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Golden Seeds is an investment firm dedicated to pursuing market returns through the empowerment of women entrepreneurs and the people who invest in them. The group was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York City, with active chapters in New York, Boston, Silicon Valley, and Texas. Golden Seeds’ Angel Network has grown to become one of the largest in the country with nearly 275 members nationwide.

Since 2005, over 3200 companies have applied to Golden Seeds for funding. All companies are evaluated, many proceed through due diligence and receive extensive guidance from Golden Seeds investors. In total, Golden Seeds has invested over $100 million in nearly 150 companies through its angel network and its venture funds. Moreover, the firm and its investors have provided important leadership in this investment sector.

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Location: United States, New York

Employees: 1-10

Phone:+1 888-629-6774

Founded date: 2005

Investment Type: Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Series A

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Date	Name	Website	Total Raised	Location
28.02.2023	Nalu Bio	nalubio.com	$12M	United Sta...
20.09.2022	CNote	mycnote.com	$10.25M	United Sta...
16.08.2012	lÈ...	dxupclose.com	$1M	United Sta...
21.03.2012	PromoJam, ...	promojam.com	$1.2M	-
12.12.2011	styleforhi...	styleforhire.com	$1.08M	-
30.11.2010	Hatsize Le...	hatsize.com	$5M	United Sta...

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01.11.2020	Bridging the Gaps: How to Cope with Five Generations in Today’s Workplace By Loretta McCarthy, Managing Partner, Golden Seeds	For the first time ever, we have five generations in the workplace, ranging in age from 18 to 85 or more. This generational clash can lead to miscommunication and misunderstanding, but it also presents opportunities. To survive and thrive, ...
01.11.2020	Thanks for following the Golden Seeds blog! Please continue following us at our new home.	We’re so glad you have been enjoying the Golden Seeds blog on Medium over the past few years. If you’d like to continue reading about our work with women-led businesses and our inspiring entrepreneurs, you can now find our blog at goldensee...
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26.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Minna Song, Co-Founder of MeetElise	Interested in learning more about how women entrepreneurs are achieving success? Subscribe to our newsletter.
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Lauren West, COO of Consortia Health	By Laura Baldwin, Managing Director of Golden Seeds Just because a medical problem is common and treatable, doesn’t mean it gets the attention it deserves. This was the case with pelvic floor disorders, which can cause a wealth of chronic ...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Miriam Huntley, Ph.D., CTO and co-founder of Day Zero Diagnostics	By Laura Davis, managing director of Golden Seeds, member of the board of directors of Day Zero Diagnostics She followed a bachelor’s degree in physics from MIT with a doctorate in applied math from Harvard. Yet, even as she was still stud...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Kristala Jones Prather, Ph.D., Chief Scientist and Co-founder of Kalion	By Joan Zief, Managing Director of Golden Seeds, Member of Board of Directors of Kalion She wanted to work with science that was not just stimulating, but also had real-world applications. So, while running her own research lab and teachin...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Louise Wasilewski, CEO and Founder of Acivilate	By David Nethero and Kim Seals, managing directors of Golden Seeds, leaders of Golden Seeds’ investment in Acivilate After working in aerospace, this entrepreneur turned to more traditional technology, helping to create digital TV and secu...
19.05.2020	The Right Climate in So Many Ways: Arizona Chapter of Golden Seeds Arizona is being recognized for its innovation A relentless pursuit of innovation and technology The talent pipeline is strong Th...	Arizona is hot these days — and we’re not just talking about the temperature. The Grand Canyon State is recognized as one of the fastest growing states in the nation. That makes it a perfect fit for Golden Seeds, which has been identifying...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Debjani Deb, CEO and Founder of ZineOne	By Lilia Shirman and Tracey Riese, managing directors at Golden Seeds Debjani Deb’s first company was bootstrapped and enjoyed a successful exit. Yet, knowing her second venture would take years to build a product with a million dollar plu...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Minna Song, Co-Founder of MeetElise	Wanting to create a company with lasting positive impact, Minna Song co-founded MeetElise, the first company to tackle rising housing costs with artificial intelligence. She now boasts major real estate players like AvalonBay Communities an...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Fran Dunaway, CEO & Co-Founder at TomboyX	By Peggy Wallace, Managing Partner of Golden Seeds Fran Dunaway started TomboyX after coming up empty handed while looking for the perfect shirt. The company was an instant hit, with its comfortable, gender-neutral clothing and undergarmen...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Rita Hansen, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Onboard Dynamics	It’s impossible to overlook Rita Hansen’s passion for changing the transportation and energy industries by using compressed natural gas as a transportation fuel. As the chief executive officer and co-founder of Onboard Dynamics, a company t...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Sharelle Klaus, CEO and Founder at DRY Soda Company	By Peggy Wallace, Managing Partner of Golden Seeds As a busy mom, she wasn’t going to let a lack of wine or cocktails stop her from having a great beverage. So, she crafted a clean, carbonated, celebratory drink, minus the alcohol. Now she...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Holly Rockweiler, CEO and Co-Founder of Madorra	Holly Rockweiler is a woman on a mission, and it’s an ambitious one: improving women’s health. Specifically, she wants to enhance the quality of life for the countless post-menopausal women and breast-cancer survivors who suffer from vagina...
