Can a venture capital blacklist stop sexual harassment in Silicon Valley?

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.