Published on: March 18, 2013 – 11:21 am
Two years ago, venture capital firm OATV bemoaned the lack of female applicants for an open associate position. A tweet today indicates things haven’t changed much. What’s stopping female applicants?
By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0)
When an associate position opened up at O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures a couple of years ago, impressive applications streamed in.
“The candidate pool is a wildly diverse mix of nationalities, skill sets, educational paths, professional experiences and personal interests,” reported co-founder Bryce Roberts. There was only one problem: “they’re all guys.” Read More »
Published on: March 13, 2013 – 11:22 am
Women 2.0 profiles women angel investors in our weekly “This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like” series.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
An entrepreneur and angel investor in Paris, Morgane Rollando is a member of angel syndicate Women Business Angels Network with the motto of “get stronger together.”
She spent 15 years in corporate finance Read More »
Published on: March 11, 2013 – 6:00 am
Where can you find that elusive creature, the angel investor, and how can you lure her out of hiding? This infographic not only lays out the boom in angel investing, but also explains where most deals are done and in which sectors.
By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0)
In need of an angel investor to get your early-stage startup off the ground? You’re in luck. The number of angels and the amount of money they’ve invested have risen dramatically in the last decade. Read More »
Published on: March 6, 2013 – 7:00 am
Women 2.0 profiles women angel investors in our weekly “This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like” series.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Early Google employee Andrea Zurek has been an active angel investor since 2006. She is one of the founding partners of
XG Ventures, a small group of ex-Googlers dedicated to advising and investing in supremely talented early-stage teams. XG Ventures (stands for X-Google) focuses on startups in the consumer internet, mobile and online media sectors. Read More »
Published on: February 13, 2013 – 6:00 am
Women 2.0 profiles women angel investors in our weekly “This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like” series.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Based in San Francisco, the Hong Kong-born and raised Edith Yeung is a founding partner at RightVentures, where she focuses on mobile and consumer internet companies.
She currently runs corporate strategy for Dolphin Read More »
Published on: January 24, 2013 – 8:00 am
Entrepreneur and angel investor Rashmi Sinha of SlideShare fame coming to Women 2.0 Conference on February 14 – join us!
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Women 2.0 is excited to welcome entrepreneur Rashmi Sinha, CEO and co-founder of SlideShare, to 2013 Women 2.0 Conference on February 14. She will be speaking on a panel that includes founding members of Flipboard, LUMO BodyTech and Easilydo about “The Next Billion”, this year’s conference theme. Read More »
Published on: January 23, 2013 – 3:25 pm
New York angel investor reveals three personal, less standard, emerging “rules of the game” in investing in early-stage entrepreneurs.
By Adam Quinton (Managing Director, Golden Seeds & Angel Investor)
Pretty cool seeing two Women 2.0 posts on two companies I invested in (appearing on the same day) celebrating $1 million funding rounds for FlixMaster and The Muse, respectively. I signed up for these two last year, my first full year as an active angel investor, along with three other investments (EpiEP, Consensus Point and Thrive Metrics). Read More »
Published on: January 9, 2013 – 7:00 am
Women 2.0 profiles women angel investors in our weekly “This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like” series.
By Angela Giacchetti (Associate, Pipeline Fellowship)
Meet Pipeline Fellowship alumna and angel investor Simone Castillo. She is a Senior Associate of International Development Assistance Services at KPMG in New York with over nine years of experience in providing fiscal management and operational advisory services to domestic and international charitable organizations. Read More »
Published on: December 19, 2012 – 1:27 pm
Women 2.0 profiles women angel investors in our weekly “This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like” series.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Angel investor and cause marketer Susan McPherson wears many hats – as speaker, writer, philanthropist, activist, volunteer and marketer. Susan is the SVP/Director of global marketing at Fenton, where she creates visibility for the firm’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) practice. Read More »
Published on: December 5, 2012 – 3:53 pm
Women 2.0 profiles women angel investors in our weekly “This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like” series.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Meet the author of “The Women of Berkshire Hathaway” (which profiles the six past and current female CEOs that manage subsidiary companies of Berkshire Hathaway, and the two female members of its Board of Directors), Karen Linder is a Nebraska-based angel investor and Berkshire Hathaway shareholder. Read More »