19.05.2020	A Q&A with Marsha Firestone, president and founder of the Women Presidents’ Organization	Marsha Firestone, Ph.D., is the president and founder of the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO), a peer-advisory group for women entrepreneurs who own and lead multi-million dollar businesses. The group is dedicated to helping accelerate ...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Amanda Drobnis, CEO and Co-Founder of Hilltop Biosciences, Inc.	By Laura Davis and Lori Langenhagen, Managing Directors of Golden Seeds It’s everyone’s dream to go to work every day to do what we truly love. Amanda Drobnis, CEO and Co-Founder of Hilltop Biosciences, Inc., is one of the persistent few w...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Jen Saxton, Founder and CEO of Tot Squad	By Lisa Favaro, Managing Director of Golden Seeds This entrepreneur’s business school competition led to a thriving startup that aims to help busy parents achieve work-life balance. Jen Saxton, Founder and CEO of Tot Squad, attended Duke ...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Gail Page, Executive Chairperson and co-CEO of NX Prenatal	By Laura Baldwin and Julie Medler, Managing Directors of Golden Seeds It’s hard to miss Gail Page’s passion for healthy babies. As the executive chairperson and co-CEO of NX Prenatal Inc., a private, U.S.-based molecular diagnostics compan...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Jennifer Ernst, CEO of Tivic Health	Anyone who suffers from allergies knows that sinus pain can make you quite miserable. Jennifer Ernst, CEO of Tivic Health, noticed that medical treatment was focused more on deadly diseases than on ailments that are making people suffer eve...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Judith Erwin, CEO of Grasshopper Bank	Judith Erwin has experienced several firsts as the female CEO of Grasshopper Bank, a startup commercial bank for entrepreneurs and the VC firms that fund them. Grasshopper was the first bank chartered by the Office of the Comptroller of the...
19.05.2020	How Did She Do It? A Q&A with Colette Courtion, CEO and Co-Founder of Joylux, named a ‘most innovative company’	By Jen Levy and Deb Doyle, Managing Directors of Golden Seeds How one woman’s journey into motherhood, coupled with her passion for transformational beauty products and medical devices, led to an innovative health solution for the enormous...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Christina Lomasney, Co-founder, President, and CEO of Modumetal	A lean organization with fewer than 50 employees, Modumetal has big goals: they’re working to redefine materials and processes in the centuries-old construction industry as well as in the oil and gas, automotive, aerospace and infrastructur...
19.05.2020	How did she do it? A Q&A with Jayna Sheats, CTO of Terecircuits	Electronics will never look the same again, thanks to Terecircuits. This startup has developed a process that completely transforms the landscape for electronics manufacturing, resulting in smaller, thinner and lighter devices, with faster ...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Youyi Kitson, Co-founder and COO of Haxiot	By Mary McCaffrey, Managing Director of Golden Seeds Youyi Kitson takes learning seriously. She tested the waters of IoT carefully to identify the opportunities. She evolved her company messaging over time in order to communicate and conne...
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-	How did she do it? A QA with Gail Page, Executive Chairperson and co-CEO of NX Prenatal	By Laura Baldwin and Julie Medler, Managing Directors of Golden Seeds It’s hard to miss Gail Page’s passion for healthy babies. As the executive chairperson and co-CEO of NX Prenatal Inc., a private, U.S.-based molecular diagnostics compan...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Amanda Drobnis, CEO and Co-Founder of Hilltop Biosciences, Inc.	By Laura Davis and Lori Langenhagen, Managing Directors of Golden Seeds It’s everyone’s dream to go to work every day to do what we truly love. Amanda Drobnis, CEO and Co-Founder of Hilltop Biosciences, Inc., is one of the persistent few w...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Miriam Huntley, Ph.D., CTO and co-founder of Day Zero Diagnostics	By Laura Davis, managing director of Golden Seeds, member of the board of directors of Day Zero Diagnostics She followed a bachelor’s degree in physics from MIT with a doctorate in applied math from Harvard. Yet, even as she was still stud...
-	Let’s celebrate! Research shows nearly 100,000 women are now angel investors	Throughout Golden Seeds’ lifetime of investing in women-led companies, an amazing thing has happened in angel investing — more women than ever before are now involved as active investors. In 2004, women accounted for just 5% of the 225,000...
-	The Era of the Woman Entrepreneur: Recap of 11th Annual Golden Seeds Summit	Golden Seeds recently hosted our 11th Annual Golden Seeds Summit in New York City, celebrating 14 years of investing in women-led businesses. The highest-attended event in our history, members and entrepreneurs came from across the U.S. to ...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Christina Lomasney, Co-founder, President, and CEO of Modumetal	A lean organization with fewer than 50 employees, Modumetal has big goals: they’re working to redefine materials and processes in the centuries-old construction industry as well as in the oil and gas, automotive, aerospace and infrastructur...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Kristala Jones Prather, Ph.D., Chief Scientist and Co-founder of Kalion	By Joan Zief, Managing Director of Golden Seeds, Member of Board of Directors of Kalion She wanted to work with science that was not just stimulating, but also had real-world applications. So, while running her own research lab and teachin...
-	The One Question to Ask Before Investing	By Merle Sprinzen Tessier, managing director of Golden Seeds An Angel Investor’s Golden Rule and the Answer Every Entrepreneur Must Know There’s no sure thing when it comes to investing. Daydreaming about a payoff can be fun but understan...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Amy Norman, co-founder and co-CEO of Little Passports SA: Tell us about the origins of your company. SA: What market need are you solving, and how is your approach diffe...	Editor’s note: This is an update to the original blog post, “How did she do it? A QA with Amy Norman, co-founder and co-CEO of Little Passports,” published on March 15, 2018. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and officials canceling scho...
