The company already hit profitability before announcing Series A funding from Sequoia Capital. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) An alternative to traditional mobile game ad networks, Chartboost has raised $19 million in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital with participation from previous investors TransLink Capital and SK Telecom. The company was already [...]
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ChartBooast CEO And Co-Founder Maria Alegre Raises $19M Series A Funding From Sequoia Capital
January 8, 2013 – 11:30 am
No Women In Computer Science? Well, Not For Long
December 30, 2012 – 8:00 am
Since 2009, the number of female undergraduates majoring in CS at Stanford has increased 9.5%. The introductory course has reached gender parity. By Billy Gallagher (Writer, TechCrunch) “Dude, I think that girl sitting in front of us is a CS major.” “Nah, look at that glittery shit in her hair.” Bonnie McLindon, a junior computer [...]
Children’s Edu Apps Startup Duck Duck Moose, Co-Founded By Nicci Gabriel And Caroline Hu Flexer, Raises $7M Series A
September 27, 2012 – 7:00 am
The co-founders produced all music and illustrations themselves. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Designer Nicci Gabriel and former IDEO consultant Caroline Hu Flexer co-founded Duck Duck Moose to build smartphone apps for children. The mother of two young girls, Caroline wanted more quality educational apps for children. So she did it. After [...]
Songkick Chief Product Officer And Co-Founder Michelle You Joins Speaker Lineup For Women 2.0 PITCH Conference In November
September 20, 2012 – 9:32 am
PITCH Conference on November 14, 2012 features a full day of speakers including Songkick co-founder Michelle You. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) We’ve two months away from Women 2.0′s first PITCH Conference in New York City featuring speakers including Michelle You, co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Songkick. Since launching in 2007 [...]
Kleiner Perkins And Sequoia Fund $6.5M Round For Cross-Device Ad Targeter Drawbridge
May 10, 2012 – 1:00 pm
This article has been syndicated from TechCrunch. By Anthony Ha (Writer, TechCrunch) When two of the biggest names in venture capital (arguably still the biggest) both invest in a startup, you know it’s probably time to take notice. So yes, take notice: A cross-device ad targeting startup called Drawbridge has raised a $6.5 million Series [...]
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 [...]
