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Amplifying female and nonbinary voices and creating a tech culture where women and nonbinary voices are leading, shaping, and funding the future.

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We can’t change what we do not measure. Introducing the Diversity Data Alliance in collaboration w/ @diversityvc @AllRaise @2GetherInternat @BLCKVC @SomosVC_ @StartOut @VetsinTech . Learn more >
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Founders, does your cap table look like this? If so, it might be time to #AskTheQuestion
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how it started: how it's going
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Congrats to @aileenlee on being named to @TIME 's list of the 100 most influential people of 2019 #TIME100 We wouldn't exist without your vision and leadership! Thanks for all you do ❤️
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While 1/4 kids born in the U.S. are Latinx, Latinx companies still attract less than 1% of VC funding. That’s why @SamaraMHernandz of @ChingonaVC is using the $52M they landed to fund overlooked founders. Read more:
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Fixed it for you @Cucinelli !
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What's your female founded company or organization?
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Even if you're fully vaccinated, the CDC still recommends having more than one female checkwriter in your firm.
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🎤Women are 1 in 4 of all tech event speakers 🗞Women are underrepresented in news by a 3:1 ratio 🎓Only 22% of students can name a famous woman in tech 🔑Women of color are only 14% of tech keynote speakers That changes today with #VisionaryVoices :
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For the first time in history, today we're bringing together 400 women in tech venture capital for the inaugural #WomenWhoVenture Summit. Let's do this!
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Had to do it.
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Our new CEO has arrived. Welcome, Mandela Schumacher-Hodge Dixon ( @mandelash ). — a thread 🧵
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Who are the female founders you love to follow?
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Overheard Gem: "Invest in people who’ll be in rooms you never will." - @mcuban
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Today, All Raise is launching our #womencrushwednesday spotlight series where we highlight genius women who are funding or founding tech companies. April is our AI month and we're kicking off with a spotlight on @jewelmelanie of Partpic!
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📣2019 was a historic year for #womeninVC . 50 women became VC partners for the first time, in U.S. firms w/ over $25M AUM. 🙌That’s the highest number we’ve seen, but we still have more work to do. Click thru to read an in-depth analysis of this milestone:
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Roses are red, violets are blue, just give women and non-binary people the venture capital funding they deserve.
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At # 80 is is @cowboyVC founder Aileen Lee. @aileenlee is also famous for coining the term “unicorn”. Aileen also founded All Raise so way to go Mom!
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Tech & VC conversations shouldn't happen without women's voices. Let's put an end to #manels ! Introducing the All Raise #VisionaryVoices speakers bureau. Female* founders, VCs, operators interested in more speaking & media opps, apply here by July 31st:
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Not to say we told you so but... new data shows women VCs invest in nearly twice as many female founders. 🤷‍♀️
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"Let's work to make half the Midas List women." - @aileenlee #WomenWhoVenture
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Hello world. We're here and ready to make the VC ecosystem more accessible, inclusive & balanced. Please learn more and join up at !
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We stand in solidarity with the Jewish community, and the people of Israel, and condemn the horrific terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas. /1
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Today, we’re dropping #femalefounder funding facts! 📊 Together with @Pitchbook , @GoldmanSachs #LaunchwithGS , & @msft4startups , we are releasing a report called “All In: Women in the #VC Ecosystem.” Read it here:
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Every time a woman starts a fund an angel gets her wings. In this case, a #ANGEL ! Hooray for @KatieS launching @MoxxieVentures today👐
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We must speak up and take action about systemic racism and violence. #BlackLivesMatter If you are a leader and you haven’t yet acknowledged what is happening or checked in with your team, here’s a post by @MandelaSH about the power of making space:
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We talk a lot about #vc funding at All Raise, but there are many other ways to get started as a company. Check out this article by @gefencodes & @mikster for other sources of funding:
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We are thrilled to announce @PaigeHBuckner has been named CEO of All Raise! 🎉 Paige has been our Interim CEO since January & has been part of the heart and soul of All Raise since she joined our organization.
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Whose DMs are open to help new female and non-binary founders/funders with their ideas? Comment below!
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How does she do it all? It's simple, she doesn't. That's it. That's the tweet.
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The commitment to fund change & empower female/non-binary founders and funders in tech is growing. Thank you to @melindagates Pivotal Ventures, The @ReidHoffman Foundation, @sequoia , @ggvcapital & many more for your support in realizing our mission 🤝
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AND IT WENT DOWN TO 1.6% THIS YEAR
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Your daily reminder: women-led startups received 2.3% of VC funding in 2020
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🤩 THRILLED to welcome our #BoardXcelerate Advisory Committee w/ incredible leaders @sbp04 @elisasteele @lvojvodich @RachelRCarlson @cquarles @ytechdata @heathermirj @Jenn_RTR @kmlake @shanlynm @thefriley @jenntejada + many other board directors sharing their expertise & network
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Congratulations to the women on the 2021 Midas List at @Forbes : Mary Meeker Anna Fang @MarHershenson Jenny Lee Jing Hong Kathy Xu @nisaleung @kirstenagreen @sonalidr @annimaniac @LucianaLix Ruby Lu
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Calling female founders 📣 We're launching our Post Seed to Series A Bootcamp! Get the playbooks to accelerate your startup and learn from All Raise founders + VCs. Apply and learn more at the link below. Applications close July 20.
