Press

• Portland-area women founders landed just 5% of 2018's historic VC haul - Portland Business Journal (subscription required)  3/13/2019
• Women-owned businesses play an outsized role in Oregon's economy. So why aren't we funding them? - Portland Business Journal (subscription required)  3/7/2019
• Oregon Targets High-Growth Women Entrepreneurs to Grow its Economy - Forbes 2/27/19
• XXcelerate Fund Launch during PDX Startup Week. Watch the livestream.
• "XXcelerate Fund: Women funding women," Business Tribune, 2/2/17
• "Female entrepreneurs launch XXcelerate Fund to help women-led startups access capital," GeekWire, 1/30/17
• "Accelerating and funding incredible women entrepreneurs in Oregon: XXcelerate Fund," Silicon Florist, 1/24/17
• "New loan fund to invest in women-led companies," Portland Business Journal, 1/24/17
• "Nonprofit XXcelerate Fund will support women entrepreneurs in Oregon," 1/24/17
• Oregon-Wide Women Entrepreneurs Create XXcelerate Fund, Press Release (PDF), 1/24/17
• "Wyden asks Oregon banks for information about loans to women business owners," Portland Business Journal, 12/1/16
• "Female CEOs talk challenges of finding capital," Portland Business Journal, 10/16/16
• "Sex & Startups" and "Gendered Ventures," Oregon Business, 11/4/16