New 2026 research links narcissism and Machiavellianism to faster fundraising and higher-risk startups. For the employees who work under these founders, that correlation is not academic.
PepsiCo paid $1.95 billion for a soda brand that raised just $40 million. That math has every founder in Dallas, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles trying to run the same play, against a market that no longer looks like 2020.
Phia raised $43 million and hit a $185 million valuation in months. The question isn't whether Phoebe Gates worked for it. It's what "worked for it" can even mean when your last name is Gates.
A cybersecurity startup with almost no women in the founder's chair raised a median Series A more than double that of beauty tech, and still got a fraction of the press. The math on who gets covered, and who gets funded, doesn't match.
More than half of 2025's seed and Series A capital went to founders who had already led a VC-backed company. The gap isn't perception. It's contract terms, timelines, and valuations, all measurable, all in the founder's favor.
A wearable that reads cortisol through skin. A Canadian telehealth startup doubling its Series A in a year. Here's what the checks say about where investors think the next decade of women's health spending goes.
By year three, half of founders have already lost the CEO title. The data on what happens next is messier than either the boardroom or the founder cult wants to admit.
A headline exit number is a press release. The wire transfer is a different document entirely, and the gap between them is built from preferred stock, tax code, and clauses nobody reads until the term sheet is signed.
A term sheet arrives with a cap table attached, and most founders skim it for the valuation number and sign. The document actually tells you what happens to your ownership in every scenario that follows, including the ones nobody mentions in the pitch meeting.
Governments are looking for ways to empower and incentivize entrepreneurs and artists, who can subsequently revitalize national economies and drive higher levels of consumer spending. This article will discuss how you can fund a business venture or independent project without utilizing your own capital, or at least the money you currently have in your bank account.
When I set out to begin Leon, I knew one thing: I wanted to work in business but struggled to find clothes that made me feel confident while doing so. With little to no knowledge or experience in the tech and fashion industry, I ventured to conceptualize Leon, an eCommerce petite women's clothing brand.
Her Secret? "Just fake it". Beatrice Fischel-Bock wholeheartedly believes that failure isn't the end—it's just the beginning. The 26-year-old CEO and co-founder of the home decor tool Hutch (it mixes 3D technology with online shopping to let you virtually decorate your space) took the company from a college side hustle to business venture with over $17 million in funding. All in just six short years. And the secret to her success? The failures along the way.
Co-founders of renowned laundry detergent brand, The Laundress, share the inspiration behind their products and how they successfully scaled their business on their own.
In 2016, Renee Wang sold her home in Bejing for $500,000 to fund her company, CastBox. Two months later, she landed her first investment
We cannot have new technology that only reflects half the population's input.
Laura Behrens Wu, Chief Executive Officer at Shippo, a shipping and data company, voiced a sobering concern
This annual pitch competition is making strides towards closing the funding gap by showcasing and funding early stage, women-led ventures.
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