-	How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Investors into Champions The Power of Proactive Communications Information Rights Are Only the Beginning Successful Leaders = Good Communicators Capitalize on Angel Gene...	By Barbara Yastine, Managing Director of Golden Seeds Fundraising takes hard work and a lot of time. So, it is no surprise that once the checks clear, entrepreneurs are eager to get back to building their businesses. Their investors want t...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Judith Erwin, CEO of Grasshopper Bank	Judith Erwin has experienced several firsts as the female CEO of Grasshopper Bank, a startup commercial bank for entrepreneurs and the VC firms that fund them. Grasshopper was the first bank chartered by the Office of the Comptroller of the...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Jennifer Ernst, CEO of Tivic Health	Anyone who suffers from allergies knows that sinus pain can make you quite miserable. Jennifer Ernst, CEO of Tivic Health, noticed that medical treatment was focused more on deadly diseases than on ailments that are making people suffer eve...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Debjani Deb, CEO and Founder of ZineOne	By Lilia Shirman and Tracey Riese, managing directors at Golden Seeds Debjani Deb’s first company was bootstrapped and enjoyed a successful exit. Yet, knowing her second venture would take years to build a product with a million dollar plu...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Holly Rockweiler, CEO and Co-Founder of Madorra	Holly Rockweiler is a woman on a mission, and it’s an ambitious one: improving women’s health. Specifically, she wants to enhance the quality of life for the countless post-menopausal women and breast-cancer survivors who suffer from vagina...
-	Lessons From the Last Recession and How to Prepare For the Uncertain Times Ahead	We currently find ourselves in an unprecedented time full of uncertainty, fear and confusion. Now classified as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, COVID-19 cases have been reported in all U.S. states and in 152 countries a...
-	Help your business become a “blowfish” with the gig economy	By Loretta McCarthy, Managing Partner of Golden Seeds Golden Seeds was recently joined at a meeting by Elizabeth Eiss, Founder and CEO of ResultsResourcing, an online talent curation platform. The company curates freelance talent to help s...
-	Why Early-Stage Investors Need to Understand Synthetic Biology	by Renata Meyer, Managing Director at Golden Seeds There’s a bio-revolution happening, and it’s called Synthetic Biology. That was the take-home message of Karl Schmieder, MS/MFA and CEO of messagingLAB, a life sciences strategy and commun...
-	A QA with Marsha Firestone, president and founder of the Women Presidents’ Organization	Marsha Firestone, Ph.D., is the president and founder of the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO), a peer-advisory group for women entrepreneurs who own and lead multi-million dollar businesses. The group is dedicated to helping accelerate ...
-	Gender diversity = Good business	Founders just starting a new company, or even those looking to keep more established companies successful, have a lot to consider: improving their products, hiring and keeping the best management team, how they’ll take their products to mar...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Louise Wasilewski, CEO and Founder of Acivilate	By David Nethero and Kim Seals, managing directors of Golden Seeds, leaders of Golden Seeds’ investment in Acivilate After working in aerospace, this entrepreneur turned to more traditional technology, helping to create digital TV and secu...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Lauren West, COO of Consortia Health	By Laura Baldwin, Managing Director of Golden Seeds Just because a medical problem is common and treatable, doesn’t mean it gets the attention it deserves. This was the case with pelvic floor disorders, which can cause a wealth of chronic ...
-	The business climate in New Jersey is ripe for Golden Seeds	New Jersey is home to thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems, which are creating top-notch investment opportunities for angel and venture capital investors. Golden Seeds wants to be part of it! Seeing the opportunity to bolster exciting new g...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Rita Hansen, Chief Executive Officer Co-Founder of Onboard Dynamics	It’s impossible to overlook Rita Hansen’s passion for changing the transportation and energy industries by using compressed natural gas as a transportation fuel. As the chief executive officer and co-founder of Onboard Dynamics, a company t...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Minna Song, Co-Founder of MeetElise	Wanting to create a company with lasting positive impact, Minna Song co-founded MeetElise, the first company to tackle rising housing costs with artificial intelligence. She now boasts major real estate players like AvalonBay Communities an...
-	Four Ways Gender Diversity Improves Your Business	-
-	Personalization, e-commerce and the future of news with Heather Dietrick, CEO of The Daily Beast	At Golden Seeds, we were honored that Heather Dietrick, CEO of The Daily Beast, joined us earlier this year for a “fireside chat” with Tracey Riese, Managing Director of Golden Seeds, to explore her views of leadership and today’s media lan...
-	How did she do it? A Q&A with Youyi Kitson, Co-founder and COO of Haxiot	By Mary McCaffrey, Managing Director of Golden Seeds Youyi Kitson takes learning seriously. She tested the waters of IoT carefully to identify the opportunities. She evolved her company messaging over time in order to communicate and conne...
-	The Right Climate in So Many Ways: Arizona Chapter of Golden Seeds Arizona is being recognized for its innovation A relentless pursuit of innovation and technology The talent pipeline is strong Th...	Arizona is hot these days — and we’re not just talking about the temperature. The Grand Canyon State is recognized as one of the fastest growing states in the nation. That makes it a perfect fit for Golden Seeds, which has been identifying...