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Shoutout to all the amazing women on @CBinsights Top 100 Venture Capitalists including @annimaniac ( #17 ), @kirstenagreen ( #22 ), @jennyleehw ( #55 ), @BethSeidenberg1 ( #61 ), @tgr ( #67 ), Chen Xiaohong at H Capital and @aileenlee ( #97 )!
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👏 Madam 👏 Vice 👏 President-elect 👏. @KamalaHarris often quotes her mother telling her: "You may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last". 💥
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"The warm intro — that is so often needed to get in front of VCs — perpetuates the existing power structure in Silicon Valley." Let's help the next generation of female founders hack the warm intro: by @FeliciaCurcuru
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Getting our 🦄 on with fabulous founders, @EmilyWWeiss , CEO & Founder of @glossier , @zatlyn , co-founder & COO of @cloudflare , & @juliahartz , co-founder & CEO of @Eventbrite , moderated by the brilliant @aileenlee of @cowboyventures . #AllRaiseVCSummit
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In 2019, twelve women are on the Midas list including three newcomers. This is both an increase from the nine last year and a record for the list overall
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Questions to NOT ask a female panelist. Go!
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Congrats to our VC Champions alum, Alejandro Guerrero of Act One Ventures, for creating "diversity rider" term sheets! 👏 @firstround @fifthwallvc @greycroftvc @HarlemCapital @Maveron @PlexoCapital @PrecursorVC @SVB_Financial @EqualVentures See @axios :
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VCs, is this your hiring and sourcing process? Might be time to #AskTheQuestion
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Female founders. They're f*cking incredible. + @canva @MelanieCanva
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Canva raises $200 million at a $40 billion valuation by @jordanrcrook
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New Founders 🚨: Here are some amazing people/organizations to follow to create a solid foundation for starting in VC. 👇🧵
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Welcome to the largest convening of #womeninventure in the US! 👯‍♀ Follow along today for some inspiration from the #AllRaiseVCSummit and our long list of #WCW .
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The best news to see after our morning workout 🤸‍♀️🏋🏿‍♀️First female-founded unicorn of 2020. Congrats, @classpass !
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ClassPass raises $285 million—and hits unicorn status
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This is huge: The @DormRoomFund by @FirstRound has announced its first ever Female Investor Track, a 3 week master class created specifically to help women who are just starting their careers in venture. Run, don't walk. Applications close 5/21
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Together we can build a tech ecosystem that reflects the diversity of the world around us. @aileenlee and @jennylefcourt kick off the All Raise #WomenWhoVenture Summit!
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To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth , we are highlighting 28 extraordinary Black women who are leading, shaping, and funding our future. Check everyday at 3pm ET for a new spotlight. Join the conversation and tag your favorite #BlackForcesofNature in tech!
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Name a newsletter you actually read.
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Shoutout to two members of our founding team, @aileenlee and @kirstenagreen and @melindagates from our founding partner Pivotal Ventures for their inclusion on the @Forbes Most Powerful Women list: What do you think makes a woman powerful?
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Why we're about to see unprecedented progress in funding to female founders: Thanks to @Ventureneer for chatting with our @PamKostka ! cc: @ForbesWomen
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It's about damn time we featured @ArlanWasHere on our blog! Learn more about her new book, tips for self-care, and how she defines allyship in this Q&A by contributor @dana_iverson1
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. @pamkostka appreciation post! After her nearly three year tour of duty, she’s returning to her roots in the tech startup ecosystem. Please join us in celebrating and thanking Pam for her incredible impact on All Raise and the entire industry. 🙌
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To build a truly diverse industry, we need to understand intersectionality. Perspectives from @JuliaCollins , @robynexton , and @Zahra_Kassam in conversation with @SLP_EDU . #WomenWhoVenture
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71% of venture firms STILL do not have even one female partner and adding one female partner should not mean "mission accomplished.” Only 7% of firms have equal gender representation in their partnership.
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From all of us at All Raise, we hope you carry that #InternationalWomensDay energy into the weekend and beyond! Listen to women, hire/pay/promote women, and invest in women.
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We just released our Annual Report. Spoiler alert: 2020 was not a good year for women and non-binary individuals in tech + venture. We’ll share some highlights in this #AllRaiseReports thread 👇
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"We're moving as aggressively as we can to change the ecosystem" - @pamkostka in a @NYTimes conversation with @eringriffith on our latest fundraising efforts to scale our programs, expand across the US, and grow our network and community. 🎇
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HUGE congratulations to @daynagrayson and @RachelJHolt on the launch of @constructcap ! Their new $140M fund will invest in manufacturing, supply chain, transportation and other foundational industries. 🏗️ @amyfeldman @ForbesTech @alexrkonrad
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“Fundraising is hard for everyone but fundraising as a woman is like crawling through glass and fundraising as a woman of color is like crawling through glass with no clothes on and with red ants covering you.” @MoniqueWoodard Read more on our blog!🗣
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#AllRaiseVCSummit would not be possible without the amazing support of our partners. Thank you to each and every one - together we’re moving forward. We can't wait to see everyone tomorrow!
