About

Leigh Cuen is a writer and editor from California, currently working with hundreds of Forbes freelance writers covering topics such as military news, politics and policy, energy and sustainability, business leadership strategy, and financial technology. She is the co-founder of both the nonprofit Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers (ACJR) and Des Femmes, a crowdfunded community magazine sold at Barnes & Noble and Whole Foods to thousands of readers with support from companies like Visa, Backend Capital, Cash App, and Chaincode Labs. Her own journalism work has been published by TechCrunch, Vice, Playboy, Business Insider, Newsweek, Teen Vogue, Al Jazeera English, The Los Angeles Times, The Jerusalem Post, and many others.

Her creative work has been published by the International Museum of Women, Circa: Journal of Historical Fiction, Dagda Publishing, the Journal of War, Literature & the Arts, and the Voices of Israel Anthology 2014. Plus, more than 100 international readers have purchased her poems, both custom verses and self-published chapbooks, typically using bitcoin for direct payments. She was honored as the International Journalists’ Network “journalist of the month” in October 2015 and nominated for the LendIt Fintech Industry Awards’ “best journalist” category in 2018. In 2020, she became one of the first accredited journalists focused on digital currencies at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. She was awarded a grant in 2022 by the Human Rights Foundation for research covering global activist movements. Read more about her work by subscribing to her Substack. ✍️

Investment Portfolio 

As an investor, the value she brings to the table includes media consulting for startups looking to craft effective narratives and get those messages out through the right channels, plus networking opportunities and diverse introductions. She is a founding member of the Komorebi DAO, a collective that invests in exceptional women founders in the fintech industry. In addition, she has been researching the intersection of technology and women’s health for seven years, writing about companies like Lemonaid, Willow, Ringly, Ava, Clue, Bellabeat, Fab Lab, MamaMilk Baby Alliance, Carrot Fertility, and Leda Health, just to name a few. She also contributed to crowdfunding campaigns for Cherry Bombe and Bloomi. As an angel investor with expertise in media, fintech and femtech, she looks for women-led businesses around the world with dynamic, adaptable strategies.