Sonavi Labs CEO Ellington West named to 2021 Inc. Female Founders 100 list
Summary
West is the CEO of Sonavi Labs, a company that is bringing a digital stethoscope, called Feelix, that uses data to identify and diagnose respiratory disease from lung and body sounds. A frequent voice from Maryland’s startup community on global stages, the recognition comes after West was named a 2021 Cartier Women’s Initiative North American Fellow earlier this year. Nurtured in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins and ETC’s AccelerateBaltimore program, Sonavi Labs is based out of a growing entrepreneurship hub at 1100 Wicomico in Pigtown. While VC funding for Black women founders was on its way to a five-year high, halfway through the year, according to Crunchbase, these entrepreneurs still received just .34% of all venture capital. While achieving milestones, West has been vocal about the need for more support for Black women founders, and her own intention to create more opportunity.