Tara
Bosch

Tara dropped out of university at 21 to begin recipe testing in her kitchen on a quest to innovate the first delicious candy- Without the sugar. During that time, Tara became the founder of SmartSweets. In less than a year, Tara took the company from her kitchen to store shelves nationwide less than a year later. SmartSweets can now be found in 130,000 stores across the USA & Canada, with partners including Target, Kroger, and Costco. Today, SmartSweets has helped people kick over 5 Billion grams of sugar and partnered with TPG Capital in a 360M Deal. SmartSweets is among the fastest-growing CPG brands to be founded by a solo female founder in North American history. Tara is the recipient of several entrepreneurial awards, including being named a Peter Thiel Fellow and featured in Forbes 30 under 30, among others.

Tara sold a majority stake in the business for $360 million in 2020, and now the young founder and owner has a new venture to empower fellow female entrepreneurs to get their start. Aptly named “Bold Beginnings,” the accelerator allows women under 30 to jumpstart their visions and lean on each other for support.