Sentences with phrase «for female founders»

We aim to create a safe space for female founders to get fundraising advice, mentorship, and support.

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

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

That's unusual for any entrepreneur — but especially for a female founder, given the tiny percentage of venture dollars that go to women.

Many female founders believe that one solution is for female founders go out of their way to support other female founders.

Check out our interactive map to find out which European countries are raising the most — and least — venture capital for female founders.

If we look at the position of women specifically within this landscape, we see a thriving network for collaboration and a good support structure for female founders.

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

Ecommerce, apparently, is a particularly strong niche for female founders looking to get funded.

All told, 2014 was a very good year for female founders seeking to attract venture capital, specifically in New York.

She founded the buzzy business accelerator for female founders, «to enlist the right resources, to build partnerships, find the capital, and engage the mentors needed to move your business forward.»

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.

The number of women, African - Americans and Hispanics employed at companies such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo lag far behind the U.S. work force as a whole; meanwhile, only 3 percent of venture funding is earmarked for female founders, and founders of color claim less than 1 percent, according to U.S. chief technology officer Megan Smith.

But among all the discussion of the remaining challenges for female founders looking to secure VC backing, there are a few bright spots that provide some reason for optimism, the Financial Times recently noted.

Plenty has been written about how the male - dominated landscape of the tech industry poses hurdles for female founders, but according to a recent Wall Street Journal article, it's also often a problem for female consumers.

SheWorx, The Vinetta Project, Watermark and others provide a forum for female founders and leadership.

Now that CrunchBase has a strong data set for female founders, as well as investing partners, answers to these questions are within reach.

In any case, based on this subset of data, there is evidence that, as the influence of female investors in partnerships expands, there is likely to be a benefit for female founders.

«We can only hope our efforts in changing 500 can help create a safe and effective platform for female founders around the world.»

We look forward to seeing what 2015 has in store for these entrepreneurs, and anticipate another big year for female founders as the confluence of the aforementioned trends continues to build momentum.

Allwork.space chatted with Shook Guzman and Kavanagh about the need to create a space for female founders and managers of coworking spaces, how women have shaped the coworking movement from the start, and the upcoming Women Who Cowork Leadership Retreat February 23 - 25 in Austin, Texas.

United in purpose and passion, their focus is working together to close the gender gap for female founders, smash the glass ceiling and rewrite the conversation surrounding women entrepreneurs for the better — and once and for all.

For VCs, the message is clear — keep more of an eye out for female founders — but there is also obvious wisdom here for entrepreneurs.

In our forthcoming article «Gender Bias, Social Impact Framing, and Evaluation of Entrepreneurial Ventures», published in Organization Science, we find that for female founders, highlighting the social impact of their ventures leads to more positive perceptions.

Allwork.space chatted with Shook Guzman and Kavanagh about the need to create a space for female founders and managers of coworking spaces, how women have shaped the coworking movement from the start, and the upcoming Women Who Cowork