Billionaire Saudi Heiress Bets on Female Founders in Deal Spree
The investment firm of one of Saudi Arabia’s richest women is upping bets on female-led businesses, helping to plug a gender ...
Exclusive: Only 11% of female founders feel supported by investors—and 30% experience mental health challenges
Female founders feel less supported by VCs and less optimistic about raising funding, according to a new survey by January ...
6 new tech unicorns were minted in January 2025
Despite a still tight venture capital market, new unicorns are still being created every month. Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch ...
Why Founders Older Than 50 Are Worth Funding
"The founder of the next unicorn [a privately owned startup company valued over $1 billion] is going to be over 50," predicts Stroponiati. "The old investing frameworks are outdated: Founders over 50 ...
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Female founders urged to apply for £2m accelerator fund
A new accelerator programme in the West Midlands is offering female-led ventures a chance to secure a share of £2m in ...
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Anu Duggal
Anu Duggal is the founding partner of Female Founders Fund, the first early-stage fund for female founders. She launched Female Founders Fund in 2014 to start a movement to diversify venture ...
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How Can We Better Support Successful Latin American Women In The Tech Space?
Regionally, LatAm has higher rates of female founders, but collaboration and inspiration challenges, among others, remain, ...
The Holmes Effect Still Stings for a Generation of Female Founders
Elizabeth Holmes is in prison for defrauding investors. Women entrepreneurs still say they can’t shake her bad blood.
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Exclusive: Only 11% of female founders feel supported by investors—and 30% experience mental health challenges
Female founders feel less supported by VCs and less optimistic about raising funding, according to a new survey by January Ventures. The pre-seed fund surveyed 311 early-stage founders between ...