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Now that Paige Hendrix Buckner is in the role permanently, she and her team “can settle in and have some clarity about where we’re going to be going.”
Less than a year after assuming the role, All Raise CEO Mandela SH Dixon has stepped down from her position at the nonprofit. The entrepreneur, who previously ran Founder Gym,…
Nuance? In this startup market?
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A downturn is nothing new for diverse founders
Some investors say that the crackdown on tech companies isn’t impacting diverse founders as harshly as their overly funded, homogeneous counterparts because of pre-existing biases.
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All Raise, a nonprofit to increase diversity in tech, has a new CEO
All Raise, a nonprofit that focuses on increasing diversity within venture capital deals and decision makers, has named Mandela Schumacher-Hodge Dixon as the new chief executive of the company. The appointment comes five months after Pam Kostka resigned as the helm of the nonprofit to rejoin the startup world. Dixon has spent more than 10…
All Raise launches virtual bootcamp for women and nonbinary founders
More doesn’t necessarily mean better — and that’s a lesson for life and for tech. To focus on the latter, the startup ecosystem is experiencing a boggling influx of capital…
My mom cuts to the chase when she is describing my beat to others. In her words, I cover companies like Uber before they become companies like Uber. And honestly?…
Amid a racial justice reckoning following countless events of police brutality (justice for Breonna Taylor), it’s high time companies and investors in the tech industry do more than just say…
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All Raise CEO Pam Kostka on how the world isn’t ending
This isn’t the first economic downturn All Raise CEO Pam Kostka has been through. “I was here during the dot-com bust and rush, and here during the financial fallout that happened, so we’re a little overdue for some corrective action in the market,” Kostka said. “While I’ve been through boom and bust cycles before, this…
In this week’s newsletter: Fintech’s banner year, subscription rental furniture and Particle’s Series C.
All Raise has established new chapters in Los Angeles and Boston.
Female founders: All Raise AMA applications @ Disrupt SF 2019 close tomorrow
The future is female and all you fierce female founders have one last shot at receiving 30 minutes of face time with some of the industry’s leading female funders. Say…
Female founders: Apply to the All Raise AMA to win a free Expo Pass to Disrupt SF
Shouting out to all the fierce female founders. Have you applied to participate in the All Raise “ask me anything” (AMA) sessions at Disrupt SF 2019? No? Women, it’s time to act. Apply…
Deadline extended! Apply to the All Raise female founder program at Disrupt SF 2019
We’ve got great news for all the time-strapped female founders out there. Yeah, we’re looking at you, sister. We’re extending the application deadline to apply for the All Raise “ask…
Last chance! Apply for the All Raise female founder program at Disrupt SF 2019
Newsflash for all female founders of the early-stage startup variety. Your chance to meet with leading women VCs at Disrupt SF 2019 on October 2-4 ends on July 19 at 5 p.m.…
Apply for an AMA session with a female All Raise VC at Disrupt SF 2019
Female founders, what questions would you ask if you could spend 30 minutes picking the brain of a leading female VC? Your opportunity to find out awaits at Disrupt SF…
TechCrunch partners with All Raise to let female founders ‘ask anything’ at Disrupt SF 2019
TechCrunch Disrupt SF (October 2-4) is coming up fast, and we’re very pleased to announce that for a second year we’re partnering with All Raise, a startup nonprofit that’s accelerating…
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Scaling a nonprofit, startup style
In its second year, All Raise plans to go far and wide to support women on both sides of the table.
Female founders have brought in just 2.2% of US VC this year (yes, again)
All-female founding teams have raised 2.2% of U.S. VC so far this year; mixed-gender teams have raised about 13%.
All Raise is bringing founders together to collaborate on diversity and inclusion
Founders for Change, an initiative from All Raise, is hosting its first-ever meetup for its group of founders focused on diversity and inclusion in tech. Since launching in March, Founders…
All Raise taps Stitch Fix’s Katrina Lake and others to mentor female founders
As part of All Raise’s mission to increase the number of female founders who receive venture funding in the next five years, All Raise has tapped more than 120 successful…