-	How did she do it? A Q&A with Amy Norman, co-founder and co-CEO of Little Passports SA: Tell us about the origins of your company. SA: What market need are you solving, and how is your approach ...	Editor’s note: This is an update to the original blog post, “How did she do it? A Q&A with Amy Norman, co-founder and co-CEO of Little Passports,” published on March 15, 2018. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and officials canceling...
-	How Did She Do It? A QA with Colette Courtion, CEO and Co-Founder of Joylux, named a ‘most innovative company’	By Jen Levy and Deb Doyle, Managing Directors of Golden Seeds How one woman’s journey into motherhood, coupled with her passion for transformational beauty products and medical devices, led to an innovative health solution for the enormous...
-	4 Ways a Great Board of Directors Can Springboard Startup Success Independence Diversity You’re in this together Focus on the end-game	By Peggy Wallace, Managing Partner of Golden Seeds When you’re trying to get your startup off the ground, it can be all too easy to get caught up in those immediate day-to-day tasks — important and not-so-important. What should your sales ...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Fran Dunaway, CEO Co-Founder at TomboyX	By Peggy Wallace, Managing Partner of Golden Seeds Fran Dunaway started TomboyX after coming up empty handed while looking for the perfect shirt. The company was an instant hit, with its comfortable, gender-neutral clothing and undergarmen...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Jen Saxton, Founder and CEO of Tot Squad	By Lisa Favaro, Managing Director of Golden Seeds This entrepreneur’s business school competition led to a thriving startup that aims to help busy parents achieve work-life balance. Jen Saxton, Founder and CEO of Tot Squad, attended Duke ...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Jayna Sheats, CTO of Terecircuits	Electronics will never look the same again, thanks to Terecircuits. This startup has developed a process that completely transforms the landscape for electronics manufacturing, resulting in smaller, thinner and lighter devices, with faster ...
-	How did she do it? A QA with Sharelle Klaus, CEO and Founder at DRY Soda Company	By Peggy Wallace, Managing Partner of Golden Seeds As a busy mom, she wasn’t going to let a lack of wine or cocktails stop her from having a great beverage. So, she crafted a clean, carbonated, celebratory drink, minus the alcohol. Now she...

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01.03.2025	Navigating the Funding Labyrinth: The Challenge for Female Founders in a Tight VC Market	The venture capital landscape is shifting. Fewer firms are holding the purse strings. This consolidation leaves many founders, especially women, in a tight spot. The numbers tell a stark story. In 2024, the U.S. saw a drop in active VC firm...
24.02.2025	How Female Founders Can Access Capital In A Tight VC Funding Market	4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Tasneem Dohadwala The venture capital industry is consolidating rapidly, with the number of active VC firms in the U.S. dropping from 8,315 in 2021 to 6,175 in 2024. As capital becomes concentrate...
13.11.2024	New Scottish Scheme to Attract More Women to Angel Investing	Scotland’s first all-female business angel syndicate, Investing Women Angels (IWA), and its sister organisation AccelerateHER have launched a new scheme designed to attract more businesswomen into angel investing. The W2W initiative is set ...
30.05.2024	How this Houston innovator is using his personal connection to ALS fuel his fight for a cure	We can never predict how our lives will turn out, but then maybe some of us can. Genetic testing showed that I, like my grandfather, aunt, uncle and father before me, would most likely die of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly kno...
29.05.2024	Early-stage cancer-fighting startup raises pre-seed, launches under Houston life science leader	Fannin Partners has done it again. The Houston-based life science development group behind medtech companies Procyrion and Allterum Therapeutics announced yesterday that it has launched Radiomer Therapeutics. With an undisclosed amount of p...
01.05.2024	What 20 Years Of Angel Investing Taught Us About Driving Progress For Women Entrepreneurs	13 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Jo Ann Corkran and Loretta McCarthy Twenty years ago, the landscape of angel investing bore scant traces of female presence, with women representing a mere 5% of all angel investors and 3% of fun...
17.04.2024	Houston mental health tech startup receives industry validation for bioelectronic device	A new tool in the fight against treatment-resistant depression could be on the horizon thanks to a Rice University professor. Jacob Robinson, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering is also co-founder and CE...
12.04.2024	RBPC's big winners, Hello Alice scores funding, and more trending Houston innovation news	Editor's note:Let's roundup the top Houston innovation news from the week. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included the results from the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition, recent funding from a Houston startup,...
07.04.2024	Hello Alice Secures Series C Funding to Empower Small Businesses	Hello Alice, a Houston-based fintech platform, has closed a Series C funding round, boosting its valuation to $130 million. Backed by investors like QED Investors and Mastercard, the company aims to enhance its financial tools for small bus...
04.04.2024	Hello Alice Raises Series C Funding Round	Hello Alice, a Houston, TX-based fintech platform connecting small businesses to capital, connections and opportunities, closed a Series C funding round, bringing their valuation to $130m. Backers included QED Investors, Mastercard, Backsta...
04.04.2024	SMB-focused fintech platform Hello Alice closes on Series C funding round Your vote of support is important to us and it helps us keep the content FREE. One click below supports our mission to provide...	Financial technology startup Hello Alice said today it has closed on an undisclosed amount of funding that brings its valuation to $130 million. The latest round was led by QED Investors, as well as Mastercard, and saw participation from Ba...
