We saw female Founders, CEOs and thought - leaders dominate the legal tech industry.
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.
Ninety percent of it never
sees a female founder.
Love
seeing female founders, CEOs present their startups Go Ansa, Omlet.me!
Not exact matches
Venture capital firms, in particular, have long been overwhelmingly averse to funding
female - run enterprises, «and I don't
see a trend line for any significant change,» added Trish Costello, CEO and
founder of Portfolia, a platform designed to help women invest in entrepreneurial enterprises.
So we're
seeing this tidal wave of
female founders.»
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Female Founders.)
Female founders are front - running the gender shift in tech and it's great to
see the massive support from the investor community.
Floodgate has reported that 20 % of its pitches come from
female founders, whereas other VCs say they
see roughly 1 % to 2 %.
Do you
see any particular trends that are favoring
female founders?
In terms of applicants, I would love to
see an increase in
female founders applying.
Many
female founders are unable to get funding because the all - male VCs they pitched can't
see the potential in products designed for the
female market.
From a deal volume perspective, Q1 2018
saw 14 percent of venture deals include at least one
female founder.
At Y Combinator's fourth
Female Founders Conference in San Francisco last week, Lee talked about that HBR study and the bias she
sees every day.
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.
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.
TC: Are you
seeing an uptick in
female founders in Southern California or has it remained more or less constant?
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.
Aileen Lee, from an interview in January: Do you
see any diversity, in terms of
female founders and CEOs, among the billion - dollar venture - backed companies you call unicorns?
Morin — who's one of only 16 percent of venture - backed tech
founders who are
female — said she organized the event because she was «pissed off» to
see that many women were missing out on a new kind of investment.