Women 2.0 Conference scholarships were awarded by Kapor Capital. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Oakland-based investment fund Kapor Capital invests in seed stage information technology companies to generate economic value and positive social impact. This month, they are also investing in human capital by contributing scholarships for entrepreneurial women of color to [...]
Posts Tagged "Kapor Capital"
Kapor Capital Awards 10 Scholarships To Women Of Color To Attend Women 2.0 Conference 2013
February 5, 2013 – 9:00 am
Meet 8 Women Entrepreneurs Who Launched Beauty Startups (Colour Me Beautiful)
January 29, 2013 – 6:00 am
Beauty startups make sense for personalizing beauty to one’s individual skin tones, allergies, schedules and tastes – with technology. By Suhair Khan (Co-Founder, Developyst) As someone who panics regularly at Sephora and ends up with bags of beauty products that I don’t need and that do not work for me – bronzer that leaves my [...]
12 Women Entrepreneurs To Watch In Kapor Capital’s Portfolio
January 11, 2013 – 8:00 am
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 [...]
Kapor Capital Will Provide 10 Scholarships For Women Of Color To Attend The February 14 Women 2.0 Conference
January 3, 2013 – 9:00 am
Apply for a scholarship to attend the Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 – thanks to Kapor Capital for providing the free tickets for women of color! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) To generate economic value and positive social impact, Oakland-based investment fund Kapor Capital invests in human capital. Today, Kapor [...]
Kapor Capital Awards PITCH NYC Scholarships To Women Of Color
October 29, 2012 – 7:00 am
PITCH NYC 2012 scholarships were awarded by Kapor Capital. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) With the goal of investing in seed stage information technology companies to generate economic value and positive social impact, Oakland-based investment fund Kapor Capital invests in human capital, contributing scholarships for women of color to attend the upcoming [...]
Kapor Capital Providing 5 Scholarships For Women Of Color To Attend PITCH NYC Conference (November 14, 2012)
October 2, 2012 – 6:00 am
Five (5) scholarships available to women of color to attend PITCH NYC, thanks to sponsorship from Kapor Capital! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Kapor Capital is sponsoring five (5) scholarships for women of color who are otherwise financially unable to attend Women 2.0 PITCH NYC Conference & Competition on November 14, 2012. [...]
UX Designer Starts Up Mobile Publishing House, Builds Top Apps
January 10, 2012 – 5:00 am
By T.J. Zark (Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer, 955 Dreams) I am co-founder and Chief Design Officer at 955 Dreams, a mobile publishing house with some amazingly successful titles we created last year. How this all happened is a bit unusual. I met a guy in a parking lot. It’s true. I met my co-founder [...]
Pooja Sankar Raises $6M For Her EduTech Startup Piazza
January 6, 2012 – 8:06 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Piazza Founder and CEO Pooja Sankar blogged on Women 2.0 a few months ago: “As a teenager, I never went outside alone, spoke to a boy other than my brother, or wore jeans or a short skirt.” The former Facebook engineer went to an all-girls high school [...]
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 [...]
