This Game of Thrones Star Started a Company That Arya Would Totally Approve Of

This Game of Thrones Star Started a Company That Arya Would Totally Approve Of Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones fruchtwein pint-sized badass (not countingLady Mormont, of course), has moved on from slaying the Night King to slaying the startup game. And, in what well go ahead and calltrue Arya fashion, shes doing it in a way that benefits women, too.Back in 2018, Williams announced that she was diving into a new role that of tech entrepreneur with the launch of Daisie, a talent discovery platform aimed at connecting creatives. After officially rolling out to the public in May of this year, the app hit a whopping 100,000 members in just 11 days, and Williams and herbei co-founder, Dom Santry, recently pulled in $2.5 mio in seed funding.But whats especially worth noting about the platforms 100K creative professional users is that 70% of them are women, according to Santry. This gives Daisie an edge thats decidedly feminist, if subtle. Essentially, when institutional arbitrators of cr eative talent havent historically been the friendliest to women think of the parties indicted by MeToo and TimesUp, or the decision makers who keep female artists out of art museums a platform that lets female creators connect directly with each other to share and elevate their work is a breath of fresh air. (Not to mention a concept were pretty fond of at Fairygodboss)If youre questioning whether 22-year-old Williams is up for the challenge of founder life dont be. In a new interview on AngelLists blog, she spoke about what it was like to build Daisie while Game of Thrones was still shooting (Dom and I would have to FaceTime at 11 p.m. so many huge decisions were made over FaceTime) and how acting has informed her identity as a founder overall.I have confidence everything is going to be great, she said. Sometimes I get a real fire in my belly when people think its not going my way. Having that ability to be able to overcome it, though, is so important to have that belief in y ourself.Spoken like a true Arya--