3 Ways 500 is Changing Both Sides of the Table

How 500 Startups is investing in female founders and challenging women to write checks.   By Jess Erickson (Director of Marketing, 500 Startups) What kind of person comes to mind when you hear “startup founder?” How about “partner at VC”? Or...

500 Startups Will Give $1M to 10 Female Founders This Year

Women 2.0 PITCH competition judge Christine Tsai recently announced that 500 Women will invest $1M in 10 companies with women founders this year.  By Betsy Mikel (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) We already know female entrepreneurs generally receive a pitiful amount...

Trend Spotting: Love and Startups

A growing high tech startup industry trend has little to do with tech, and a lot to do with togetherness. By Sramana Mitra (Founder, One Million By One Million) There was a time in Silicon Valley when VCs did not like the idea of funding couples. Nonetheless, Cisco...