female founders

7 statements across 6 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Dec 4, 2015 by Erin Glenn · across every show →

Everything said about female founders, oldest first

Dec 4, 2015 positive

Assertion Not publicly verifiable

Glenn: New York has significantly more female founders than San Francisco

“And then there's, there are many more female founders in New York.”

Erin Glenn Dec 4, 2015 ▶ 21:35 20 VC FF 025: Crowdfunding Gimlet Media and Why The Nature Of Startup Equity Is Changing with Erin Glenn, CEO @ Betaworks' backed, Quire

Dec 23, 2015 bullish

Opinion

Shah: Female founders understand product startups better than men

“And they get product startups most of the time better than men.”

Sumeet Shah Dec 23, 2015 ▶ 18:38 20 VC: Are Unicorns Necessary To Make Big Returns and The Series A Crunch with Sumeet Shah @ Brand Foundry Ventures

Jan 13, 2016 neutral

Disclosure

Shillo: Galvanize Ventures is not exclusively dedicated to backing female founders

“I've been told I'm running a fund purely for female founders, which Would be awesome, but I don't happen to be. You know, that's just in the market because I'm a female working in VC.”

Kate Shillo Jan 13, 2016 ▶ 16:05 20 VC: Investing in Hardware and The Future of IOT with Kate Shillo, Director @ Galvanize Ventures

Feb 16, 2018 negative

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Stebbings: Many male VCs refuse one-on-one dinners with female founders

“Quite frankly, I have a huge amount of VCs say, like, there's no way I'm ever doing that again. I don't want anyone to misconstrue it.”

Harry Stebbings Feb 16, 2018 ▶ 18:53 20VC: How To Think About Founder-Category Fit, Why The Biggest Opportunities Are In Category Re-Architecture & What Can Be Done To Increase The Amount of Women In VC with Nadia Boujarwah, Founder & CEO @ Dia & Co

Feb 16, 2018 positive

Insight

Boujarwah: Restricting male VC and female founder dinners harms female founders

“As a founder, the relationship that I'm able to build, the trust, the partnership that we have with the members of our board and with our investors is critical to our success. And making sure that that happens in the same way that it would happen with a female…”

Nadia Boujarwah Feb 16, 2018 ▶ 19:09 20VC: How To Think About Founder-Category Fit, Why The Biggest Opportunities Are In Category Re-Architecture & What Can Be Done To Increase The Amount of Women In VC with Nadia Boujarwah, Founder & CEO @ Dia & Co

Dec 10, 2018 negative

Insight

Duggal: All-male partner teams signal exclusive culture and limit deal flow

“I think that we've seen with our female founders is that if you are looking to pitch a fund with a website that's full of all men partners, that tends to really signify a certain culture within that firm, and so I think that as VC funds add more diversity to t…”

Anu Duggal Dec 10, 2018 ▶ 14:19 20VC: Top 3 Considerations When Evaluating Consumer Businesses Today | 700 Meetings, 70 LPs, 2 Years, What It Takes To Raise a First Time Fund| The Power of The Female Network In Action Today with Anu Duggal, Founding Partner @ Female Founders Fund

Oct 7, 2019 positive

Prediction Held up

Fein: Adding female VCs will increase capital flow to female founders

“And when we get more women on investment teams, more venture capital dollars will flow into female founders.”

John Fein Oct 7, 2019 ▶ 34:07 20VC: The Ultimate Episode For Emerging Managers: How To Determine How Big A Fund To Raise, What Is The Right Closing Strategy With LPs & Why We Will Not See The Eradication of Pre-Seed with John Fein, Founder & Managing Partner @ Firebrand Ventures

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