Michael Maerlender

HearstLab

HearstLab's mission is to close the gap in VC funding for women by helping founders build healthy, sustainable and highly scalable businesses. In addition to financial investment, the startups gain unrivaled access to expertise within Hearst's 360+ businesses across fintech, healthcare, transportation, consumer media, enterprise software, and data analytics. Startups will be given assistance with privacy and security; legal services; and branding, marketing, advertising and editorial support. They will also benefit from the guidance and support of HearstLab Scouts, women leaders across Hearst's global businesses and Fitch. HearstLab has a full-time dedicated team assisting with UI/UX, DevOps engineering, data security, data science, business development, market research and recruiting.