Avestria Ventures, a fund focused on women-founded start-ups, led an early investment of $5 million in Ms. Papin-Zoghbi’s company, AOA Dx. And two years later, Good Growth Capital, a firm founded by women, led an additional $17 million investment.
Raising the next round of funds is expected to be difficult. It's not the first time that women entrepreneurs hit a funding wall.
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Venture capital is paying attention to Berkeley-generated companies. And they claim they are just getting started.
Big note: Berkeley was ranked first for female graduates who started businesses, first for female-founded companies and first for the amount of capital raised by women.
“That UC Berkeley is No. 1 globally across five major categories, including three for female founders, shows how Berkeley continues to light the way, and we do so inclusively,” [Laura] Hassner [executive director of UC Berkeley Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Berkeley Changemaker] said.
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