Tammy Cho, left, and Grace Choi, cofounders of the startup BetterBrave, work on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif. BetterBrave is a new startup that just launched an online portal where victims of sexual harassment in the technology workplace can find resources and connect with a lawyer. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group/TNS)
SAN JOSE, California: Badly shaken over a flood of female founders accusing investors of sexual harassment, Silicon Valley's venture capital community is searching for a new kind of pitch – one that will end unwanted workplace come-ons, groping and off-colour jokes.
Investors and entrepreneurs are crowdsourcing solutions, launching startups and creating online tools to tackle the issue. At least three groups, including prestigious Mountain View-based startup accelerator Y Combinator, are compiling blacklists of bad actors by inviting founders to file complaints online.
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