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The first Black woman to co-found a billion-dollar startup, Collins built Zume Pizza into a robotics unicorn, then pivoted that entrepreneurial credibility into Planet FWD, a carbon management platform helping major CPG brands track and cut emissions across complex supply chains.
Julia Collins is Founder and CEO of Planet FWD, a carbon management platform for the consumer products industry, and Co-Founder of Zume Pizza, the food robotics company.
She became the first Black woman to co-found a unicorn startup when Zume reached a valuation over $1 billion. Planet FWD's software helps CPG brands measure, reduce, and report their carbon footprints across supply chains.
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