Worth Co-Founder Suneera Madhani Wins Tearsheet Vision Award

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 11, 2026 – Suneera Madhani, Worth Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist, has won the Women Shaping Finance Award in the 2026 Tearsheet Vision Awards. The category recognizes women leaders who advance financial services through innovation, advocacy, and breaking barriers.

Small business lending has long relied on incomplete data and a reviewer’s discretion, which leaves applicants waiting weeks and sometimes rejected without a clear reason. Suneera Madhani has spent her career working on that problem. Today, Tearsheet recognized her for it.

Underwriting on evidence, not guesswork

Underwriting still leans on thin data and human discretion. For applicants, that means weeks of waiting and rejections that are hard to explain. Worth’s mission is centered around removing that guesswork, which is especially beneficial for the women- and minority-owned businesses the current system overlooks most.

Worth’s platform runs on more than 350 million verified business profiles and 186 integrations with sources like the IRS, FinCEN, and Secretaries of State. From just a business name, address, and EIN, Crosswalking Technology prefills applications with a match rate above 98%. Institutions using Worth have cut onboarding time by more than 55%, lowered application abandonment by 43%, and raised approval rates by 37%. Each point is a business that would once have been declined, or quit halfway through an application.

Opening the rooms she had to talk her way into

Women hold roughly 11% of executive roles across financial services. Worth was built with women holding 45% of leadership seats. The company was named a Women in Tech finalist for Best Workplace for Women in Tech in 2025, and in 2026, grew headcount by more than 50%, generating more opportunities for women in the industry.

Fewer than 2% of female founders ever pass $1 million in revenue. Suneera built a set of programs to raise that number, including a top-100 rated podcast, the Millionaire Founders Club, and the Unicorn Summit, which hosted 250 female entrepreneurs this year. She is also an angel investor in more than 40 companies and serves on Orlando-area boards, including the Orlando Economic Partnership and Starter Studio.

Her guiding principle fits in one sentence: nothing bad happens when women make more money.

This award closely follows Suneera being recognized as one of the most influential business leaders in Central Florida by the Orlando Business Journal and amongst the most influential executives in the state by Florida Trend. 

Worth congratulates Suneera and thanks Tearsheet and the judges for the recognition. 

To learn how Worth helps financial institutions underwrite small businesses with evidence instead of guesswork, book a demo.