Of all the North American companies that got VC funding in 2016, only 16.8% had at least one female founder. As veteran Silicon Valley investor Theresia Goew noted recently, the culture of VCs and tech is more sexist than it’s ever been. Even more concerning is that...
Fewer startups are announcing their funding — even those that are raking in the revenue. A partner at a seed stage venture fund explains why. By Hunter Walk (Partner, Homebrew) Most of the startups we’ve backed at Homebrew don’t rush to announce their funding....
By Tina Baker (Contributing Writer, Forbes) Early stage funding for startups is getting complicated. In the past several years, many companies have raised initial seed funding through convertible loans instead of selling shares. In this type of funding, the loan,...