The online tech boutique co-founded by female Y Combinator grad Amanda Peyton raises $1.3 million in a round led by First Round Capital. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) If you’re the type of conscious consumer who doesn’t buy your music from a big box store, nor your food from a jumbo-sized supermarket, why should [...]
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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 [...]
True&Co Takes $2M Seed Funding From First Round, SoftTech, Others To Shake Up The Bra Industry
May 31, 2012 – 5:00 am
True&Co co-founders Aarthi Ramamurthy and Michelle secure funding from investors for bra shopping. By Ingrid Lunden (Writer, TechCrunch) The women’s liberation movement once taught ladies to cast off their bras in solidarity and empowerment; now a new startup, founded by two women, is inverting that formula to make sure that when you put it back [...]
