Check out these five women-powered productivity app companies that boost your productivity! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Who doesn’t love a good list, especially a list of to-do’s? Now add the power of new technology to the traditional to-do list and productivity guidelines – and some women entrepreneurs – and you have [...]
Posts Tagged "Women 2.0"
4 Women Present and Accounted for SIlicon Valley Movers & Shakers List
April 27, 2013 – 8:00 am
High-flying entrepreneurs Clara Shih, Gina Bianchini, Priya Haji and Rebecca Woodcock recognized as Silicon Valley Movers & Shakers. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) In the Silicon Valley, venture capital firms and high-tech management teams are often a sea of men. So it’s nice when the women movers & shakers are not filtered [...]
5 Ways Men Can Advocate for Women in Technology and the Workplace
April 26, 2013 – 7:00 am
We’ve cherry-picked the top 5 tips and tricks for male advocates for women in tech, educated by NCWIT’s 45 in-depth interviews with male employees in technology organizations or departments. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The LGBT community have many allies. Conferences produced by an organization named Black Founders are incredibly ethnically and [...]
PITCH Finalist Mavatar, Co-Founded by Susan Akbarpour, Raises $1 Million Seed Funding
April 23, 2013 – 12:24 pm
Menlo Park-based Susan Akbarpour, co-founder and president of Mavatar, raised $1 million in seed funding this week! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Smart comparison shopping company Mavatar was co-founded by Stanford Graduate School of Business grad Susan Akbarpour, who presented at Women 2.0 PITCH SF Startup Competition as a finalist earlier this [...]
DailyWorth CEO and Founder Amanda Steinberg Raises Additional $1 Million Funding
April 23, 2013 – 9:00 am
New York-based entrepreneur Amanda Steinberg nabs an additional $1 million in funding in an additional Series A raise led by DFJ Gotham. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Financial media company DailyWorth announced this week that they have raised an additional $1 million in Series A funding led by DFJ Gotham. Previously, the [...]
Eventbrite, Co-Founded by President Julia Hartz, Raises $60 Million Funding
April 22, 2013 – 12:35 pm
Ticketing platform Eventbrite raises $60 million in Series F funding. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Eventbrite, the leading self-service ticketing company co-founded by president Julia Hartz, announced today raising $60 million in financing led by Tiger Global Management. Eventbrite also announced new investment partner T. Rowe Price this week. The company’s total [...]
Female Founders to Watch Changing the World with Civic-Minded Startups
April 19, 2013 – 8:00 am
Itching to fix problems and create efficiencies? Civic hacking – we can do it! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Help solve big problems with new technology and drive big changes in the city you live in, maybe even the government! Here are some ways to get involved! Apply to join the National [...]
The RealReal, Founded by CEO Julie Wainwright, Raises $14M Series B Funding
April 16, 2013 – 11:48 am
CEO Julie Wainwright raises $14 million Series B funding for her startup The RealReal, the online luxury resaler. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The industry leader in luxury online resale, venture-backed startup The RealReal announced today raising $14 million in Series B funding to expand infrastructure and support its rapid growth. The [...]
Where Are the Women in Venture Capital That Blog?
April 16, 2013 – 7:00 am
As gatekeepers of venture capital, where are the women in venture capital who blog? By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Thought leadership in technology, entrepreneurship and business is established by blogging and tweeting. Unfortunately, the blog rolls of venture capitalists are filled with mostly, well, men ranging from the partners at Andreesseen Horowitz, [...]
Vietnam-Based Greengar, Co-Founded by CEO Thuy Truong, Joins 500 Startups in Mountain View
April 15, 2013 – 9:00 am
PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition finalist company Greengar, based in Vietnam, lands in Mountain View to begin the 500 Startups accelerator program today! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Most know her as “the girl in the white dress” at the Women 2.0 Conference a few months ago. Greengar CEO and co-founder Thuy [...]