24.09.2023	Angel Investors: An Answer To The Lack Of Venture Capital Funding For Women	Jo Ann Corkran and Loretta McCarthyKelly Campbell
14.09.2022	As demand for frictionless authentication solutions soars, Alcatraz AI rakes in $25 million	Today, the most commonly used credential to enter secured spaces is an access card that can be lost, replicated, or stolen. Alternative technologies, such as mobile and legacy biometric systems have not gained mainstream momentum due to imp...
14.09.2022	Chest-inclusive intimates startup AnaOno raised a $1M seed round	Like many founders, AnaOno CEO Dana Donofree’s vision for her company was shaped by personal experience. In her late 20s, the breast cancer survivor was struggling to find intimates that would fit the needs of her changing body. In 2014, sh...
03.08.2022	Women Angel Investors: A Movement That Has Taken Off	Golden Seeds, an angel group and venture capital firm that invests in female-founded startups Golden Seeds
22.11.2021	Chromatic 3D Materials raises $5 million to commercialize 3D printing elastomeric material technology	3D printing material developer Chromatic 3D Materials has raised more than $5 million in its latest funding round led by space start-up venture capital firm, Embedded Ventures. The funding round also saw participation from Golden Seeds and ...
09.11.2021	Houston Exponential hires new exec to promote inclusive innovation	Houston's considered one of the most diverse cities in the country, and Houston Exponential is focused on building an innovation ecosystem that's reflective of that. The nonprofit organization announced a new hire that will lead this initia...
27.09.2021	3 Houston innovators to know this week	Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from space health to virtual collaboration — recently making headlines in Houston innovation. James Hury,...
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09.08.2021	Houston business leaders join forces to create innovative apprenticeship program	Much of the business world has operated under the belief that to enter the workforce, one must have a four-year degree. While this belief might be evolving naturally over recent years, two corporations have teamed up to move the needle even...
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27.07.2021	Expert: Solar energy is a necessary solution to summer power grid insecurity in Texas	You know the old adage: "If you don't like the weather here, wait five minutes." Texas weather is not just unpredictable; it can be downright bipolar. I don't need to remind you of the knockout punch Old Man Winter delivered last ...
27.07.2021	Houston energy startups claim big wins, space health fellows named, and more innovation news	What's the latest in news for the Houston innovation ecosystem? So glad you asked. Here's some local startup and tech news you might have missed. In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, an energy transition startup snagg...
27.07.2021	Deloitte IDs 3 tech trends that deserve a closer look in 2021	While cloud computing and artificial intelligence continue to dominate the technology industry, edge computing is also making headlines. Deloitte's vice chairman and US technology sector leader, Paul Silverglate, shares his perspectives on ...
16.07.2021	Innovative brain injury rehabilitation center breaks ground in Southeast Houston	The Moody Neurorehabilitation Institute broke ground July 14 on a 64,000-square-foot research and rehabilitation center at Nassau Bay's Space Park, near NASA's Johnson Space Center. The Nassau Bay City Council granted a permit last year for...
01.07.2021	Beloved Houston children's hospital once again named top in nation by prestigious report	Innovative and pioneering, Texas Children's Hospital has landed on many a best-of list. The latest is a ranking of the best pediatric hospitals in the nation by the prestigious U.S. News & World Report. Texas Children's ranks an impress...
28.06.2021	3 Houston head honchos rank among America's top CEOs in new report	Three Houston-area CEOs are doing a exemplary job of leading, says a new report. Dr. Peter Pisters (MD Anderson Cancer Center), Dr. Marc Boom (Houston Methodist), and Worthing Jackman (Waste Connections) appear on Glassdoor's new list of th...
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24.06.2021	Houston data management company closes $18M in fresh funding	A Houston company that's created a centralized log management solution has closed a new round in funding. Graylog closed its $18 million growth equity round led by Richmond, Virginia-based Harbert Growth Partners, a new investor, and Minnea...
24.06.2021	Cancer-fighting company based in Houston emerges from stealth and snags $74M in its latest round	A Houston-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company has raised millions in its latest round. Tvardi Therapeutics Inc. closed its $74 million series B funding round led by new investors New York-based Slate Path Capital, Florida-based P...
22.06.2021	2 Houston research projects unveil groundbreaking solar and battery technologies	Research, perhaps now more than ever, is crucial to expanding and growing innovation in Houston — and it's happening across the city right under our noses. In InnovationMap's latest roundup of research news, two Houston institutions are wor...
22.06.2021	3 Houston innovators make Forbes list of up-and-coming entrepreneurs	Three Houston entrepreneurs are basking in the national spotlight. The trio — Vernee Hines, Carolyn Rodz, and Siddhartha Sachdeva — were just named to Forbes' Next 1000 list of the country's up-and-coming entrepreneurs. They're among the 25...
15.09.2020	Q&A with Golden Seeds angel: South Florida yielding sophisticated deal flow, particularly in healthcare	Facebook Tweet Pin LinkedIn Email By Marcella McCarthy Rob Delman, a managing director at Golden Seeds, an angel group based in New York, has been investing in startups since 2005 and he keeps a sharp eye on South Florida for deal flow. Gol...
16.08.2017	4 Philly tech leaders sat down to talk about inclusivity	Ben Franklin Technology Partners has reached out to local leaders in the tech community to discuss national trending topics before. And today we’ve tackled a tough one: sexual harassment and gender discrimination in tech. The response may s...
23.03.2017	Female angel investors team up to invest in European startups – an interview with Candace Johnson	We sat down with Candace Johnson, President of the European Business Angels Network (EBAN), to chat about Rising Tide Europe, a programme aimed to attract business women to come together, become angel investors, and invest together. The pro...
