TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

It now also offers customized educational content that can help grow the cybersecurity culture in your team. Some of Riot’s existing investors also put more money on the table, such as Y Combinator, Funders Club and Founders Future. The startup originally focused on fake phishing campaigns.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

It’s identical to what’s happening in Africa: Less than 1% of all VC dollars went toward startups with one or more women founders last year, according to The Big Deal , which details investments in Africa. Why aren’t female founders getting a bigger piece of the pie? Tebogo Mokwena , co-founder and CEO, Akiba Digital.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

Being an effective founder means questioning current paradigms, asking ‘Is there a better way to do this—and am I the person to do it?’ That line of questioning led Mittal and co-founder Boris Silver to build FundersClub in the way they did. Why have you switched to the dark side? What's the insight there?

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

Over the last few years, we have been supported by our dedicated volunteer and professional staff to continue to offer better member experience, expanded our professionalized education programs and continued to be the voice for protections and incentives for angel investors in the public policy arena.

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Surdna Foundation

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Now in its 103rd year, the Surdna Foundation is, amazingly, still led by descendants of our founder, John Emory Andrus. Until the late 1980s, Surdna’s grantmaking centered on education (scholarships), culture (arts organizations, libraries, etc.), and basic community infrastructure (fire engines!).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Doing so ascribes all the fundraising success and the leadership work underpinning it to the founders who are men, effectively propagating gender bias. Of 4,375 deals, 3,659 disclosed founder identities, and 895 were either women-led or led by individuals of both genders.). (Of We need better funder-side reporting.

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