Under Ann Miura-Ko’s management, FLOODGATE has invested in many women-led startups. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) VC fund FLOODGATE announced today closing a $75M fund for investment in early-stage high-growth ventures using technology to accelerate business. At FLOODGATE, Ann Miura-Ko led the investment in ModCloth (co-founded by CCO Susan Gregg Koger) and [...]
Posts Tagged "Leah Busque"
Female Founders To Watch: This Week’s Successful Fund-Raisers
July 27, 2012 – 6:00 am
We celebrated a flurry of venture funding announcements for women-founded startups this week. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) We celebrate women securing investment for business ventures because raising a round of venture capital is a public, measurable milestone for a startup. When an early-stage company receives investment, either VC or angel, we [...]
Google I/O Session “Designing for the Other Half: Sexy Isn’t Always Pink” (Video)
July 10, 2012 – 10:03 am
Watch a panel of women in technology and entrepreneurship talk about building products for inclusion. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) After the powerhouse Women Techmakers panel of Googlers kicked off Google I/O festivities in San Francisco, a panel of women in technology and entrepreneurship were featured at Google I/O talking about “Designing [...]
Female Founders To Watch: Google I/O 2012 Edition
June 29, 2012 – 5:13 pm
Women entrepreneurs speak at Google I/O 2012 about hackathons and designing for inclusion. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Google’s developer conference, Google I/O, wraps up today, culminating 3 days of fly-in demos and $847 worth of free schwag for the attendees. I am putting it on my list to get a press [...]
Don’t Miss Google I/O Session “Sexy Isn’t Always Pink” Featuring Women 2.0 On Friday, June 29 @ 9AM (PST)
June 28, 2012 – 3:24 pm
On Friday, June 29 at 9AM (PST), don’t miss the panel on designing for inclusion at Google I/O. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Aside from the unveiling of Google’s new 7-inch Asus-made Nexus tablet and Project Glass‘s skydiving demo at Google I/O yesterday – don’t miss Women 2.0′s own Director of All [...]
How Did Your Dad Influence You To Become An Entrepreneur?
June 19, 2012 – 6:00 am
For Father’s Day, we asked women entrepreneurs about their dads’ influence. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Alice Brooks, one of the co-founders of Kickstarter project Roominate, grew up visiting her father’s robotics lab and when she was young, she had her own saw so that they could work side-by-side. She built her [...]
Female Founders To Watch: Helping Small Business Owners
June 8, 2012 – 12:31 pm
Here are useful tools for small business owners built by women entrepreneurs. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Starting your own business comes with a unique set of challenges. Early-stage startup entrepreneurs are no stranger to these challenges. These notable women entrepreneurs, each equipped with a background in computer science and penchant for [...]
Leah Busque: How To Market To Women Without Losing Men
May 14, 2012 – 12:04 pm
Revamping the TaskRabbit site to cater to women but continue to court men. By E.B. Boyd (Silicon Valley Reporter, Fast Company) Whenever TaskRabbit got press, lots of young, professional men signed up. But regular users of the site – which connects members with people willing to do their chores for a small fee – were [...]
Technovation Challenge A Course In Entrepreneurship For High School Girls – And Their Mentors
March 30, 2012 – 11:00 am
Words of wisdom from Technovation Challenge speakers, and invitation to Pitch Events. By Jeri Countryman (Director of Curriculum & Assessment, Iridescent) The Technovation Challenge is a program to promote women in technology by giving girls the skills and confidence they need to be successful in computer science and entrepreneurship by developing a mobile phone app [...]
Young CEOs Of Startups Find Benefits, Challenges By Hiring Employees 40 And Older
March 11, 2012 – 11:00 am
Young startups tend to hire younger workers. By Nate C. Hindman (Writer, Huffington Post) Eric Grosse’s rite of passage at TaskRabbit, a San Francisco-based web startup, came late last year at the company’s annual holiday party. It was just one month after TaskRabbit hired Grosse, who was previously a senior executive at Expedia, the online [...]