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Good morning! *adjusts white pantsuit*
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🍾 All Raise is on a roll! Our full-time team at HQ has grown, we’re officially starting new chapters in #Boston and #LA this week, AND we have a brand new website: . Check out our blog to learn more:
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Not everyday you see this many power players come together to commit to change in their own industry.
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Lolita Taub ( @lolitataub ), formerly of Backstage Capital, is looking for her next big adventure as an Enterprise investor. @SharvariJohari talked to Lolita about the intricacies of enterprise sales and how diversity results to differentiated deal flow.
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Congratulations to @lolitataub on starting a new fund! So proud to have you part of our community and #VisionaryVoices speakers bureau.
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🥳AWESOME NEWS! Today @srcasm + I soft-launched The Community Fund, a $5M fund focused on early-stage community driven-companies. Yeah, I'm a GP now! Thx all. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 And, we’re looking for founding members for our investment team! Learn more + apply. /2
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Black women are one of the fastest growing demographics of entrepreneurs yet receive a negligible percentage of overall venture funding. Read more about our When Founder Met Funder program! #WFMF @JuliaCollins @domoniquefines @meghalexander
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Women will say "I did a thing" and it'll be taking a multi-million dollar company public.
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Congratulations @annimaniac on being an early backer of Lyft! All of your founders are lucky to work with you.
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Need a speaker for your next event or a source for your story? There are nearly 1,000 amazing female and non-binary tech leaders like @Mira404 @halletecco @MoniqueWoodard @lolitataub @sm @TheAishetu @janamal in our #VisionaryVoices speakers bureau.
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Ever wanted to know what it's like to be a woman in venture? Read our "Week in the Life" series. @iBrittDavis , Director of Deal Flow and Principal at @Backstage_Cap took @meghalexander through what her week can look like.
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Here’s what you should know about checkwriters in 2020: 📊 ⭕ The amount of women or non-binary investors in checkwriter roles grew 1% ⭕ 64% percent of firms still have NO female checkwriters ⭕ Only 10% of firms have more than 2 female checkwriters
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Our first speaker series is 5/31 and will feature our CEO @PamKostka interviewing StitchFix Founder and CEO @kmlake on how she built her company. Buy a ticket for you and a friend!
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We commit to the lift by encouraging women, particularly women of color, to pursue careers in technology, entrepreneurship and venture capital #MomentofLift
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"Invest in Black founders because they’re some of the best entrepreneurs...When you frame what you’re doing as a donation, it not only demeans what these entrepreneurs are doing...it also prevents you from understanding that you’re bad at your job." — @BLCKVC
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If you’re not investing in diverse founders, you’re a bad investor by @BLCKVC
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. @ericachidi is the 35th Black woman to raise over $1MM in funding. Congrats Erica & @loomhq on this accomplishment!
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This doula raised $3 million to build a digital platform for reproductive education
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Amazing to see so many women who are part of the All Raise community 🤩
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We surveyed early-stage founders about #COVID19 : ⏳ Female founders of color have the least runway 💰 Founders of color have decided to hold on raising capital this year 👶 52% of female founders are doing 7+ hrs of caregiving vs. 26% of male founders
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Here's an idea! 💡 Let's turn the U.S. economy around, create jobs, increase competitiveness, and become more innovative. How?? Fund female founders and women-owned VC Funds! … #womeninventure @KauffmanFellows @Portfolia1 @ForbesWomen @Ventureneer
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Today our adopted post on the All Raise blog is "The List of Black Women in VC" by @sydneypaige10 , Senior Associate @PrecursorVC and member of our Editorial team.
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"Forget seats at the table. Now's the time to build a completely new table." 🔥 @Entrepreneur ! And as @PamKostka says, "there's no turning back." ⏩
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The best things in life are still FREE! Here is your all-access pass to VC insider info. Enroll in All Raise Masterclasses to learn fundraising pro-tips from top female investors + founders who’ve been there and & done it! Let’s normalize free information.
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TWEET OF THE YEAR
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This morning my daughter asked me if boys can grow up to be VCs too.
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Is your firm looking for a Sansa Stark but only finding Edmure Tullys? Post your job posting for our VC Career newsletter.
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Well behaved women rarely make history so be a disruptive one. Apply to All Raise’s female founder program at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2019.
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Deadline extended! Apply to the All Raise female founder program at Disrupt SF 2019
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The saying goes... you can't change what you don't measure. We’re excited to team up with @crunchbase on the All Raise x Crunchbase VC Checkwriter Dashboard, an ongoing resource that will provide data on checkwriter stats in the U.S. venture world. 👇
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🚀 $102M Series B! Congratulations to @abarrallen and the incredible team at @fast 🚀
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Payments giant Stripe (no. 1 on last yr's @CNBCDisruptors list) is leading an investment in a smaller online checkout company, Fast. $102M Series B announced Tuesday.. comes with the backdrop of booming online sales during the pandemic
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