Female Founders and Investors Shaking Up Venture Capital
By: Sarah Chen Majority of venture capital investment goes to all-male teams, but investors are recognizing the opportunity of investing into gender diverse teams. Bold systemic change is needed to create an equitable playing field for female founders and the funds...
The Accidental VC: How One Audacious Woman Turned A Receptionist Job into a Successful VC Career
By: Mardiya Shardow The most incredible story of how polyglot Elodie Dupuy broke into VC and later co-founded Full In Partners, a successful software-focused growth equity fund based in New York City. Plus tips for budding entrepreneurs and current venture capitalists...
Fundraising While Female – 9 Strategies For Startups From The Billion Dollar Fund For Women
Read this article on Forbes here. By Joan Michelson The number of women-owned businesses went up 21% over the past five years, whereas the number of new businesses started overall only went up 9%, according to Business News Daily. They also contribute significantly to...
What’s Next for Venture: Navigating COVID-19 with Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis with Andrée-Lise Méthot
Andrée-Lise Méthot of Cycle Capital Management on Trust, Crises, and Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice By: Janine Marderian As the international community works to slow the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic effects are compounding around the world and in...
A Time of Racial Reckoning: Can Venture Capital Heal Itself?
By: Sarah Chen Are we just reading off talking points to pacify the marketplace, placing a bandaid over a deep wound that has been inflicted again and again over the last 400 years; or are we committed to working on real, systemic, institutionalized change? What does...
Four Lessons on (Actually) Scaling Inclusive Innovation
By: Janine Marderian In partnership with Mastercard, Beyond the Billion™ (BTB), a global consortium of venture funds that have pledged more than $1 billion to be invested into women-founded companies, hosted a conversation with a panel of expert changemakers who are...
Funding Innovation in a Time of Crisis: VCs and LPs Weigh In on 3 Key Trends
By: Janine Marderian “Investing in women and people of color isn’t a nice-to-have; it is essential for sustainable innovation”- Ann Cairns In partnership with Mastercard, Beyond the Billion (BTB), a global consortium of venture funds that have pledged beyond $1bn to...
What’s Next for Venture: Navigating COVID-19 with Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis
Kay-Mok Ku of Gobi Partners on Diversification, Adversity, and Why Women are Resilient in Times of Crisis — A View from Asia By: Janine Marderian As the international community works to slow the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic effects are compounding around the world...
Why more than ever, we need to fuel innovation by women: female-founded and led companies building the post-COVID-19 world
By: Sarah Chen The sentiment on the ground is increasingly grim to say the least, with further extensions of stay-at-home orders across the globe, even amidst protests by locals. COVID-19 has reshaped our view of normalcy and in many ways impacted the way we think...
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