Meet the female founders in the Kapor Capital portfolio. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Not only will Kapor Capital provide 10 scholarships for women of color to attend the upcoming Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, they have a portfolio of 70 companies they have invested in to generate economic value and [...]
Posts Tagged "BeCouply"
Female Founders To Watch: NewMe Accelerator For Minority Entrepreneurs (Apply For New Class By June 15)
May 25, 2012 – 3:33 pm
Deadline to apply for NewMe accelerator for minority-led startups has been extended to June 15, 2012. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Earlier this week, the NewMe accelerator announced that the fall application deadline has been extended to June 15, 2012. The NewME Accelerator is a 12 week immersive program that combines quality [...]
Don’t Relegate Date Night To The Weekends
May 21, 2012 – 5:00 am
Make time for shared meals, from romantic picnics to lunch plans during the workweek. By Becky Cruze (Co-Founder, BeCouply) It seems there is never enough time to do all the things we have to do, much less the things we want to do. Often we end up prioritizing work above all else, causing our personal [...]
5 Ways To Achieve Work-Life Balance (Hint: Outsource Errands)
April 17, 2012 – 3:04 pm
From Laundry Locker to TaskRabbit, you can outsource as many trivial tasks as possible. By Becky Cruze (Co-Founder, BeCouply) Today, women have the opportunity to have it all: a high-powered career, fulfilling relationship, children and the HGTV-worthy home. So what’s the problem? “Having it all” is much easier said than done. Sure, it might be [...]
BeCouply Receives First Investment
September 7, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Becky Cruze (Co-Founder, BeCouply) Today the BeCouply team is excited to announce that we’ve received our first investment! The investment is from Mitch Kapor of Kapor Capital. Mitch is perhaps best-known for creating Lotus 1-2-3 and co-founding the Lotus Development Corporation, later acquired by IBM. Kapor Capital has made more than 50 investments in [...]
BeCouply Presents at NewME Accelerator Demo Day
August 17, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Becky Cruze (Co-Founder, BeCouply) As detailed in a previous post, my boyfriend Pius Uzamere and I co-founded a tech startup called BeCouply. BeCouply is the mobile app that helps couples have epic social lives by making it easy to discover new date ideas, capture special moments and connect with other couples. Pius and I [...]
Female Founders to Follow from TechStars, NewME Accelerators
August 12, 2011 – 7:15 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) In the last few weeks, we watched the NewMe accelerator launch the first class of minority led start-ups. We also watched the TechStars Boulder class launch a class of new ventures. Here are the women starting some of those newly launched companies: Angela Benton (Founder, Cued) Angela [...]
A Dating Site for Couples: Meet Mobile Startup BeCouply
August 3, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Becky Cruze (Co-Founder, BeCouply) I am the co-founder of BeCouply, the app that helps couples have epic social lives by making it easy to discover new date ideas, capture special moments and connect with other couples. I never imagined I’d wind up co-founding a tech startup… and there have been many twists and turns [...]
