Localeur, a travel recommendation service aimed at millennials, has raised nearly $4.2 million of a $4.6 million offering from 43 investors, according to papers filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Austin-based startup, founded in March of 2013, previously raised $1.2 million, according to its...
In space, no one can hear your gender. These days, it is common to acknowledge that women are underrepresented in science and technology. I have to say, however, astronomy is worlds apart. When I was an astronomer on the Hubble Telescope, looking back in time at...
Northeastern University announced on Tuesday that it will launch the region’s first university-supported loan program for women– and minority-owned businesses. The initiative, called the Impact Lending program, will enable local small-business owners to secure loans, at below-market interest rates, to acquire crucial resources to expand...
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to most of you reading this post, but it is worth stating: Fintech has a diversity problem. Specific numbers for diversity in fintech are hard to nail down. But we do know that both technology and finance have a...
From the very beginning, my partners and I at Cofound Harlem have been completely candid that "Cofound Harlem is an experiment." We wondered what would happen if a group of 20-something-year-olds took on the bold and seemingly insurmountable task of helping to transform an entire...
Technology hasn’t always been the most diverse industry, and today it still needs more work, but progress has been made. More women are becoming engineers and programmers, and the landscape is shifting to compensate for the lack of equality. Dr. Rebecca Parsons, CTO at ThoughtWorks Inc.,...