Monica Molenaar

Monica Molenaar is an entrepreneur, currently co-founder of a women’s health company incubated by the Kairos, where she is also an operating partner. Previously, Molenaar founded the cult specialty foods brand Seed + Mill, introducing gourmet halva and tahini to the United States and tapping into the viral trend toward plant-based and gluten-free eating. Prior to graduating from Stanford Business School, Molenaar worked in management consulting and commercial real estate. (While at Tishman Speyer Properties, she participated in the redevelopment of Rockefeller Center and the sale of the Chrysler Building.) After receiving her MBA, she became a Director of Marketing at Knoll Furniture. At the age of 40, Monica tested positive for the BRCA gene and elected to remove her ovaries prophylactically, which sent her into early menopause overnight. She quickly realized there was a need for simple, trusted solutions to this largely ignored phase of a woman’s life, and the idea for her new company was born. She graduated from Brown in 1996 and currently lives in Manhattan with her husband and two sons