Before founding FlixMaster, Erika founded an Emmy-Winning production company and worked as a filmmaker. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) FlixMaster, a creative platform for enterprise online video, today announced raising $1.125 million in additional funding from a syndicate of investors led by New York-based Golden Seeds. Founded by CEO Erika Trautman, FlixMaster [...]
Posts Tagged "Astia"
FlixMaster CEO And Co-Founder Erika Trautman Secures $1.125M Seed Funding Led By Golden Seeds
January 23, 2013 – 12:01 pm
2013: The Year Of The Female Entrepreneur?
December 13, 2012 – 6:00 am
It is no surprise then that four of the major global consumer tech businesses – Facebook, Groupon, Zynga and Twitter – have more female customers than male. However, each suffers from a lack of female representation at board level, and this is true throughout the business world. By Wendy Tan White (Founder & CEO, Moonfruit) [...]
5 Rules To Build Community Engagement For Startup Success
December 9, 2012 – 11:00 am
for a movement or community to form, only two things are needed: (1) a reason for people to care, and (2) a way for them to communicate with each other. By Jane Finette (Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Astia) The Internet has created tremendous opportunity for connection, and with a new generation of socially connected Millennials, we are in [...]
Meet The Women Entrepreneurs In Astia’s Fall 2012 Global Entrepreneurs Program
November 4, 2012 – 7:00 am
Astia’s startup teams have a healthy mix of men and women, but clearly have a woman on the Founding/Executive team. By Catherine Berman (Senior Vice President, Astia) Throw a rock in Silicon Valley and you’ll find a group of startups convening. But woman-led startups? And high-growth woman-led startups that have the potential to transform the [...]
Female Founders To Watch: 5 Women Entrepreneurs From Astia
October 19, 2012 – 11:05 am
Check out five up-and-coming women entrepreneurs from Astia’s current class. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Astia is a non-profit accelerating women starting high-growth high-tech ventures. They just released details about the women entrepreneurs participating in the Fall 2012 Astia Global Entrepreneur Program. Here are five up-and-coming women entrepreneurs aiming to go big [...]
Astia Accelerator Program To Add Fund, Angel Network In 2013
September 19, 2012 – 9:14 am
Women entrepreneur mentorship network Astia to form a Fund and Angel Network in early 2013. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) In a message from CEO Sharon Vosmek this morning, we learned that high-growth woman entrepreneur accelerator program Astia will be adding capital to their existing programming in early 2013. The additions will [...]
Female Founders To Watch: Women Entrepreneurs From Astia
September 14, 2012 – 6:00 am
Deadline to apply to join Astia’s fall global entrepreneur program is Monday, September 17, 2012. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Wikipedia says “Astia is a genus of jumping spiders” but here in the tech world, we are familiar with Astia as the non-profit that accelerates women starting high-growth high-tech ventures, offering programs [...]
This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like – Janet Hanson
September 5, 2012 – 9:00 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) Janet was recently recognized on Forbes for changing the world of business. In the profile, she states – “When somebody says, ‘Well, what do you invest in?’ I could [...]
5 Tips To Take Charge Of Your Career (Startup Success For Women)
July 5, 2012 – 6:00 am
Know what you want and start doing it with an infectious leadership style. By Mariette Johnson Wharton (Co-Founder & VP Marketing, Vidtel) Recently The Atlantic featured an article addressing in part the nearly impossible feat for working mothers to have it all (or at least have it all at the same time). The major limiting [...]
Why I Picked Astia In The Jungle Of Startup Accelerators, Incubators
June 12, 2012 – 6:00 am
“I made new friendships with CEOs from around the world building products solving a variety of problems.” By Poornima Vijayashanker (Founder & CEO, BizeeBee) When I left Mint.com to start BizeeBee, a number of startup incubators approached me about joining. While I liked the concept of having focused time to think, learn, and mentors who [...]
