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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend.

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Hormona wants women to track their ‘hormonal health’ with at-home testing

TechCrunch

Quantified health activity is all around us these days, as scores of people use mobile sensing technologies to keep an eye on their well-being by tracking their steps, workouts and even how long and deep they sleep — so why shouldn’t women who cycle (as in menstrual cycle) track monthly changes to their hormone levels?

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Daily Crunch: AI content developer Jasper now valued at $1.5B following capital infusion

TechCrunch

Don’t worry, it’s for fun reasons: We want to be the first to tell you about the awesomeness that is our TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield companies. News Drops from Disrupt. Omneky : Leverages OpenAI’s DALLE-2 and GPT-3 models to generate visuals and text that can be used in ads for social platforms. Christine and Haje.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

TechCrunch

At Qumra, we get excited about companies that disrupt traditional industries while doing good and improving quality of life. Our portfolio includes some great examples such as Fiverr that has disrupted the labor market by unlocking the global talent pool, or Talkspace, which is providing access to therapy to all. Zoomin Software.

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Kegg, a connected fertility tracker and Kegel trainer for women, launches out of beta

TechCrunch

Femtech startup Lady Technologies is adding to this rich mix with the full U.S. If you’re also using it for the optional Kegal exercises that would take a bit longer.). Kegg was unveiled on the TechCrunch Disrupt SF stage, back in 2018 , as part of our startup battlefield competition (though it didn’t go on to win).

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Katakem’s ‘robot chef’ speeds up drug development with reliable chemistry

TechCrunch

It occurred to him that automation and robotics could make the drug development process more predictable, and so he founded Katakem , one of the startups in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 200. “The production of a chemical product is strictly regulated and standardized. Image Credits: Katakem. Image Credits: Katakem.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. We use Asana at Versatile VC for managing tasks and projects with other collaborators in our teams. Use their software for interactive data visualization and modern business intelligence.

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