and accessories internationally, after working in supply chain for many years. In just a short time, Flavor Cloud has raised $2.3 in seed funding so far and they are prepping for their Series A next year. Rathna shares what it was like growing up in India, her admiration for her parents, and her passion for traveling. She also discusses how she was able to combine her love for both fashion and the tech world as an entrepreneur, her takeaways from raising money and the importance of founders thinking about diversity.