Divya Gugnani brings 20+ years of investment and entrepreneurial experience to her role as Founding Partner of Concept to Co. She also serves as the CEO and Co-Founder of Wander Beauty, her fourth entrepreneurial venture, which creates effortless essentials you reach for every day, wherever you wander. With over 30 prestigious beauty awards, Wander Beauty has a loyal following of celebrities, top journalists, and notable influencers. Prior to Wander Beauty, Divya co-founded Send the Trend, an e-commerce site focused on personalized fashion and beauty, and sold it to QVC, where she focused on digital innovation.

Divya started her business career in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and then moved on to private equity and venture capital at Investcorp International and FirstMark Capital. A self-proclaimed ‘accidental entrepreneur,’ she later left the finance world after selling her first business, and, bitten by the startup bug, went on to become a serial entrepreneur. She has appeared regularly on several shows on CNBC, NBC and MSNBC and has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Vanity Fair, BusinessWeek, TIME Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Deal, and Crain’s. She is the author of the book Sexy Women Eat: Secrets to Eating What You Want and Still Looking Fabulous, published by HarperCollins. In addition to a B.S. from Cornell University and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, Divya attended the French Culinary Institute. Through Concept to Co, Divya has invested in over 75 companies over the past two decades. She is passionate about helping fellow entrepreneurs build and scale their businesses. She provides mentorship through various groups including HeyMama, Female Founder Collective, Fashion Mamas, and more. She also guest lectures at Harvard, Wharton, Kellog, Cornell, Columbia, and NYU throughout the year.

Divya started her business career in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and then moved on to private equity and venture capital at Investcorp International and FirstMark Capital. Divya is a self- proclaimed startup junkie, a food and fashion lover, as well as a beauty experimenter. She has appeared regularly on several shows on CNBC, NBC and MSNBC. She has also been featured in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, BusinessWeek, TIME Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Deal, and Crain’s, among several other publications.

Divya has contributed to The Huffington Post, TODAYshow.com, Daily Beast, The Nest Magazine and Woman’s World. She is the author of the book Sexy Women Eat: Secrets to Eating What You Want and Still Looking Fabulous, published by HarperCollins. In addition to a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, Divya attended the French Culinary Institute.