There are more female co-founded startups reaching 21% in 2023, a record high; that’s the good news.  But according to PitchBook, female-only-founded startups received 2% of all venture capital (VC) dollars in 2023; the amount of capital raised by women founders has declined along with the overall U.S. market.

There are more female co-founded startups reaching 21% in 2023, a record high; that’s the good news.  But according to PitchBook, female-only-founded startups received 2% of all venture capital (VC) dollars in 2023; the amount of capital raised by women founders has declined along with the overall U.S. market.

If I were a woman founder, I’d seek out VCs that actively were looking for me. In an effort to help you, here’s some recent resources on VCs that fund women-founded/led companies. Beta Boom’s List Sifted’s Survey of Female Founder Friendly VCs in Europe Hunt Club’s list of Top Female VCs Nixon Gwilt’s List of Funds and Accelerators for Womxn Pitchbook’s 81 Female Founders and…

This being the last day of Women’s History Month, I want to tell you about the learning and conversations I’ve been having through my Fellowship with Strawberry Creek Ventures (part of the Alumni Venture Group leveraging the Cal Berkeley Alumni).  I became a fellow for one reason only – to find out how I could make it so more women who look like me sit…

Life advice coming – no harm has ever come from being open and willing to listen.  Better everything comes of it, actually.  Better art.  Better hearts.  Better science.  Better business.  Better parenting.  Being willing to stay open, especially when you’re sure you know the answer, is a master’s skill.  I’m not a master at it, but I hope to be, and I practice every day,…

If I’ve learned nothing else from the last four years, it is that every single person should be able to cast a vote. I am moved by the patriots that are standing in line for hours on end to cast their vote. It shouldn’t be this way. Voting shouldn’t be hard or intimidating or confusing. You shouldn’t have to risk your job or your life…

Welcome to the new home of Esse Law. It has been a long time coming to reintroduce you to who I am and what I stand for. This is, undoubtedly, very personal. What you are seeing and experiencing is my rebirth, a consequence of the natural order of things. In November 2017, my mother got very sick. In August 2019, less than two years later,…