Sutian Dong, partner at Female Founders Fund, discusses the company's investment in female-led businesses and some of the struggles women face when seeking venture capital funding.
Dong says Female Founders Fund focuses on New York City start-ups and other unique start-ups. Each year, the company receives requests from over a thousand companies that want support. But Female Founders Funds is only able to invest in about six to eight new businesses each year.
Thousands of people are expected in Washington, DC Tuesday for a demonstration to support Israel, condemn anti-Semitism, and call for the release of the roughly 240 hostages held by Hamas.
Battles between Israel and Hamas around hospitals forced thousands of Palestinians to flee from some of the last perceived safe places in northern Gaza, stranding critically wounded patients, newborns and their caregivers with dwindling supplies and no electricity, health officials said Monday.
Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Biden’s granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in the nation’s capital, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
