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Operations @Numeraltax. Previously covered tech and local news @Axios, @TheInformation, and @BusinessInsider.
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'It’s my life’s calling' – How VC Unlocked inspired the launch of a women’s healthcare fund - 500 Global

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By Nick Bastone, Maria Toler Velissaris
| 500 Global Verified
Around four years ago, Maria Toler Velissaris started to wonder if she should turn her part-time angel investing into a full-fledged career. A senior marketing executive and angel investor at the time, Velissaris told 500 Global that she quickly found access to quality deals in the women’s healthcare space — an area largely overlooked by other investors, she said. “I was wondering why I was getting into deals that I probably shouldn’t have been getting into,” Velissaris said.
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Runway wants to make financial forecasting dead simple

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By Nick Bastone, Siqi Chen
| 500 Global Verified
Siqi Chen was a year out of college when venture capitalists handed him millions of dollars to carry out his startup idea. The problem? Chen, a trained engineer, couldn’t read a complete financial statement. “I think that’s basically the default experience of most tech founders — most of us don’t know the first thing about business,” Chen, a three-time founder himself, told 500 Global in a recent interview.
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The Rising Tide: 500 Global uplifts EECCA region

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By Nick Bastone, Pedro Vieira
| 500 Global Verified
500 Global is uplifting the EECCA region through its Georgia-based acceleration and investment program. Almost four years ago, 500 Global set down roots in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) by partnering with Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency (GITA) and the Bank of Georgia to create one of the region’s first startup accelerators.
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