I recently collaborated with the female founder of Piktochart to create the first infographic about Investing in Women. Piktochart is an infographic editor that helps non-designers make information beautiful. Piktochart was launched in end of March 2012 and now has over 26,000 free users and 1,200 paid users. I really want to give a huge thanks to Ching & her team, particularly Tiffany for design for putting this together! Check out their site! Also a huge shoutout to Mark Suster, GRP for encouraging me to persist!
Illuminate Ventures
Why are Women Funded Less than Men? a crowdsourced conversation
I spent 5 years in London trying to raise funding for my online matchmaking business & in the end had to admit failure. Very early on in that journey I had committed to help women source venture when I was successful. As it turned out I have been doing just that for the last almost year, not because I was successful but because I failed. I have been video interviewing venture capitalists, angel investors & women founders on the shortfall in funding for women. My goal has been to listen to as many people as I could from both sides of the table, so I could hopefully determine where all these conversations intersected.
Alison Davis: Difference in Female and Male Brains Reflect Funding Issues
Video interview with Alison Davis Chairman & CEO at Fifth Era Financial. She is also Board Director at City National Bank & at GameFly. Alison is also Chairman for Women Initiative For Self Employment. She was also till recently Managing Partner and GP at Belvedere Capital Partners for over 6 years. She received an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School & Harvard Business School. You can find Alison on Twitter @adavis5552