We are hosting Women 2.0 Founder Friday events on December 7. Find one near you to meet women entrepreneurs, aspiring and current! By Sepideh Nasiri (Vice President of All Things Offline, Women 2.0) We are in 4 cities for Founder Friday on December 7. This is a Women 2.0 networking event promoting the creation of [...]
Posts Tagged "Care.com"
3 Female Digital Health CEOs You Should Know
October 19, 2012 – 9:00 am
Meet three female CEOs of digital health companies that received over $2 million in venture funding recently. By Amy Puliafito (Research & Marketing Manager, Rock Health) Earlier this week, Tuesday, October 16, 2012 was Ada Lovelace Day, a day dedicated to supporting the accomplishments of women in technology and technology policy. Ada Lovelace is considered [...]
Social Babysitting Marketplace UrbanSitter Raises $6 Million
October 15, 2012 – 10:41 am
Congrats to UrbanSitter on raising Series A for the social babysitting marketplace founded by four parents in San Francisco. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Social babysitting marketplace UrbanSitter co-founders include Andrea Barrett (Product), Lynn Perkins (CEO, both pictured), Hadar Wissotzky (CTO) and Daisy Downs (Operations). The $6 million Series A round was [...]
Female Founders To Watch: Women Entrepreneurs In Boston
September 7, 2012 – 8:00 am
Founder Friday launches in Boston this September 28! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) We are excited to announce that Women 2.0 will be launching Founder Friday Boston on September 28 to celebrate women entrepreneurs innovating in the greater Boston area. Two of the five winners of the L’Oréal Women in Digital awardees [...]
Care.com CEO Sheila Lirio Marcelo Raises $50M Series E Funding
August 8, 2012 – 6:00 am
Institutional Venture Partners and others invest $50M in Care.com, founded by Sheila Lirio Marcelo. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) PITCH 2012 conference speaker Sheila Lirio Marcelo, CEO of Care.com, raised $50M in Series E funding led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) with participation from existing investors Matrix Partners, NEA and Trinity Ventures. [...]
Care.com CEO Sheila Lirio Marcelo At PITCH 2012 (Video)
February 23, 2012 – 4:39 pm
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Sheila Lirio Marcelo, founder and CEO of Care.com, talks about Women 2.0 and female entrepreneurship. She admits it is a challenging and lonely road, and supports Women 2.0′s goal of cultivating a support network for early-stage entrepreneurs. Marcelo advises entrepreneurs not let challenges in one’s head overcome [...]
Friday Roundup: For The Love Or The Money?
February 10, 2012 – 11:57 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) This week, we learned that social networking site Pinterest reached record-breaking pageviews in an ungodly amount of time. Almost simultaneously, we heard that Pinterest has been generating revenue – a feat achieved by few early-stage startups. Alicia Navarro‘s venture-funded startup Skimlinks powers the monetization of Pinterest’s pins [...]
Care.com CEO Sheila Lirio Marcelo: “The Seat Next To Me Is Open”
February 9, 2012 – 5:00 am
By Sheila Lirio Marcelo (Founder & CEO, Care.com) Editor’s note: Sheila Lirio Marcelo, CEO of Care.com, will be speaking at the PITCH Conference on February 14, 2012 in Mountain View, CA. Get your ticket now! 2012 has already proven to be a newsworthy year for women’s empowerment, from politics to business to social issues. This [...]
