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Claire Coder

Founder and CEO of Aunt Flow
Claire Coder (Forbes 30under30) is a 27-year-old Thiel Fellow and founder and CEO of Aunt Flow. On a mission to make the world better for people with periods, Aunt Flow stocks public bathrooms with freely accessible tampons and pads. Through Claire’s leadership, Aunt Flow launched patented tampon & pad dispensers in 60k+ bathrooms and raised $17m+ in venture capital. Coder launched her first company at age 16, designed a bag for Vera Bradley that sold out in 24 hours, and has her own line of GIFs. After getting her period in public without the supplies she needed, at 18 years old, Claire dedicated her life to developing a solution to ensure businesses and schools can sustainably provide quality period products for free in public bathrooms. Since 2016, Aunt Flow has worked with thousands of businesses and schools, including organizations like Google, Princeton University, Netflix, and 30+ professional sports stadiums, to offer freely accessible period product dispensers, filled with organic cotton tampons and pads.
9:00 - 10:00 AM

Wednesday April 9

Main Stage Session - Opening Keynote: Claire Coder from Aunt Flow

Founded in 2016, Aunt Flow is the brainchild of its Founder and CEO Claire Coder. Ensuring everyone has access to period products, Aunt Flow has free-vend, ADA-compliant menstrual product dispensers across thousands of bathrooms in the U.S. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, and driven by a remote-based team across the nation, this isn’t Coder’s first foray in business – at just 16 years old, she launched her first company, designed a bag for Vera Bradley that sold out in 24 hours and has her own line of gifs. Come kick off Shop! MarketPlace 2025 in Charlotte, N.C., with Coder, whose story has been featured in Forbes, TeenVogue, TLC and more.