2016 Community Technical Cofounder 
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
“In a lot of the industries in which I ended up launching companies, there was a pre-existing profile of what a successful entrepreneur should look like—typically a young, white male with a technical, finance, or political background,” says Aguirre de Carcer. In 2016, women were the recipients of 4.94 percent of the VC funding, or 1.46
Austin Startup
AUGUST 10, 2017
But we got serious in early 2016 when we developed deep conviction around the immense technical vision of Ethereum. We doubled down on our Ethereum bet through the DAO crisis during Summer 2016. But we never lost the finance bug. We’ve been investing in cryptoassets since 2013. We held our first close on August 1, 2017.
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Austin Startup
OCTOBER 19, 2019
data.world was Brett’s sixth startup, and was first structured as a C corporation but then converted to a B Corporation on the day of its public launch of July 11, 2016. I had the good fortune of being asked by Brett to serve as an advisor to data.world and readily accepted.
Hearpreneur
JULY 30, 2016
I am a session singer and producer, and I wish clients and peers would give me more of an opportunity to work in the technical side of the business (such as mixing and editing). Successful women in the investment community need to be on the lookout for them and support them by funding, giving access to resources or simple advising.
Austin Startup
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Pre-swag surf group photo of HBCU@SXSW students and Spike Lee at Capital One House Over the past several years, tech communities across the United States have attempted to make significant progress towards increasing diversity and inclusion in their industries. In 2016, OHUB pioneered HBCU@SXSW at SXSW. Placement is 90%!
David Teten
AUGUST 20, 2019
This includes companies that would meet most institutional definitions for impact investing (women, minority, and veteran owned/run businesses, including LMI (“Low to Moderate Income”) and CRA (“Community Reinvestment Act”) qualified companies. of venture capital deals. Those companies have garnered only about 2% of all capital invested.
David Teten
JANUARY 28, 2019
Along with some friends from Yale (my alma mater), I recently brainstormed some ideas to accelerate a university’s campus tech community. I’ve listed the most common levers that universities use below, with some live examples from Yale: Strong technical departments : Computer Science , Math , Physics. Companies in certain sectors (e.g.,
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