In this blog by Compa.as, a Merian Ventures portflio company, pay enquity is discussed as well as methods to help assess pay equity at a high level leading to informed decisions at the individual level.
Women in the United States earn 98 cents for every dollar men earn, when controlled for factors like job title, years of experience, and location. Black men also earn 98 cents for every dollar earned by White men, while Latinos and Native American men earn 99 cents.
Regardless of the pay gap, which is wider depending on position and job level, pay inequity is bad for team morale and employee retention–and it’s illegal. Keep an eye on these pay equity metrics as you guide company leaders toward fair compensation decisions.
Populus.ai, a Merian Ventures portfolio company, released a new report for cities and private operators on mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) and mobility management. Over the past several years, private fleet operators of shared mobility services such Uber and Lyft have raced to integrate and bundle transportation solutions alongside stand-alone MaaS journey planning mobile applications. This industry-leading report includes an overview of the current state of MaaS technology, different approaches to deliver MaaS by public agencies and private companies, and the role of 'mobility management' to enable the key outcomes desired by cities.
Honeycomb, a Merian Ventures portfolio company, announced the close of a $20 million Series B round led by e.ventures Growth, with participation from Industry Ventures and existing investors Merian Ventures, Storm Ventures, Scale Ventures Partners, and NextWorld Capital. The recent round of funding comes on the heels of a banner year for Honeycomb, which doubled its business to support over 300 fast-growth companies to date.
As of December, more than a quarter of all small businesses in the United States have closed, according to data from Opportunity Insights, a nonprofit based at Harvard University. Among those still in business, half of the small business owners said they could survive only one more year under current economic conditions, according to a recent survey by MetLife and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Yet, as of mid-December, there have been more than 1.5 million new business applications in the United States, up 82 percent in the third quarter compared with a year ago, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Many of those businesses are being started by women. Welcome to a pandemic-fueled rise in female entrepreneurship.
Last week the SBA launched Ascent, a free e-learning platform that provides help with issues ranging from hazard pay to how to create a profit and loss statement. The agency partnered with the White House, the U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury to develop the new tool.
The platform breaks down the early stages of starting a business into modules called "journeys" and weaves together materials from government and private sector sources.
An urgent new focus for the beauty industry is transparency. Claims to be cruelty-free, clean and 100 per cent natural are rampant in beauty. Offering data to back it up could be a good start. But transparency is harder to demonstrate to the consumer than it might sound. Amid growing scrutiny, beauty brands are turning to blockchain, such as that offered by Provenance.org, a Merian Ventures portfolio company, to help boost consumer confidence
In this recorded InfoQ Live presentation, Liz Fong-Jones, principal developer advocate at Honeycomb.io, a Merian Venture portfolio on company, talks about several practices core to production excellence: giving everyone a stake in production, collaborating to ensure observability, measuring with Service Level Objectives, and prioritizing improvements using risk analysis.
Print-Print, a nationwide leader in the provision of printed leaflets, brochures, posters, and business stationery, has published the findings of its latest COVID-19 study, highlighting a surge in orders from female entrepreneurs.
Merian Ventures’ Venture Partner, Priya Guha, was recognized for her support of the tech ecosystem by Diversity UK in the annual Top 100 Asian Stars in the UK Tech list. The list celebrates diversity in the digital sector with a focus on disruptive technologies. Congratulations Priya!
Provenance, a Merian Ventures portfolio company, empowers businesses to build brand value with supply chain and impact transparency by helping corporate leaders understand and build plans through its Transparency Programs for Brands.
Learn why transparency matters as a defining brand characteristic and how its having an increased impact on marketing communications as the expectations for sustainability and eco-friendly products continues to rise.
Last week, investors, entrepreneurs and policy makers representing some of the most profitable, game-changing companies from the UK and Silicon Valley met for the 14th Silicon Valley Comes to the UK. One consensus of the summit was that making profit does not have to come at the expense of simultaneously benefiting society. The majority of the speakers agreed – companies with a focus on profit, with a purpose, are what society needs more of right now. Read more about this impactful summit.
Venture Firms invested a total of $434 million in Q3 in female founded enterprises—the lowest figure since the second quarter of 2017, according to PitchBook data. The third quarter total also amounts to a 48% drop in funding from Q2, when female founders received $841 million across 132 deals
Jessi Baker, CEO and founder of Provenance, a Merian Ventures portfolio company, spoke at Ethical Consumer Week 2020 on what is supply chin and impact transparency and what makes it valuable. Jessi explores the line between what’s progress and what’s simply marketing. She also shared why transparency without proof is, in itself, meaningless. See the three things brands should be doing, and what we should all be looking out for…
Populus, the industry-leading platform for cities to manage transportation and mobility services and Merian Ventures portfolio company, announced that it was awarded contracts by the cities of Oakland and Tel Aviv to provide its robust mobility management platform through a multi-year partnership. The Populus platform is the solution of choice for cities around the world to securely receive data from shared mobility operators such as e-scooters, mopeds, and cars, and to digitally manage new mobility, curb, and street policies.
Populus, the industry-leading platform for cities to manage transportation and mobility services and Merian Ventures portfolio company, announced that it was awarded a contract by the City of San Diego to provide its robust mobility management platform through a multi-year partnership. The Populus platform is the solution of choice for cities around the world to securely receive data from shared mobility operators such as e-scooters, mopeds, and cars, and to digitally manage new mobility, curb, and street policies.
Populus, the industry-leading platform for cities to manage transportation and mobility services and Merian Ventures portfolio company, will partner with the U.S. DOT to identify opportunities to harness data from some of the 45 million trips it has already processed from shared bikes, electric bikes, and electric scooters to facilitate micromobility management.
Priya Guha, Venture Partner at Merian Ventures, will be participating at Startup Summit 2020, set to be held on 28th & 29th October on a virtual conference platform. Ahead of Startup Summit 2020, DIGIT caught up with Ms. Guhu to discuss diversity in tech and VC investment for female tech entrepreneurs.
“Napolina wanted to communicate information and reassure shoppers about its canned tomatoes, especially in light of investigations into exploitation of migrant agriculture workers in Italy. It has worked with Provenance, a Merian Ventures portfolio company, to provide QR codes on cans linking to sourcing details and the product’s journey from farming co-operative to grocery store.”
Computer Weekly has announced the 2020 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Technology. The list makes female role models in the tech sector more visible and accessible. Selected in this year’s list is Merian Venture’s Priya Guha, a venture partner on our team since 2019.
Pivigo, a service provider enabling organizations to connect to a community of data science freelancers, consultants and analytical PhDs to implement AI and Machine Learning solutions and Merian Ventures portfolio company, announced Alex Willardas its new CEO. Willard replaces Pivigo Founder, Dr. Kim Nilsson, whom has joined the Pivigo Board of Directors as Chairman.
