The finalists have been selected to PITCH on February 14! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The judges’ votes are in – and the 10 finalists for the PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition have been selected to pitch live on February 14 at the Women 2.0 Conference. These early-stage startups have demonstrated high-growth [...]
Posts Tagged "Google Ventures"
Congratulations To The 10 Finalists Of The Women 2.0 PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition (Pitching Live February 14)
January 15, 2013 – 9:00 am
Google Ventures Partner And Angel Investor Wesley Chan Judging PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition At Women 2.0 Conference
January 14, 2013 – 9:00 am
Join Women 2.0 at our annual conference this February! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Our latest judge to participate in the PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition is Wesley Chan, general partner at Google Ventures. Wesley joined the Google Ventures team in 2009. Wesley was an early employee at Google, helping launch and [...]
Female Founders To Watch: Google Ventures Portfolio Companies
January 4, 2013 – 3:28 pm
Meet the female founders in the Google Ventures portfolio. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The venture capital arm of Google formed in 2009, Google Ventures has 100+ companies in its portfolio – check out their nifty infographic for 2012 impact and reach with $300M in funds. The investor to watch from Google [...]
This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like – Shereen Shermak
October 31, 2012 – 3:05 pm
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) You may know Shereen Shermak as one of the co-founders (with Sarah McIlroy) of online custom clothing business Fashionplaytes, which recently raised Series B funding. Today, Shereen is VP [...]
Solving Signal:Noise Through Adversity And Diversity
September 6, 2012 – 8:00 am
There’s a persistent signal:noise problem across the Web and women can do a lot to help solve this issue. We can do it because we’re great at contextualizing info and evaluating it in a way that’s different from what currently exists. By Twain Liu (Founder, Senseus) They say entrepreneurs are irrational optimists so I must [...]
Wantworthy, Co-Founded By CEO Lauren McDevitt, Raises $1M Seed Funding
August 10, 2012 – 11:00 am
NYC-based Wantworthy graduates from TechStars, raises seed funding to accelerate product development. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Wantworthy announced raising $1M in seed funding, led by RRE Ventures, Google Ventures, Quotidian Ventures, and several NYC-area angels also participated. 2011 NYC TechStars graduate Wantworthy aims to help you keep track of everything you [...]
Triptrotting Founders Raise $1.8M For “eHarmony For Like-Minded Travelers And Locals”
May 22, 2012 – 2:45 pm
Golden Seeds and Chinese VC firm WI Harper join previously announced investors for the seed round. By Michael Carney (Writer, Pando Daily) Proud of their home in Los Angeles and of their early success as women entrepreneurs, Shana Zheng and Aigerim Shorman were adamant that they wanted to bring onboard investors that represented these strengths. [...]
