Sofia Angel Fund II, LLC announces the successful first closing of its angel investment fund targeting women-led growth companies with $3.925 million of capital investment commitments.
The Sofia Fund focuses on investing equity in early stage, growth companies that are women-led and which operate principally in information technology, clean technology, health and wellness, and business products and services.…
According to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, moderate growth continued in the first two quarters of 2014 in the U.S. angel investor market. More than 30,000 entrepreneurial ventures received funding in the first half of 2014, which came from more than 143,000 individual investors.…
According to a new Kauffman Foundation research report, female entrepreneurship can pave the way for economic growth in America. The report says large-scale positive effects, like the those seen during the entry of women into the workforce during the 20th century, could be in America’s future.…