2020 funders pitching 
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
In order to make those investments, venture firms must first have the money, which means they’re not only just the funders, they’re fundraisers, too. In 2020, now-defunct video platform Quibi alone raised almost 8% of the total funding that female founders got that year. But that image is only one part of venture capital.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 6, 2020
A 2020 article from the Next Web noted that almost half of Indian startups don’t hire women to save on maternity costs. One 2018 study found that, during investment pitches, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be asked “prevention” questions, or those related to safety and potential risks and losses.
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TechCrunch
JANUARY 14, 2021
Chattanooga, TN-based Capacity Capital was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the southeastern U.S. Jonathan Bragdon , its CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50,000-$300,000 in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2x revenues in 12-24 months.
Ecosystem Builder Hub
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
and abroad between February and September 2020. I see amazing entrepreneurs still being met with significant bias in their grant applications, pitches, accelerator experiences, and interactions with investors is immensely frustrating. Dealing with resistive funders, however, is our biggest challenge. Heather Metcalf. Mara Hardy.
TechCrunch
MARCH 15, 2022
I was cognizant that women only received less than 1% of venture funding globally, but that wasn’t at the forefront of my mind as I started my journey or as I pitched to VCs or angels. That was what I used to build our MVP before raising from institutional investors in late 2020. I found it quite hard to hear the word no.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 6, 2020
A 2020 article from the Next Web noted that almost half of Indian startups don’t hire women to save on maternity costs. One 2018 study found that, during investment pitches, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be asked “prevention” questions, or those related to safety and potential risks and losses.
David Teten VC
JANUARY 21, 2021
This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast. —– UP Fund is a rolling venture fund launched in Q4 2020, and part of global SaaS accelerator Upekkha, based in India.
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