How 500 Startups Invests in Companies Solving Global Problems

Steve Case, the man who founded America Online, spent the last five years hitting the road on behalf of his Revolution venture capital fund, looking for entrepreneurs and startups doing innovative work outside the big coastal cities.

With billions of dollars invested in startups each year through VC funds, how does a seed fund stand out? Defy is a Silicon Valley seed stage fund with $413 million in assets under management. Cheddar's Alex Heath sat down with Trae Vasallo, Co-Founder & Managing Director at Defy at the collision conference in Toronto about her investment strategy that leaves no stone unturned.

A new study found that VC investment in startups with at least one female founder more than doubled to $46 billion in 2018 from $21.9 billion in 2017.