13.03.2017	The Fem-preneurs Of Crowdfunding: Did the JOBS Act Change the Venture Landscape for Female Entrepreneurs Forever? Let’s Hope So!	“Them that’s got shall get / Them that’s not shall lose / So the Bible said”… and is it still news? Raising significant amounts of capital has never been easy for anyone. For some, it has been a higher hurdle than for others. The American f...
13.09.2016	A mentoring matchmaker seeks to improve prospects for women healthcare entrepreneurs	CSweetener received backing from GE Ventures and Grand Rounds, according to the startup’s website. In response to emailed questions, Suennen offered her perspective on the needs her business seeks to address. “We are focused specifically on...
10.03.2016	Constant Therapy raises $2M Series A to expand applications for stroke rehab app	Cooper said thousands of clinicians use its product as well as people beyond clinical settings. Cooper noted that a 50 person study to evaluate the Constant Therapy app for people with early onset Alzheimer’s disease is underway at the Vete...
10.03.2016	Daily funding roundup - March 10, 2016	Icertis closed $15M Series B; Khosla Ventures invested in Avametric; Constant Therapy raised $2M On-demand massage service, Soothe closed a $35 million Series B round of funding, led by the company's previous investor, The Riverside Company...
02.03.2016	The growing trend of firms investing only in women founders	They include BBG Ventures, BELLE Capital and Golden Seeds For the last year or so, Vator has been running a weekly column where we highlight a different early stage venture capitalists. One thing that has been eye opening to me has been how...
09.09.2015	Daily funding roundup - September 9, 2015	Didi Kuaidi scored $1B; Chef bagged $40M; Primus Power raised $25M The battle for supremacy among e-hailing services in China is heating up, and fast. In the same week that Uber revealed that it has raised an additional $1.2 billion to expa...
31.08.2015	The Real Unicorns Are Female Angel Investors	Kristi Zuhlke Contributor Kristi Zuhlke is the co-founder and CEO of KnowledgeHound, a search engine and knowledge management solution for proprietary market research. Despite the attention over the past year, the lack of diversity in tech ...
27.08.2015	Female Funders Launches, Challenging 1,000 Women To Become Angel Investors	Looking to build a bridge over the technology industry’s (and the technology investment industry more specifically) chasm-sized gender gap, a group of successful women entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate executives have launched Female ...
11.03.2015	A Comprehensive List of Women Investors Who Blog	I've recently come across an interesting list that includes women investors with awesome blogs. The list was curated by Joshua Henderson, VP of Springboard, after CB Insights released its Periodic Table of VC Bloggers where only five of the...
08.03.2015	Venture’s Angels	Sarah Kunst Contributor More posts by this contributor Venture’s Angels Editor’s note: Sarah Kunst is a venture partner at Future Perfect Ventures and a contributing editor at Marie Claire magazine. Gender diversity statistics in technology...
09.12.2014	Bergen Medical Products Closes $1.825M Series A Financing	Bergen Medical Products, a Cedar Knolls, NJ-based medical device manufacturing company developing novel and innovative surgical medical device products, closed a a $1.825m Series A financing. The round was led by Golden Seeds and was syndic...
06.11.2014	DreamIt Launches a Startup Accelerator for Women	Yesterday, DreamIt Ventures announced the launch of an accelerator for women founders called DreamIt Athena, which kicks off in Philadelphia next spring. DreamIt, which is ranked the #9 or #15 top startup accelerator depending whom you ask,...
30.10.2014	No doesn’t necessarily end the conversation and other investor tips for early stage companies	“We don’t always feel the problem and if you can help us do that, great.” “Don’t ever leave a fundraise meeting without asking ‘What would you need to see before you invest?’ Then ask, ‘If I come back in six months and do XYZ, would you the...
12.10.2014	Female Entrepreneurs Connect and Learn at Women@Austin	By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News
08.11.2013	Women investors can increase funding in Philadelphia: Gloria Rabinowitz	Only 1.5 percent of the country’s venture capital is invested in the Philadelphia region. But Gloria Rabinowitz isn’t worried. “It’s upside,” she said. “It’s all upside.” What Rabinowitz, a local angel investor and entrepreneur, means is: t...
04.09.2013	Calling all female entrepreneurs! Apply to Amplify	Join leading female investors and entrepreneurs at The Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, Oct. 8 Are you a female entrepreneur with a really cool company or idea? Do you want a chance to mingle with some top VCs (mostly women), such as Renata Q...
05.02.2013	Little Pim Raises $2M in Series C Financing	Little Pim Corporation, a NYC-based foreign language learning company, raised $2m in Series C financing. The round was led by Golden Seeds, including Golden Seeds Innovate NY Fund. The company intends to use the capital to create new digita...
04.02.2013	ColorModules Raises $1.3M to Develop Plum Perfect	ColorModules, Inc., the NYC-based developer of Plum Perfect, a tool for online and mobile sellers to offer highly targeted and accurate color and product recommendations, raised $1.3m in Series A financing. Golden Seeds and the Golden Seeds...
18.12.2012	Golden Seeds joins $6.4M financing round for therapeutic combating ulcerative colitis	Cherrystone Angel Group, an existing investor, co-led the round with Golden Seeds. Other investors participating in the round were Beacon Angels, Boston Harbor Angels, Launchpad Venture Group, Mass Medical Angels, and North Country Angels; ...
