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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com Article by Nicole Skibola on 9/15/11

 Source: Press Release on www.MarketWatch.com on 9/13/11

Tech Coast Angels Launches Angel Syndication Network

 Source: www.MarketWatch.com Press Release on 9/13/11

Gust Investor Relations Platform Powers International Start-Up Financing: 

Leading Investor and Entrepreneur Associations Endorse a Joint Platform to Improve Investment Efficiency and Fuel Growth of the Worldwide Innovation Economy

Source: Forbes.com by Nicole Kekeh on 8/14/11

The New Age of high-growth women entrepreneurs is about to transform economies across the globe and create millions of jobs.

If that sounds like a grand statement, it is not, from listening to Sharon Vosmek. As CEO of Astia, the premier venture accelerator for women-led high growth companies, Vosmek is passionate that women entrepreneurs will create the next high-growth firms, and pull the global economy...

Although this aritcle is now a year old, it provides additional insight into the article 85 Broads highlighted on Tuesday, which stated 8% of the companys launched with a VC-backing (in the US, in the past year) had at least one female founder. Many of our twitter followers found this number unsettling, while the ultimate optimists found it a welcomed increase from the percentages of previous years. On the...

Source: www.businessinsider.com by Deborah A. Farrington on 7/22/11

The 2011 Forbes Midas List ranked the top 100 venture capitalists based on M&A and IPO exits.

As one of the two women included on this year’s list, it was disappointing to see that only two had made the...

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com article by Angie Chang on 8/10/11

Women 2.0 talks to Golden Seeds' Managing Director Stephanie Hanbury-Brown. Golden Seeds is a nationwide angel network that invests in businesses having either a woman founder and/or a woman in a C-Level position with significant equity ownership. Golden Seeds has over 150 accredited investor members (both female and male), and is headquartered in New...

Source: http://newventurist.com Posted by Admin on 8/4/11

Why are so few women in technology? Why is it that for every 10 men that I interview for my blog, I struggle to find one technology-oriented entrepreneur who is female? “Maybe women are more risk adverse,” says Deanna Bennett, a...

 Source: www.MarketWire.com in NewsRoom on 8/4/11

Applicants Accepted Before August 15 Invited to Join Fall Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Program

Astia, the premier venture accelerator for women-led high growth companies, opened its call for applications for companies to join the Astia Portfolio. Astia Portfolio companies benefit from the unparalleled programming, advisory services, investor connections and a...