--- description: Find out how Kate Ryder is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2023 TIME100 Next: Kate Ryder image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65bb89ae34eb33e5/698a3ffa22fb851691e2f020/time100-next-kate-ryder-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 13, 2023 # Kate Ryder by Whitney Wolfe Herd  Kate Ryder Kate RyderVictor Llorente Kate Ryder was [ahead of her time](https://www.bloomberg.com/company/stories/maven-kate-ryder-turned-women-family-health-startup-into-unicorn/ "undefined") when, in 2014, she founded Maven Clinic. She weathered dozens of rejections from investors who didn’t understand the need for a 24/7, on-demand, comprehensive reproductive health care platform. But Kate plowed ahead, fueled by her certainty that women’s health care wasn’t a niche market. Her truly pioneering move was to start working with businesses, including Bumble, allowing companies to support employees’ seeking access to a whole spectrum of reproductive-health and family-planning services. What could be more critical for businesses right now, with the health care rights of half their workforces under siege? Kate’s foresight has also had a monumental knock-on effect: thanks to Maven’s care, more women are able to succeed at work. Today, Maven is valued at over $1 billion—the only U.S. company focused on women’s health care to reach this milestone. Am I surprised at its ascent? Not at all. It just took a while for the market to catch up with Kate Ryder. --- ### More from TIME --- _Wolfe Herd is founder and CEO of Bumble_ Kate Ryder Is on the TIME100 Next 2023 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308512/kate-ryder/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308512/kate-ryder/"},"headline":"Kate Ryder","datePublished":"2023-09-13T11:00:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:19:18.397Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308512/kate-ryder/","keywords":["TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock","T100NextInnovators2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65bb89ae34eb33e5/698a3ffa22fb851691e2f020/time100-next-kate-ryder-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65bb89ae34eb33e5/698a3ffa22fb851691e2f020/time100-next-kate-ryder-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308512/kate-ryder/","name":"Kate Ryder"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See Everyone on the TIME100 Next List","description":"TIME100 Next, our annual franchise recognizing the rising leaders in health, climate, business, sports, the arts and more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/QxIk3IJu/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2023-09-13T11:00:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QxIk3IJu.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308512/kate-ryder/","duration":"PT1M58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308512/kate-ryder/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```