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The Past, Present and Future of Gender Lens Investing

Austin Startup

Gender lens investing is part of the broader genre of “impact investing,” a term coined by the Rockefeller Foundation in 2007 that put a name to investments made with the intention of generating both financial return and social and/or environmental impact. Contrasted with an average VC fund size of $30M… there is a mismatch.

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

Blablacar is one such example of innovation: with a fast growing community of 1.6m Zimride , Ridejoy ), they have not yet seen the explosive growth that the service has observed in Europe with more than 1 Billion miles shared by the community and more than 8m passengers transported ! Venture Capital. (3). ► 2007. (10).

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Why This New York Venture Capital Firm is Investing in Canada

David Teten

At our firm, ff Venture Capital , we didn’t aim to go to Canada, but ended up there anyway. We’re a New York based early-stage venture capital firm. In 2013, Startup Genome, a platform for analyzing startup communities, listed Toronto, Vancouver, and Waterloo, Ont., We are aware of only one other U.S.

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Cracking The Code: In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Cracking the Code

Let me show other source that may be good for community. Venture Capital. (3). ► 2007. (10). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Global Warning! Explore Venture Capital. Anonymous said. Hi I read this post 2 times.

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Spotting, Nurturing and Mentoring Talent – The Power of Troy Carter

Both Sides of the Table

I recently sat down with Troy Carter to talk about what he does and why he believes it is applicable to venture capital. They were playing small clubs to the gay community (her early ardent fans or “first 50”) and they were getting a warm reception so they wanted to double down on this community.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

When you outsource…at least in the early days…it matters little wheter you pick a local bank or a global one. Cloud computing, open source and a global talent pool make outsourcing easier than ever before (even a few years ago). Plenty of people are willing to help you for free.

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. You have been 2,950 to visit the site in 2007 and you looked at 3,920 pages. This has proven to be true in 2007 and we will see how resilient these trends are in a recession. Venture Capital. (3).