Anjula Acharia is a venture capital investor who focuses and invests primarily in female-founded companies. One such company is Gobble, the meal kit delivery service founded and led by Ooshma Garg. The pair joins Cheddar to explain how female influence in the VC space is positive and necessary.
Acharia explains that one of her callings is to support female innovators. The tech investor has championed founders including Payal Kadakia from Class Pass, Kathryn Minshew from The Muse, Prena Gupta from Hooked, and Karissa Bodnar from Thrive Causemetics.
Garg says that having a VC investor like Acharia in your corner is invaluable. Acharia both provides financial support and business guidance.
When asked how Gobble competes with Blue Apron, Garg explains that the key to her business is putting convenience at the forefront. Gobble meals only take 15 minutes and everything can be prepared in one pan.
Jay Woods, chief global strategist with Freedom Capital Markets, joined Cheddar News to discuss what lies ahead as trading kicked off a holiday-shortened week and ahead of a House vote on the debt ceiling deal.
With home sales rising 4.1 percent in April from the month before and 11.8 percent from a year ago, the housing market is still hot. Kirsten Jordan, associate real estate broker for Douglas Elliman, has some tips to help savvy homebuyers get into the market
Microsoft President Brad Smith said on CBS 'Face the Nation' that the benefit of artificial intelligence will be "ubiquitous" but called for more regulations to make sure the technology is developed responsibly.
One company shaking up the startup space is Super.com, which aims to help everyday Americans save money and access credit. Hussein Fazal, CEO and co-founder, joins Cheddar News to break down how the product works.
Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is in custody at a Texas prison where she could spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Wall Street is ticking higher Tuesday in its first trading after Washington struck a tentative deal to avoid a potentially disastrous default on its debt.