29.09.2012	The Search For Minority Entrepreneurs Is Over — Now They Need To Be Ready For Investors	Editor’s note: Wayne Sutton is the founder and CEO of PitchTo, a mobile development lab that builds tools for investors to make smarter decisions and help entrepreneurs deliver exceptional pitches. This article is inspired by Dave McClure’s...
10.09.2012	BoardProspects’ launch could bring more diversity to board rooms (exclusive)	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! BoardProspects launches today to break the monopo...
16.08.2012	DxUpClose raised $1M in Series A from Golden Seeds	DxUpClose, a Dallas, Texas-based developer of an in-vitro antibiotic sensitivity test for use at point-of-care, designed to deliver results in less than an hour, has raised $1m in Series A funding from Golden Seeds. The company intends to u...
26.07.2012	30+ Organizations for Women in Technology	Being a woman in technology has its challenges, but feeling alone shouldn’t be one of them. Whether you’re a girl, a woman, or a grrl, the 20 organizations below can help you get connected with other entrepreneurs, designers, and developers...
26.07.2012	Female-only VC firm Forerunner Ventures raises $40M fund	Amid sweeping accusations that Silicon Valley venture capital firms have failed to attract female talent, one women-only firm has been quietly raising millions for its first institutionally-backed fund. If you haven’t heard of Forerunner Ve...
18.07.2012	Consensus Point Closes Series B Financing	Consensus Point, a Nashville, TN-based provider of prediction market software, has closed its Series B financing. The round, whose amount was not disclosed, was led by Relevance Capitals’ NEST-TN, LLC, with participation from Golden Seeds, ...
17.07.2012	Source4Style Raises $500K in Series A Financing	Source4Style, a NYC-based online B2B marketplace that connects designers to a community of inspirational materials suppliers, has raised $500k in Series A financing. Backers include Golden Seeds, Landis Capital and Great Oaks Capital. The c...
28.06.2012	ColorModules Raises $1.3M in Series A Financing	ColorModules Inc., a NYC-based provider of a visual recommendation engine focused on color matching, has raised $1.3m in Series A financing. The round was led by Golden Seeds. Founded in 2010 by CEO Asmau Ahmed, also led by Director of R&am...
18.04.2012	Golden Seeds to Receive $4M to Invest in Startups in New York State	Golden Seeds will receive $4m to invest in seed and early stage technology, life sciences, and consumer product companies located in all regions of New York State. Started in 2004 and headquartered in New York, with offices in Boston and Sa...
03.04.2012	Mobile organizer lets users access healthcare data using cloud computing	Among the data users can enter are immunization records, prescription medication and when it needs to be refilled, allergies, medical conditions, upcoming appointments or reminders about appointments that need to be made, such as a mammogra...
21.03.2012	Social Marketing Platform PromoJam Raises $1.2M From Golden Seeds, Band Of Angels	PromoJam, a social marketing platform for the enterprise that allows businesses to create campaigns across Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Tumblr, and Myspace, has raised $1.2 million in Series A funding, the company is announcing ...
21.12.2011	Golden Seeds Closes Fund 2 at $26.5M	Investment firm Golden Seeds has closed its second fund at $26.5m. Golden Seeds Fund 2 LP focuses on investing in women-led early stage, high growth companies across at least three sectors, including technology, life sciences and consumer g...
14.12.2011	Style for Hire Raises $1.075M in Funding led by Golden Seeds	Style for Hire, a New York-based national network of trained and certified personal stylists, has raised $1,075,000 in a round of funding led by Golden Seeds. The company intends to use the capital to accelerate a national launch, and expan...
12.12.2011	Alzheimer’s drug developer Cognition Therapeutics raises $1.8M	The latest funding was sourced from 16 investors, according to the regulatory document. Cognition’s technology is aimed at blocking Amyloid beta protein, which can interfere with learning and memory. Blocking the effects of the protein may ...
06.12.2011	Why women have to work harder to do startups	Startups are not too hard for women. Women just have to work way harder to create a startup. In the midst of my life as a fundraising CEO, I am going to posit one thing: That the ramen-eating, asocial women entrepreneurs have it harder in s...
06.12.2011	Why women have to work harder to do startups	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Startups are not too hard for women. Women just h...
02.12.2011	With New Funding And Microsoft Partnership, AboutOne Looks To Help Moms Stay Organized	We first covered AboutOne as part of a round-up of some of the more interesting startups to present their wares onstage at DEMO Spring 2011. The startup is building eManagement system that makes it easy for busy families to organize their l...
01.12.2011	AboutOne Raises $1.6M in Seed Funding	AboutOne, a Malvern, Pa.-based online family management system that automatically stores and manages household information and memories, has raised $1.6m in funding. The round was co-led by Golden Seeds, which made the investment through me...
25.10.2011	At Biotech 2011, companies identify financing options	Government funding. If you want government funding, get to know your local congressmen, one panelist advised. Government grants can be a useful source of funding, particularly the Department of Defense. It might take time and the applicatio...
22.09.2011	Honestly Now Raises Series A Funding from Golden Seeds	Honestly Now, a New York-based social game which helps people make the best personal decisions, has raised a Series A funding from Golden Seeds. Founded in 2011 by CEO Tereza Nemessanyi and COO Bob Petrie, the company operates a web and mob...
