While the issues facing female entrepreneurs are complex, a key obstacle lies in that the gatekeepers to capital are predominantly and were historically men. By Jane Wang (Software Engineer, Etsy) Funding is a tough nut to crack for many first-time entrepreneurs, and even a tougher nut for those from atypical backgrounds, such as minorities, women, [...]
Posts Tagged "Natalia Oberti Noguera"
The Series A Crunch: Should Female Founders Worry?
December 11, 2012 – 7:00 am
The startup world is chattering about the increasingly narrow path from angel to VC funding. How will the crunch affect women-led companies? By Jessica Stillman (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) Whether you respond to them with concerned hand-wringing or something like Darwinian glee, here are the facts. # Deals 2009 2010 2011 2012 YTD Seed/Angel 472 [...]
Women Entrepreneurs: Step Up To The Plate
November 9, 2012 – 7:00 am
An angel investing bootcamp for women philanthropists. By Natalia Oberti Noguera (Founder & CEO, Pipeline Fellowship) Women entrepreneurs don’t pitch as often as their male peers. I encourage women to step up to the plate, whether it’s asking for capital to fund their startup, or asking for a raise at work. In 2011, only 12% [...]
Get Introduced To Startup Ecosystem Leaders At PITCH NYC 2012 – NY Tech Meetup, 85 Broads, Girl Develop It, Springboard Enterprises, Pipeline Fellowship, Startup Weekend, Girls Who Code, Golden Seeds
November 6, 2012 – 7:00 am
Representatives from organizations will be attending PITCH NYC 2012. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) We are a little more than a week away from Women 2.0′s first PITCH Conference in New York – a full day of successful women entrepreneurs speaking about starting up and going big! Along with mentoring at lunchtime, [...]
Investors Share Advice With Entrepreneurs At Pipeline Fellowship Conference
October 10, 2012 – 6:00 am
Female angel investors come together to share expertise at first ever Bay Area conference. By Carolyn Gerin (Co-Founder, Adorii) “Never invest in anyone you wouldn’t have to your home for dinner,” quipped Cyan Banister, Uber and Zivity investor, setting the tone for an intensely fun and resonant day at the Pipeline Fellowship Conference, making one [...]
This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like – Kelly Hoey
June 29, 2012 – 9:45 am
Women 2.0 profiles women (from angel investors to venture capitalists) who invest in women. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The numbers are bleak – 11% of investment partners at venture capital firms are women and 15% of angel investors are women. And according to this handy infographic on investing in women, women [...]
Are More VCs Betting On Women To Make A Buck?
April 2, 2012 – 5:00 am
Capital will always move toward the greatest rate of return. By Leah Eichler (Contributing Writer, Femme-O-Nomics) I felt no “Dragon’s Den” vibe when I met Vincent Gasparro for coffee at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto recently. The very approachable managing director of The Green Tomorrow Fund, an independent private equity fund that invests in [...]
Pipeline Fellows Increasing Financing For Women-Led Businesses
March 3, 2012 – 6:00 am
By Geri Stengel (Founder, Ventureneer) Your startup may be doomed to failure if you under-capitalize it from the get-go, but friends and family can only do so much and venture capitalists are looking for businesses that are more established with huge growth potential. Bridging that financing gap has been especially difficult for women-led businesses and [...]
Boston Angel Investing Training Launches 10 Pipeline Fellows, Provides Discount To Conference For Angel Investors
November 28, 2011 – 5:00 am
By A. Lauren Abele (COO, Pipeline Fellowship) Editor’s note: The Pipeline Fellowship hosts a 2011 Boston Pipeline Fellowship Conference on angel investing in Boston on Friday, December 2, 2011. Women 2.0 members receive 50% off tickets with discount code “women2″. For more info and to register, click here. The Pipeline Fellowship, which trains women philanthropists [...]
3 Ways To Scale Without Losing Savvy Customer Service
November 7, 2011 – 11:00 am
By Natalia Oberti Noguera (Founder & CEO, Pipeline Fellowship) How can a low-tech, high-touch startup scale to a high-tech one without losing users? I asked several tech startup founders, community managers, and users for any lessons learned on how startups can successfully transition their early adopters, who are used to feeling like VIPs, to technology [...]
