Sentences with phrase «female founders»

There is still a staggering low number of female founders in the tech industry.

She also shares what's needed in the industry to help close the gap for female founders in getting properly funded.

To track this, we launched an annual study in 2014 on the state of affairs for female founders raising institutional capital.

The goal of the office hours is to build and grow a community of female founders who can help each other succeed.

It's a well - documented fact that female founders receive less venture capital funding than their male counterparts.

For more, we created an ever - growing list of over 1,300 startups founded by female founders.

Interestingly, I often see bigger visions from female founders than from male founders — the problem is, those visions just don't translate into the required numbers.

Female founders raised $ 1.4 billion, or 1.9 percent, of total funding in 2016.

«I've seen female founders face more challenges raising money vs. male founders, regardless of the business,» she added.

No matter which crowdfunding platform they choose, female founders perform equal to or better than their male counterparts when raising money online.

The first comprehensive study on women in venture capital and their impact on female founders.

I was completely surprised given all of his work he had done over the years to support female founders and female investors here at 500.

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.

Here's her advice for other female founders who also think venture capital might be the best source of funds for their companies.

Female founders seeking funding for their firm should review these four tips.

This could be because female founders are more likely to care about social issues than men.

Overall, the money invested into companies with at least one female founder represents just nine percent of venture dollars invested in Q1 2018.

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.

The venture capital, and entrepreneurship, world is highly influenced by men, which inherently provides male founders with benefits female founders just don't have.

What advice can you offer female founders on raising capital?

Overall, female founders interviewed for this story agree that not getting as much capital as their male counterparts can be both a blessing and a curse.

Experienced female founders, what's your best advice for young women just getting into entrepreneurship?

Plus, parts of the ecommerce space seem to be particularly popular among female founders.

In terms of applicants, I would love to see an increase in female founders applying.

Industry - wide, female founders received 2 % of all venture funding last year.

Our goal is to accelerate the success of female founders by offering access to 1:1 mentoring and community.

She also shared very specific advice to female founders who are looking to raise capital (along with one observation for male - heavy venture firms).

2016 saw female founders launch innovative companies and raise millions to help them grow, while startups in their second or third year of life began gaining ground.

A group of female venture capitalists are launching a series of office hours for female founders.

Networking with other female founders is one of the most important reasons to attend.

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 2016, companies with at least one female founder raised 19 percent of all seed rounds, 14 percent of early - stage venture and 8 percent of late - stage venture rounds.

Our goal is to gather as many female founders as possible, put them in a safe space and have them not just get advice from female VCs but from each other.

Investors include Female Founders Fund, Greycroft Partners, and Lakehouse Ventures.

The first Female Founder Office Hours event is scheduled for Nov. 30 in San Francisco.

Some of these events include the Out for Undergrad (O4U) annual Tech Conference, which allowed us to connect with many high - achieving LGBTQ + undergraduates from across the country, as well as the Y Combinator - hosted Female Founders Conference, or even SF Pride last month!

Silverton Partners led the round and was joined by investors including Female Founders Fund and Lakehouse Ventures.

And that type of statistic was hardly an isolated one: Just this month, we were the only female founders at the coworking space pitching at a startup night.

«As a first - time, young female founder who quickly grew from three people on a couch to a team of ten, we love how this book clearly outlines so many tactical approaches to communication, being a good leader, and building trust on the team.»

This is why female founders still receive only about 2 % of the funding VCs provide, even though the data shows that startups founded by women have greater odds of success.

Her name is Susan Lyne, and now she's helping more female founders through a fund called BBG, or Built by Girls.

I'm the longest operating coworking space in Austin and I recently realized that I'm the first female founder in Texas.

This is why female founders still receive only about 2 percent of the funding VCs provide, even though the data shows that startups founded by women have greater odds of success.

To find those traits, we polled a sampling of successful female founders at the event, from Wurwand to an 11 - year - old lemonade entrepreneur who snagged a sweet offer on Shark Tank and an El Salvadoran - immigrant - turned - millionaire - waste management mogul who «turns trash into treasure.»