Remove 2018 Remove startup ecosystem Remove support
article thumbnail

The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

This is going to be BIG.

In late 2018, the company raised $75 million Series C from Sequoia, arguably the top VC firm in the world. After being largely ignored by Valley investors (the biggest checks in her seed, Series A, and Series B came from men on the East Coast), she finally found support from the VC elite. Yet, many said this wasn’t enough.

article thumbnail

Israel’s startup ecosystem powers ahead, amid a year of change

TechCrunch

2020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem. Israeli startups closed out December 2020 by raising $768 million in funding. In December 2018 that figure was $230 million, in 2019 it was just under $200 million. Israel’s government is very supportive of its high-tech economy.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. We do run the Christchurch Startup Hub, Te O Haka, on the Ara campus here in Christchurch, where I’m sitting today.

article thumbnail

Four Years of Catalyst

Startup Catalyst

Just over a month ago, we were joined by friends, supporters, and alumni for Startup Catalyst’s 4th birthday. London cohort (2018). Startup Community cohort (2017). We’ve had many great partners and supporters over the years. Each organisation came to Startup Catalyst in a different way. Youth Cohort 2016.

support 100
article thumbnail

How Angel and Venture Capital Funding Shape the Future of Innovation

StartupNation

Driving the formation and growth of a significant percentage of new company startups, arguably those that touch our lives most broadly, are the angel and venture funding fueling them. How important is angel funding to the startup ecosystem? In addition, angels are more diverse than venture capitalists.

article thumbnail

GEN New Zealand releases manifesto to encourage greater entrepreneurship

NZ Entrepreneur

Over the last three years, GEN has grown its New Zealand network to more than 200 people representing more than 140 organisations, including entrepreneurs, incubators and accelerators, entrepreneur support organisations, central and local government, academia, investors and NGOs. Moskovitz is an entrepreneur’s entrepreneur.

article thumbnail

A university’s role in an emerging startup community and other conversations

Startup Catalyst

I’m Rosie Odsey and I interviewed Rowena Barrett from QUT in late August 2018. QUT has been a supporter of Startup Catalyst for four years. We could see that there was value in supporting students across the university to participate in this event. How the university supports student-led entrepreneurial activity.