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April 02, 2021  -  April 02, 2021
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Women Innovators Initiative (WI2): Running a Startup: Perspective of Two Women Founders and CEOs from Cornell

For the third WI2 webinar, we speak with two women founders and CEOs from Cornell University to find out about their experience as female founders/CEOs and to hear about the lessons learned during the formation and the growth of their venture.
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According to Silicon Valley Bank report [1], 28% of U.S. startups have a female founder and 14% have a female CEO. While venture capital is their most likely next source of funding regardless of the gender makeup of the founding team, the startups with a female founder are slightly less likely to rely on them for funding. Companies founded solely by women garnered 2.1% of the total capital invested in venture-backed startups in the US [2].

 

For the third WI2 webinar, we speak with two women founders and CEOs from Cornell University to find out about their experience as female founders/CEOs and to hear about the lessons learned during the formation and the growth of their venture.

 

Panelists:

  • Rachel Dorin, Ph.D., President and CEO, and Co-Founder, Terapore
  • Siyu Huang, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CEO, Lionano

Moderator:

  • Alice Li, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Technology Licensing, Cornell University

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[1] 2020 Women in US Technology Leadership. Silicon Valley Bank. (2021). https://www.svb.com/women-in-technology#
[2] The US VC Female Founders Dashboard. PitchBook (updated in 2021). https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-vc-female-founders-dashboard