Founder Advice
While female and minority founders are getting more attention from VCs, they still don’t raise nearly as much as all-white male teams nor are they treated with the same scrutiny.
Apr 19, 2022
Founder Advice
The fundraising blockers black female founders experience today are the same prejudices we’ve dealt with our whole lives. Most VCs assume we aren’t as intelligent as they are, or that we’re an investment risk.
Apr 07, 2022
Product Insight
Data-driven insights about how and when visitors use your content.
Apr 05, 2022
Startup Resources
Significant increases in funding during 2021 put even bigger checks into the pockets of all early-stage founders. However, relative fundraising outcomes remain unbalanced for diverse teams.
Mar 29, 2022
Startup Resources
Research shows that raising money is harder for women and people of color than it is for white male founders.
Mar 23, 2022
Founder Advice
Despite averaging 57 percent more investor meetings than their peers, black female founders raised less money than any other demographic in 2021—the only teams not to break the $1M mark in funding averages.
Mar 17, 2022
Venture Capital
Four fund managers share their tech tools and tips for saving time and sanity so you can focus on what matters most - relationship-building.
Mar 15, 2022
Founder Advice
Pre-seed founders have to show a competitive edge. We dismantle the science behind building a successful pre-seed pitch deck and the make-or-break sections that go inside.
Mar 02, 2022
Sales Strategy
More than 75 percent of sales folks believe deals will close when they send the contract—yet nearly half of them say it goes dark 25 percent of the time.
Feb 25, 2022
Subscribe to The Weekly Index for exclusive content