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Crowdfunding Site Launches for the Female Entrepreneur

Crowdfunding Site Launches for the Female Entrepreneur
Nov 14, 2013

Plum Alley launched just over a year ago as an e-commerce website that put the spotlight on products created by women. Now it’s going to target fundraising for their start ups.

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