Are there more female founders? CrunchBase recently started adding gender data to help researchers answer that question, and Fast Company chimed in with a take on the CrunchBase effort.

African-American venture investors are the interest of Richard Kerby at Venrock. In a recent analysis, Kerby says minorities comprise only 1.5% of investors at the top 200 U.S. firms.

Regardless of race or gender, most founders raising Series A rounds are at a disadvantage, according to Josh Kopelman of First Round. Kopelman says the seed funding boom is giving founders a false sense of confidence and setting them up for a tough reality check at Series A.


Check out the 14 deals First Round has closed this year -- they're currently #5 on the 2015 Investor Leaderboard.

 
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Zuora

$115M / Series F

Zuora helps customers manage their subscription models across commerce, billing, and finance processes. Founded in 2007, Zuora has raised $250 million to date.

Foster City CA · Billing · SaaS · Software

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Looker

$30M / Series B

Looker is a business intelligence startup that makes data accessible to organizations and data analysts. Looker has raised $48 million to date and will use the latest funding to build its team and improve its software.

Santa Cruz CA · Business Intelligence · Analytics

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Pager

$10M / Series A

Pager is a mobile app that offers doctor house calls in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Founded in 2014, Pager will use the Series A to expand into new markets, develop new technology for more devices and integrate with insurance plans.

New York NY · Mobile · Health Care · Technology

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