22.09.2011	Bespoke Global Raises Series A Funding from Golden Seeds	Bespoke Global, a New York-based ecommerce website, has raised a Series A funding of undisclosed amount from Golden Seeds. Co-founded in 2010 by by CEO Gwen Carlton and CMO Pippa McArdle, Bespoke Global is an international ecommerce website...
19.09.2011	Goooood Morning, Silicon Alley! Gary Sharma’s Picks for the Week of September 19: The Billionaires & Supermodels Edition	This is a guest post from Gary Sharma (a.k.a. “The Guy with the Red Tie”), founder of GarysGuide, mentor at ER Accelerator and proud owner of a whole bunch of black suits, white shirts and, at last count, over forty red ties. You can reach ...
14.09.2011	New Angel Alliance Aims to Keep Startups Out of Venture Capital’s Clutches Longer	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints [Updated 5:15 pm PT with fresh quotes from Richard Sudek, see below] Regional angel investing groups in Southern California, Northern California, and New York say they’re band...
18.08.2011	The best of the best angel investors for healthcare startups	Certainly, the money is out there. According to the Center for Venture Research, U.S. angel investors invested $19 billion in 55,000 deals (about 35,000 small businesses) in 2008, with most of those investments in startup or very early-stag...
07.07.2011	HitFix.com Closes $2M Funding	HitFix, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of entertainment news, has closed an oversubscribed $2m funding. The round was led by angel investors from Golden Seeds and Tech Coast Angels. HitFix.com intends to use the capital to accelerate grow...
30.06.2011	Turpitude Closes $1M Series A Funding	Turpitude, Inc., a Walnut Creek, CA-based independent online, mobile and social game company, closed a $1m Series A funding round. Investors included The Band of Angels, The Angels Forum, Golden Seeds, and Sand Hill Angels. The company plan...
20.01.2011	Alzheimer’s drugmaker Cognition Therapeutics raises $2.5M	“This financing increases our investor base and further expands our national network to support the critical work we are doing to identify drugs that can treat and potentially prevent the progression of Alzheimer’s disease,” CEO Hank Saffer...
15.10.2010	Funding roundup - week ending 10/15/10	ChaCha for Q/A, PlayFirst for gaming, SundaySky for automatic video generation, and many more ChaCha, provider of a real-time, human-powered Q/A site, raised a $20 million Series F round of funding, led by Rho Ventures and VantagePoint. Fou...
11.10.2010	Fashion Playtes raises $4 million	The clothing design website for girls is backed by Fairhaven Capital Partners Fashion Playtes, a clothing design website for girls aged 6-12, just raised $4 million in a Series A round led by Fairhaven Capital Partners, with help from New A...
14.10.2008	Harvard Spins Off Brand Monitoring Startup Crimson Hexagon	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Harvard’s Office of Technology Development has been grabbing headlines this week. On Sunday, it went public with news about a Beverly, MA-based spinoff called SiOnyx that hope...
22.08.2007	When It Comes to Women-Owned Startups, Jean Hammond Says Boston Investors Are Nervous Nellies	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Here’s a theory: Businesses founded by women tend to produce consumer-oriented products. Here’s another one: Consumer-focused companies make Boston-area investors—both angels ...
-	Constant Therapy raises $2M Series A to expand applications for stroke rehab app	Golden Seeds has led a $2 million Series A round for digital health company Constant Therapy to expand indications for its brain therapy app beyond stroke rehabilitation and therapy for traumatic brain injury to indications such as Alzheime...
-	Alzheimer’s drugmaker Cognition Therapeutics raises $2.5M	Neurodegenerative disorders drug developer Cognition Therapeutics has raised $2.5 million in a Series A1 round of investment. The funding will support preclinical research as the Pittsburgh-based company investigates which of its drug candi...
-	A mentoring matchmaker seeks to improve prospects for women healthcare entrepreneurs	Women-led startups that received funding rose to 18 percent in 2014 compared with a little more than 9 percent in 2009, according to data from CrunchBase. The growth of women in leadership roles is part of an upward trend but some groups ar...
-	At Biotech 2011, companies identify financing options	The challenge of identifying and establishing financing for early and mid-stage companies is forcing companies to be more creative and making the series of panel discussions on the subject at Biotech 2011 in Philadelphia a high priority as ...
-	Golden Seeds joins $6.4M financing round for therapeutic combating ulcerative colitis	A pharmaceutical startup gearing up for clinical trials for its antibody targeting digestive maladies has raised $6.4 million in a Series B financing round. Golden Seeds, an angel investment group that typically allocates funds to life scie...
-	Mobile organizer lets users access healthcare data using cloud computing	A Web-based organizer is helping users keep their healthcare records and data in one place to make it easier to access the information when they need it. Joanne Lang, who was a software executive at SAP and worked with cloud computing, said...
-	Alzheimer’s drug developer Cognition Therapeutics raises $1.8M	Neurodegenerative disorders drug developer Cognition Therapeutics has raised $1.8 million in equity, according to a regulatory filing. The Pittsburgh-based company is developing multiple drug candidates to treat Alzheimer’s disease and simi...
-	No doesn’t necessarily end the conversation and other investor tips for early stage companies	In a panel discussion geared to leaders of early stage companies, a mix of angel and venture investors offered some insights to give entrepreneurs some food for thought in different stages of their dealings with investors. The conversation ...
-	The best of the best angel investors for healthcare startups	The Angel Capital Association and the Angel Resource Institute are both great resources for healthcare entrepreneurs looking for capital funding. Both have extensive lists of angel investor groups — both local and national — that can step i...

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