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VC & Startup News

Women in Business

Stax Payments Founder Suneera Madhani Shares Business Advice

👩‍💻 Suneera Madhani, founder of Stax Payments, offers insights into effective business strategies and leadership, emphasizing the importance of resilience and adaptability in entrepreneurship.

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Cassie Burr Advocates for Increased Female Representation in Boardrooms

💸 Cassie Burr, co-founder and executive director of the Women on Boards Project, is on a mission to increase women’s representation in corporate boardrooms, addressing challenges and strategies to achieve this goal.

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Serena Williams’ Expanding Business Empire

🎾 Beyond her tennis accolades, Serena Williams has built a $340 million business empire. Through strategic investments and endorsements with major brands, her firm, Serena Ventures, holds stakes in 85 companies, including notable startups like Impossible Foods and Masterclass. Williams also co-owns sports teams and has authored a children’s book, solidifying her status as a successful entrepreneur.

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Female Representation

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Study Highlights Demographics of Today’s Female Entrepreneurs

🎓 A recent study reveals that today’s women entrepreneurs are younger, highly educated, racially diverse, and often in the early stages of their business journeys, with nearly half identifying as Black, college-educated millennials with two years or less of business ownership experience.

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Role of Women Workforce in Achieving $30 Trillion Economy by 2047

💡 India aspires to be a $30 trillion economy by FY47 and women employment plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.

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Representation of Women in Corporate Boards

Industry News

CLA Luskin Report Evaluates Venture Capital Equity in L.A.

🌴 New research led by UCLA Luskin’s Jasmine Hill assesses the efforts of Los Angeles venture capital firms in prioritizing equitable access to investments across different demographic groups.

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Startup Leaders Embrace Direct Hiring via Social Media

💻 Startup CEOs are bypassing traditional HR channels by leveraging platforms like LinkedIn and X for direct hiring, resulting in a diverse pool of candidates and an overwhelming number of applications.

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DeepSeek’s Profitability Claims

🤖 Chinese AI startup DeepSeek disclosed that its models, V3 and R1, achieve a theoretical daily cost-profit ratio of up to 545%. This revelation underscores DeepSeek’s cost-effective operations compared to international counterparts, potentially influencing global AI stock markets.

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Charta Health’s Funding Success

🩺 Charta Health, co-founded by Justin Liu and Scott Morris, secured $8.1 million in seed funding led by Bain Capital Ventures. The startup aims to automate patient chart reviews using AI, enhancing revenue capture for healthcare providers and reducing administrative workloads.

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Job Opportunities and Events

Summer Opportunities

Y Combinator Summer Fellows Grants

👩‍💻 Any undergraduate college student who wants to spend this summer building interesting technical projects can apply for grants to do it!

📆 Deadline: March 28, 2025 (Apply Here!)

DRW 2025 MBA Venture Capital Associate Intern

💸 As a Venture Capital Associate Intern, you will collaborate with the investment team to research key themes and investment opportunities from early stage to growth. (Apply Here!)

Benchstrength 2025 MBA Intern

💪 This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on investment and portfolio experience, working closely with their investment team and portfolio companies. (Apply Here!)

Powerhouse 2025 Ventures Summer Graduate Investment Associate

🛖 Powerhouse Ventures is hiring a full-time, paid Summer Graduate Associate to support the investment team. (Apply Here!)

Etched Summer 2025 Internship Program (Apply Here!)

 Breaking Into VC Summer Internship - Everywhere Ventures (Apply Here!)

Flybridge Summer Internship (MBA) (Apply Here!)

 Splunk Product Management Internship (Apply Here!)

Kettle Strategy, Design, and PM Internship (Apply Here!)

1435 Capital Management High School VC 2025 Internship (Apply Here!)

Full-Time Opportunities

🔥 Signal Fire Associate (Apply Here!)

🌱 Ada Ventures Founder’s Associate (Apply Here!)

🤓 Geek Ventures VC Analyst (Apply Here!)

🤠 Cowboy Ventures Associate (Apply Here!)

📰 Bloomberg Beta Associate (Apply Here!)

💫 Connecticut Innovations Venture Capital Associate (Apply Here!)

🃏 ACE Ventures Investment Operations Analyst (Apply Here!)

🌊 SpringTide Ventures VC Fund Controller (Apply Here!)

🪨 Rackhouse Ventures Community & Office Manager (Apply Here!)

📰 Aegis Ventures Senior Director of Marketing and Communications (Apply Here!)

🎓 VCFamilia Fellowship 2025 (For early-career VCs) (Apply Here!)

📈 Acronym Venture Capital Intern (Apply Here!)

📝 Bessemer Venture Partners Content Manager (Apply Here!)

🛠 Altos Ventures - Product-Minded Investor ([email protected])

📊 Incite VC Associate (Apply Here!)

💼 Senior Associate - Primary Ventures (Apply Here!)

🎤 Forum Ventures Part-Time Events Coordinator (Apply Here!)

Events

Coffee Meet Up: AI in Women’s Fertility Wellness (San Francisco, CA) (Learn More!)

📆 March 7, 2025 @ 12:00 PM

BFN Be Her Summit (Toronto, Ontario) (Learn More!)

📆 March 7, 2025 @ 4:00 PM

Beyond 2% - Women's Leadership Summit (Sunnyvale, CA) (Learn More!)

📆 March 21, 2025

C10 Labs and Springboard Enterprises Presents: International Women's Month AI Hackathon (Boston, MA) (Learn More!)

📆 March 27, 2025 @ 10:00 AM

WISE Summit 2025: Built to Last (Boston, MA) (Learn More!)

📆 March 29, 2025

Fintech Is Femme Leadership Summit 2025 (NYC) (Learn More!)

📆 April 23, 2025 @ 12:00 PM

Rising VC and Emerging Fund Manager Webinar (Learn More!)

📆 March 13, 2025 @ 3:00 PM EST