9 January 2013 | Uncategorized
The Kickstarter campaign ran for 35 days and closed on October 13, 2012 having raised $238,000 ($138,000 over the original goal). By Rachel Taylor (Founder, Convometrics) As a social worker, Liz Salcedo was constantly on the go and using her phone for talking, texting...
9 January 2013 | Uncategorized
Women 2.0 profiles women angel investors in our weekly “This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like” series. By Angela Giacchetti (Associate, Pipeline Fellowship) Meet Pipeline Fellowship alumna and angel investor Simone Castillo. She is a Senior Associate...
9 January 2013 | Uncategorized
The seventh PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition finalist has been selected – congrats Modalyst co-founder and CEO Jill Sherman! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Congrats to New York City-based Modalyst and co-founder and CEO Jill...
8 January 2013 | Uncategorized
The sixth PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition finalist has been selected – congrats VirtualMab and CEO/founder Chaya Jadhav! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Congrats to London-based VirtualMob and co-founder and CEO Chaya Jadhav for...
8 January 2013 | Uncategorized
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...
8 January 2013 | Uncategorized
The fifth PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition finalist has been selected – congrats Fiestah and co-founder/COO Nurul Yahya! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Congrats to Fiestah and co-founder and COO Nurul Yahya for being selected to...
8 January 2013 | Uncategorized
Both founders of Yiftee are seasoned executives at tech companies. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Menlo Park-based startup Yiftee is a local gifting service, raising $850k in seed funding from Scott Cook, Mohr Davidow Ventures and angel...
8 January 2013 | Uncategorized
The fourth PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition finalist has been selected – congrats Bia Sports and founder Cheryl Kellond! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Congrats to Bia Sport and CEO/founder Cheryl Kellond for being selected to...
8 January 2013 | Uncategorized
Startups are the ideal family-friendly settings, even if you don’t consider yourself to be the type of person to center your life on family (or at least not yet). By Shereen Shermak (Co-Founder & VP Product, BuySide FX) Recently, many articles have appeared...
7 January 2013 | Uncategorized
Meet women entrepreneurs at Founder Friday on January 11. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Last September, the crowd at Founder Friday in San Francisco met Andrea Johnson, CEO and founder of photo site ThisLife. Today, Shutterfly announces...
