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Those are some of the findings from the latest research conducted
by the Female Founders Fund, an early - stage, New York City - based fund that invests only in women entrepreneurs.
The round, which was announced Tuesday, is one of the largest series B fundraising efforts ever
by female founders, according to Audrey Gelman, The Wing's cofounder and CEO.
Not exact matches
Theresia Gouw, once a partner with Accel Partners, and Fonstad, formerly managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, founded Aspect Ventures; Aileen Lee left Kleiner Perkins to launch seed fund Cowboy Ventures; Gilt Groupe's former CEO Susan Lyne hatched AOL's BBG (Built
by Girls) Ventures; serial entrepreneur Anu Duggal launched the
Female Founders Fund with the express purpose of investing in women.
Silverton Partners led the round and was joined
by investors including
Female Founders Fund and Lakehouse Ventures.
Canadian companies even have a new resource to turn to in their quest for
female candidates: a recruiting firm launched last year
by Pamela Jeffery,
founder of the Women's Executive Network.
Revolution Growth led the round and was joined
by investors including IVP, Data Collective, Lowercase Capital, Ribbit Capital, and
Female Founders Fund.
The cities with the shrimpiest numbers of
female founders,
by percentage, are Silicon Valley's Palo Alto and San Jose, California.
The number one takeaway was that
female founders outperform male - only teams financially
by 63 %.
The largest A round to go to a
female founder in New York went to DWNLD, a mobile app platform led
by founder and CEO Alexandra Keating, who raised $ 12 million.
IVP led the round, and was joined
by investors including Marc Benioff, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Blue Pool Capital, Advancit Capital, Canvas Ventures and
Female Founders Fund.
Rethink Impact is the largest venture capital firm in the U.S. focused on woman
founders, according to Forbes, which is incredibly impactful for
female founders who aren't being recognized
by most venture capitalists.
Her name is Susan Lyne, and now she's helping more
female founders through a fund called BBG, or Built
by Girls.
For example, according to McAfee
founder John McAfee, the recent Ashley Madison data breach was caused
by a lone
female employee of the site, he wrote in a recent International Business Times op - ed.
Zola's round also represents the sixth largest raise this year
by a startup with a
female founder, according to data from PitchBook.
I try to «give back»
by devoting an extra fifteen minutes to
female founders by providing advice and feedback regardless of investment interest.
They've inspired me to follow in their footsteps and contribute to the voice for gender equality
by celebrating and highlighting highly successful
female founders, CEOs and investors.
18 of the 20 companies in Hauser's portfolio are founded
by women, highlighting her broader commitment to increasing the representation of
female founders and investors.
The brave stand to go on the record
by three
female founders is forcing the venture capital & start up community to take a hard look at why unwanted sexual advances toward women in the workplace continue to be an issue.
Companies with only
female founders accounted for only 3 % of the total dollars raised
by startups in 2016, according to data from venture - capital tracker PitchBook Data Inc..
Female founders represented 7 percent of venture - backed companies in an analysis
by Bloomberg last year.
The charts below rank top seed firms» investments,
by percentage and round, in startups with a
female founder.
«
Female entrepreneurs are a critical part of the fabric of Silicon Valley,» said Katrina Lake,
founder and chief executive of the online clothing start - up Stitch Fix, who was one of the women targeted
by Mr. Caldbeck.
With venture capital networks historically dominated
by male investors,
female founders seeking funding will be less likely to have the opportunity to access these streams.
In 2012, she co-founded the
Female Founders Network, a non-profit organization that aims to increase funding to female founded companies from it's current 5 % to 20 % by
Female Founders Network, a non-profit organization that aims to increase funding to
female founded companies from it's current 5 % to 20 % by
female founded companies from it's current 5 % to 20 %
by 2020.
Sibyl is also the cofounder of Black
Female Founders and the President of DC Web Women (DCWW), one of the longest - running tech nonprofits for women in D.C, which supports and advocates for women and girls in technology
by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skills.
Our goal is to accelerate the success of
female founders by offering access to 1:1 mentoring and community.
Our portfolio companies all share something in common - each is led
by talented
female founders with disruptive and innovative ideas that better serve their consumer.
Rupp said interested
female founders whose companies make sustainably - sourced consumer products or are in the health care sector should start
by perusing the firm's website to see if the startup might be a fit for their strategy.
The annual
Female Founders Conference, hosted by the Mountain View startup accelerator Y Combinator, usually features feel - good speeches from female industry leaders on their professional jo
Female Founders Conference, hosted
by the Mountain View startup accelerator Y Combinator, usually features feel - good speeches from
female industry leaders on their professional jo
female industry leaders on their professional journey.
In NYC, the largest A with a
female founder CEO was DWNLD, which raised $ 12.0 million, led
by Greylock Partners.
The girls were recruited
by Roya Mahboob, Afghanistan's first
female tech CEO and
founder of the Citadel software company.
