Celebrating Women’s History Month: A Spotlight on 14 Woman-Led Investment Firms
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting 14 Crunchbase Venture Program member firms that have at least one woman founder or leader.
Headline’s Taylor Brandt On Investing in the Next Evolution of Commerce
Taylor Brandt, investor at Headline, leverages her consulting and operating expertise to fund the next generation of B2C and B2B commerce tools.
How A Founder-Turned-Investor is Funding and Supporting Female Founders
Katie Palencsar discusses how she transitioned from founder to investor and what the fintech funding landscape looks like for women.
Are VCs Indirectly Impacting Women Working in Tech?
Although the responsibility falls on founders to create a diverse workplace, Caribou co-founder Christine Simone analyzes how VCs could indirectly be playing a role in tech's gender diversity issue.
How Madeline Darcy is Bringing More Diversity to Venture Capital
Darcy shares her journey as an investor, her resources, and her best advice for those looking to pitch to investors.
Obvious Ventures’ Meera Clark On Investing in a More Equitable World
In this Q&A, Meera Clark dives why she jumped from industry to VC, as well as the three pillars of Obvious’ “world positive” investing.
How Hannah Gräfin von Waldersee Is Helping Software Companies Scale Up through Innovation
Hannah Gräfin von Waldersee shares why she decided to work in the investment ecosystem and her past experiences.
Female Founded + Funded: A Conversation with M12 and Webee
The Crunchbase “Female Founder Series” is comprised of stories, Q&As and thought-leadership pieces from glass-ceiling-smashers who overcame the odds and are now leading successful companies, or investing in them. M12...
Female Founded + Funded: A Conversation with ACME Capital and Tia
In this joint Q&A, Aike Ho and Carolyn Witte, share their experiences in venture capital and entrepreneurship, along with the story of ACME’s investment in Tia and how the two are now working together to improve women’s health care.
M&A Mayhem: Is Organic Growth Still the Best Way to Scale a Business in 2021?
In this article, Amy Radin questions if organic growth is still the best way to scale startups and companies.
Bitcoin vs. Gold: The Future of Investment
Could Bitcoin hold the same value as gold did in the past? Or should investors stick with the tried and true? We take a look.
How Yasmine Morrison Is Finding, Funding And Building The Next Generation Of Tech Companies
Yasmine Morrison, an investment associate at Florida Funders, shares her career journey and advice she has for founders pitching to funds.
As Industry Regulators Try To Catch Up, Diverse Investors Are Already Making Moves
A lack of diverse C-level executives, bring up questions around how well placed our industries are to cater to the majority of consumers.
Getting To Hypergrowth: The Metrics That Matter
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Fintech is the Future: findexable and Crunchbase Launch 2021 Global Fintech Rankings
After a sharp contraction in fintech venture investment as the pandemic broke at the beginning of 2020 - the year ended as the third highest on record by funding volume.
How Investors Can Build an LGBTQ+ Friendly Portfolio
There are many ways to get started investing while focusing on diversity through indexes like the Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and LGBTQ-specific indexes which rate companies based on their gender diversity, racial diversity, etc.
Amanda Schutzbank on Investing in Highly Emotional, Values-led Brands
Since 2015, Schutzbank has worked in venture capital across two leading firms before starting her own, all focused on early-stage companies.
4 Tips from a Venture Capitalist for Entrepreneurs Seeking Investment
Let’s face it: Fundraising has never been easy, especially for early-stage entrepreneurs or new fund managers.
Want to know the next big thing in healthcare? Look where the founders are building
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Palantir — A Federal Market Lesson For VCs
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The All Raise x Crunchbase VC Checkwriter Dashboard
Crunchbase and All Raise have partnered to create the VC Checkwriter Dashboard, a dashboard that will track data on female check writers in the U.S.
