As gatekeepers of venture capital, where are the women in venture capital who blog? By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Thought leadership in technology, entrepreneurship and business is established by blogging and tweeting. Unfortunately, the blog rolls of venture capitalists are filled with mostly, well, men ranging from the partners at Andreesseen Horowitz, [...]
Posts Tagged "Accel Partners"
The London Startup Advantage
February 24, 2013 – 6:00 am
This supportive community, that ranges from behemoths like Google, to active and innovative individuals like James Governor, is a testament to the sheer potential of London’s startup tech marketplace. By Francesca Krihely (Community Manager, MongoDB) I moved to London in May and after living there for six months, I was pleasantly surprised at the market [...]
Co-Founder Lynda Weinman Raises $103 Million Venture Capital For Eponymous Online Learning Platform lynda.com
January 20, 2013 – 10:00 am
The female-founded edutech company receives a huge first round of outside funding, with big plans for expansion. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Co-founded by Lynda Weinman in 1995 and profitable since 1997, online learning platform lynda.com has big plans to scale and grow internationally with its first round of outside funding – [...]
London-Based HouseTrip, Co-Founded By CFO Junjun Chen, Raises $40M Series C Funding
October 9, 2012 – 1:00 pm
Congrats to HouseTrip on the additional VC funding raised! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Holiday rental website HouseTrip for booking your vacation rental online raised $40 million Series C funding, led by Accel Partners and joined by return backers Balderton Capital and Index Ventures. Junjun Chen co-founded HouseTrip in 2009, and has [...]
Meet PITCH 2012 Online Judge Sara Lannin Of Accel Partners
August 25, 2012 – 12:59 pm
Meet one of 30+ judges reviewing applications for PITCH – Sara Lannin is a venture partner at Accel. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) You have six more days to finish your application for this year’s PITCH 2012 Startup Competition – I’m excited to introduce online application judge Sara Lannin of Accel Partners. [...]
Women’s Startups Lack Access to Capital (Women Don’t Ask)
October 18, 2011 – 5:30 am
By Jessica Naziri (Reporter, CNBC) When Alexa von Tobel found herself frustrated with the lack of personal finance resources and tools available to her, she took a leave of absence from Harvard Business School in 2008 to pursue her dream of creating a way for women to gain control of their finances. “When I was [...]
Birchbox Raises $10.5 Series A to Disrupt Cosmetics Industry
August 19, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Birchbox announced today they raised $10.5M to continue product development and possibly branch into other verticals. Birchbox was founded by Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp, Harvard Business School grads (pictured). Accel partner Theresia Gouw Ranzetta says, “The team has forged partnerships with some of the world’s leading [...]
How Deal with Two Women Points to a Different Silicon Valley
August 9, 2011 – 1:36 am
By Chris O’Brien (Business & Technology Columnist, San Jose Mercury News) Something happened last week in Silicon Valley that was remarkable simply because nothing about it was remarkable. Well, almost nothing. On Monday, a stealth startup announced it had raised $7.3 million from a prominent venture firm. The deal hinged on the long-term relationship between [...]