A recent study
by Joan Y. Chiao, then at Northwestern University, a
founder of the new field of cultural neuroscience, found that voters perceive male candidates as more competent and dominant than
female ones, based on facial features alone.
(At the time, it didn't help that he was embroiled in a sexual harassment lawsuit
by former employee Whitney Wolfe,
founder of new
female - friendly dating app Bumble.)
SoulGeek aims to eliminate fanboy (or fangirl) loneliness
by offering a dating site specifically tailored for geeks, according to
founder Dino...
female roles on South Park (including the Blame Canada song!!).
Behind The Screens: Panels Master Classes Conversations MVFF38 hosted a total of six panels, which included such luminaries as Ed Arentz, Managing Director Music Box Films; Ira Deutchmann,
Founder Fine Line Features; production designer Judy Becker; director Valerie Weiss; Russ CollinsFounder / Director Art House Convergence; producer / writer Komal Minhas; and director Christopher Coppola as well as three master classes, including Bobby Roth: A Director Prepares, a Conversation with Catherine Hardwicke and The Heroine's Journey: Writing and Selling the
Female - Driven Screenplay, led
by screenwriter Pamela Gray and story consultant Tom Schlesinger.
And an unpublished analysis carried out at my request
by Johns Hopkins University psychologist Robert Slaving — a co-author of a number of these studies, and the
founder of Success for All — found that, on average, black males participating in Success for All gained between one month and four months of reading ability (a level of improvement comparable to that of black
females).
Cassie De Pecol,
Founder of Expedition 196 and holder of two Guinness World Records for fastest person and fastest
female to visit every sovereign nation in the world, drops
by to share highlights from her 18 - month and 10 - day journey around the world.
We are so grateful to be joined
by two guests of honor, luminaries who have shaped the way art spaces across our country think about their financial futures as well as the leadership of
female artists: Perry Chen, artist and Kickstarter
founder, and The Guerrilla Girls infamous artist activist collective.
Inspired
by the historic 1970s documentary Painters Painting, Women Painting explores the world of contemporary painting, from the perspective of
female artists in the collection of Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz, Girls» Club's
founders.
The committee is headed
by Kate Mueth, a choreographer and
founder of the
female dance theater company Neo-Political Cowgirls, and Jane Martin, visual artist and filmmaker.
The show, curated
by Postmasters
founder Magda Sawon, gathers works with
female subjects from a disparate group of artists on the loose theme of the ubiquitous social media phenomenon.
Awarded biennially
by London's Whitechapel gallery and the Maramotti family (an Italian clan of art collectors, and
founders of the MaxMara fashion label), the prize aims to recognise the achievements of a
female artist working in Britain who has not yet had a major solo show.
The first of these cases involves a suit
by two
female law students against Anthony Ciollio,
founder of Autoadmit, a bulletin board - type site, as well as commenters who badmouthed them in postings at the site.
The evening was hosted
by TV presenter Shereen Mitwalli (pictured), the
founder and chief executive of The
Female Network, which provides a forum for female businesswomen in the Middle
Female Network, which provides a forum for
female businesswomen in the Middle
female businesswomen in the Middle East.
Last week, a group of smart, successful
female founders and CEOs gathered on the 15th floor of the New York Times building in NYC for «10 Things Every Female CEO Should Know,» a panel organized by development consultancy Cyrus Innovation, along with co-sponsors Brand Foundry, Dev Bootcamp, New York Angels, and Bella Minds, as part of Cyrus's Female Founders pr
female founders and CEOs gathered on the 15th floor of the New York Times building in NYC for «10 Things Every Female CEO Should Know,» a panel organized by development consultancy Cyrus Innovation, along with co-sponsors Brand Foundry, Dev Bootcamp, New York Angels, and Bella Minds, as part of Cyrus's Female Founders
founders and CEOs gathered on the 15th floor of the New York Times building in NYC for «10 Things Every
Female CEO Should Know,» a panel organized by development consultancy Cyrus Innovation, along with co-sponsors Brand Foundry, Dev Bootcamp, New York Angels, and Bella Minds, as part of Cyrus's Female Founders pr
Female CEO Should Know,» a panel organized
by development consultancy Cyrus Innovation, along with co-sponsors Brand Foundry, Dev Bootcamp, New York Angels, and Bella Minds, as part of Cyrus's
Female Founders pr
Female Founders Founders program.
«We are also looking at ways of tackling the gender gap in tech investment
by putting together an accelerator programme for
female tech
founders and connecting them to both local and international investors.»
The round was led
by existing investor
by Comcast Ventures with betaworks, Felix Capital, The New York Times, Eniac Ventures,
Female Founders Fund and BBG Ventures also participating.
, «Less than 15 percent of venture - backed companies have a
female founder, but Indiegogo says 47 percent of campaigns that reach their funding target are run
by women.»