by Alyssa | Feb 25, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
Richie Serna, founder and CEO of fintech company Finix, had already raised $30 million in a Series B extension last year, but his cap table was missing something. The first-generation Mexican-American sought a more diverse representation in his investor base. So he...
by Alyssa | Feb 24, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
Jasmine Crowe says that raising the first million dollars for her food waste management tech startup Goodr took more than 200 meetings. Crowe founded Goodr, pronounced “good-er,” driven by the idea that hunger is a logistics issue. Her company securely...
by Alyssa | Feb 23, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
Only about 1% of the total American VC funding went to Black and female founders last year, but Crunchbase reports that the first two months of 2021 are bucking that depressingly familiar trend. “A Crunchbase survey of rounds of $100 million or more to U.S....
by Alyssa | Feb 18, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
Martha Montoya knew that having real-time data about factors affecting the food supply chain industry could maximize farmers’ profits while minimizing food waste. But investors wouldn’t listen to her at first. The Irvine, California-based Latina entrepreneur learned...
by Alyssa | Feb 16, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
Millennial entrepreneur Sheena Allen wants to change our current financial system. Growing up in a small town in Mississippi, she saw firsthand how the lack of access to fair financial services created problems for friends and family. They had to stash money at home...
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