Monday, February 1, 2016

15 cities that tops investment by vc firms on companies led by woman founders






The chart shows the list of US cities by Percent for Female Founded Companies  with backing from VC firms .New York City,has produced the largest number of companies with a female founder: 374, or 21% of all startups. It turns out that the Big Apple beats out San Francisco (338 startups and 16%) on both fronts. Another suprise  is  worth noting that Brooklyn, considered on its own, is the national frontrunner with 28% of startups, 33 in total, reporting at least one woman founder.metros

Among other cities  the percentage of women CEO's seem to be lagging as  the overall national average of 15.4% for the years 2009 – 2014, These include  the well-known Silicon Valley cities of Palo Alto and San Jose.( techcrunch)

which US city leads in having the highest number of founders and ceo's

"new york leads city with highest number of females"


In  terms of  sheer numbers, New York city leads in having  women run business across diverse industries. 

"women backed founders"



When it comes to . Founders who are women, as well as  women CEO"s . New York is number one by a large margin. Neither San Francisco nor Chicago even comes close to New York, in companies with at least one female co-founder. In fact, none of the other cities even break 100.

 According to Techcrunch which takes into account " Crunchbase data on women led start ups reveal the following numbers.
From 2009 to 2014, CrunchBase records 14,341 U.S.-based startups that received funding. Of those, 15.5%, or 2,226, have at least one female founder.start up

10 biggest investors if you are a start up on" virtual reality and internet of things "

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The top 10 most active venture capital  investors who are most active across virtual reality and Internet of things


"The top 10 most active venture capital  investors who are most active across virtual reality and Internet of things"
If you are  a start up across internet of things or virtual reality, here is a ready  guide on the top 10 most active investors who are active across this space

the biggest IPO start up funding in the history of financial markets





American business are often looked as" icons" when it comes to raising business funding. be it Facebook, Linkedin or Google. An start up IPO that is considered as billion dollars created its  very own buzz .It this " big time fundraising event that makes America’s largest funding events all the more astonishing.Recently FindTheCompany,partnered with VentureDeal to determine the 25 largest funding events since the turn of the millennium.

israel based vc looking to funds start ups from $10 million onwards




Venture Capital Firms  based at Israel| FindTheCompany


how start up funding fuels economic growth




" economic growth and healthy start up culture "
The Relation between a country "start up infrastructure" which consists of a healthy angel fund investors, private equity and Venture capital  along with Government support  actually leads to a multiplier effect in a country's economy. This infographic from seed invest shows how this is created  ,

european start ups seeking angel funding by business verticals




"Business products  followed by  IT services is the no 2 and 3  industry  vertical ,seeking  funding"

When it comes to seeking VC funding by european start ups, its the consumer internet that represents the highest share of  start ups that is seeking to fund its growth
Business products  followed by  IT services is the no 2 and 3  industry  vertical ,seeking  funding, followed by clean technology,media and entertainment  and consumer products which rank 4th, 5th and 6th respectively. European  start ups specializing in internet& dot com along with IT services  account for 32% among the different industry vertical seeking funds