Tagged: women ceos

Astia Introduces $100M Early-Stage Venture Fund to Address Gender Disparities in Funding Space

February 10, 2021 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi |

Astia has introduced a $100 million early-stage venture fund in order to address gender disparities in the funding space. The Astia Fund is supported by a major investment from payments giant Mastercard. Astia is an organization that’s focused on “redefining” or transforming the current venture… Read More

Only 3% of Venture-Funded Businesses Have Female CEOs? Alexandra Lebenthal & Stacey Bendet Launch BankRoll Women to Close Funding Gap

June 21, 2016 @ 1:30 pm By Erin Hobey |

“It’s time to start evening the playing field for women in business,” Lebenthal commented. Alexandra Lebenthal, who Fortune named “The New Queen of Wall Street,” has joined forces with alice + olivia CEO and Creative Director Stacey Bendet to create BankRoll Women, a company that will help women entrepreneurs at… Read More

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