500 startups have several accusers come forward against at least 2 of its leaders[1][2][3][4]. Nobody can necessarily know the full extent of what happened with

500 startups have several accusers come forward against at least 2 of its leaders[1][2][3][4]. Nobody can necessarily know the full extent of what happened without having been there when each incident occurred but there has been enough information released to see patterns and the accused aren’t exactly denying the events. Given how hard it is historically for female founders to get funding even under the best of circumstances, it’s much harder during this particular period, with the negative attention and some men even considering avoiding hiring/investing/being alone in a room with a woman[5]. I definitely can’t see any “accuser ride the publicity to raise a round”. Also, in the case cited by the parent post is of a man anonymously pretending to be a woman and posting false accusations against an investor, which has nothing to do with recent accusations by non-anonymous sources. [1] https://www.axios.com/500-startups-partner-elizabeth-yin-resigns-2452787280.html https://www.axios.com/500-startups-partner-elizabeth-yin-res... [2] https://cherylyeoh.com/2017/07/03/shedding-light-on-the-black-box-of-inappropriateness/ https://cherylyeoh.com/2017/07/03/shedding-light-on-the-blac... [3] https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/20/the-long-term-cost-of-sexual-harassment/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/20/the-long-term-cost-of-sexu... [4] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/technology/women-entrepreneurs-speak-out-sexual-harassment.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/technology/women-entrepre... [5] https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/23/dear-tech-dudes-stop-being-such-idiots-about-women/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/23/dear-tech-dudes-stop-being...