2x founder

Anja Winikka

Building the network for the leaders shaping the global events industry

Founder

Maroo· Summer 2021 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @anjawinikka

2024Founder· Freeda Network

Founder · since 2021

Company

Freeda Network

Role

Freeda

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

New York, New York, United States

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

Profile coverage5 of 7 · missing posts, contact

Maroo

CRM for creatives (acquired by Helium Ventures)

Summer 2021

Experience

Career

Freeda Network
Founder
Founder - Freeda · New York, New York, United States · 2024 – Present
2024
Maroo
Co-founder
Co-Founder - Maroo (YC-backed payments platform) · New York, NY · 2021 – 2023
2021
Self-employed
Independent Advisor — Wedding & Events Industry · New York, New York, United States · 2019 – 2021
2019
The Knot Worldwide
Marketing & Editorial Leadership - The Knot Worldwide (Formerly XO Group) · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2006 – 2019
2006

Bio

Anja is the former Co-Founder of Maroo, a payments platform for the wedding market. Before, she spent 13 years in New York at The Knot Worldwide where she led the digital marketing and content teams of TheKnot.com and designed a series of education workshops and for wedding small business owners across the US. Anja has appeared and shared her insights and wedding industry expertise with The New York Times, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Washington Post, CNN, and more.