Tag: female empowerment

December 14, 2020
December 14, 2020

Why We’re Publishing Our Diversity & Inclusion Statistics

Christine Tsai
Diversity has always been part of 500 Startups' DNA. We know great companies are born of great ideas, and great ideas come from founders of varied race, gender and geography. While institutional investors have historically overlooked diverse leade...
November 24, 2020
November 24, 2020

What It’s Going to Take To Increase Female Founder Fundraising in 2021

Natalie Riso
Last month, Pitchbook reported a grim update that 2020 Q3 fundraising for female founders hit a three-year low. Firms invested $434 million in female founders, a 48% drop from Q2 in 2020 and a 36% drop compared to Q3 of 2019. For more context, tot...
March 06, 2020
March 06, 2020

The Female Trailblazers Impacting Mental Health, Analytics, GovTech, and More

Emily King
“Out of every ten investors that you’ve pitched, how many of them were female?” When we polled the female founders of Batch 26, the answers ranged from only one out of 10 to upwards of seven out of ten. For those that had over half of their pit...