Community Newsletter #26
A window into the world of women in startups
In today's newsletter:
Join us for a G&W exclusive, Seed Slowdown: How Founders Should Be Thinking About Valuations Right Now.
Applications for Graham & Walker’s Catalyst are now open!
Register for AWS Fundraising Lab Powered by Graham & Walker.
August’s Funding Report: Check out who got funded by who.
Find out which hot startups are hiring!
Portfolio Founder Feature: Tina Beilinson Keshani, Co-founder & CEO, Seven Starling
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APPLY TO THE G&W CATALYST
G&W's Catalyst is a two-week fundraising readiness program that is free, industry agnostic, and designed to support early stage companies led by women and nonbinary founders.
Workshops from partners and industry experts
Valuable 1:1 mentorship sessions with investors
A cohort experience that will enable connection with other founders
"The catalyst helped me understand what it takes. I am leaving it with concrete examples and tactical information that has really helped! I think fundraising is hard, but I feel better equipped to be able to do it on my own now." - Keara Kindelynn, Foreverly
G&W EXCLUSIVE
As an early-stage founder, you’re likely very aware of the slow-down happening in the market and the impact its having on round sizes, but what does that mean for you? Join Leslie Feinzaig and Alison Rosenthal for a discussion on how you should be thinking about your valuation in this market from a VC perspective and how to best set yourself up for success and get funded!
AWS FUNDRAISING LAB POWERED BY G&W
AWS is bringing back Fundraising Lab powered by G&W to prepare underrepresented startup founders to raise venture capital. This third cohort of women founders will learn key aspects of the fundraise in four 90-minute weekly sessions covering a range of themes important to raising pre-seed or seed funding, including how to combat unconscious bias, pitching, and the most important financial aspects you need to know.
FUNDING REPORT
👶 BabyQuip, a Santa Fe, NM-based baby gear marketplace, raised a $3.4M Seed round led by How Women Invest and Thorney Investment Group.
⚖️ Flo Recruit, an Austin, TX-based legal recruitment software unlocking data-driven strategy for law firms, raised an oversubscribed $4.2M Seed round led by LiveOak Venture Partners and Moneta Ventures.
💸 Rightfoot, a San Francisco-based startup, enables developers to quickly and easily add debt repayment to any application. Rightfood raised a $15M Series A led by Blue Lion Global and Renegade Partners.
👩⚕️ HERmd, a Cincinnati-based provider of female comprehensive health, beauty, and wellness services, raised an $18M Series A led by Jazz Venture Partners.
🦴 FIGUR8, a Boston medical software developer of a wearable sensor technology designed for musculoskeletal health, raised a $25M Series A led by First Spark Ventures.
WHO'S HIRING
Seven Starling, a digital maternal mental health clinic that specializes in treating common perinatal mood and anxiety disorders like postpartum depression and anxiety, is hiring a Founding Engineer and several Clinical Roles.
Datacy, a customer intelligence platform, is hiring a Lead ML / AI Engineer, a Platform / Data Engineer, and Consumer Insights and Data Analyst.
Re-Collect.ai, an AI-powered thought partner, is hiring a Lead Backend Engineer (ML Ops) and they have a general application open.
PORTFOLIO FOUNDER FEATURE
Tina Beilinson Keshani, Co-founder & CEO, Seven Starling
Read our portfolio feature on Tina Beilinson Keshani, Co-founder & CEO, Seven Starling, here.