'You don't become less ambitious': the female startup founders going public with their pregnancies

More female startup founders are blowing up conventional ideas that having a newborn and building a startup don't mix

In late January, Amy Nelson, the founder of the Riveter co-working network, posted an ultrasound on Twitter. "That's my baby girl," she wrote. "She arrives in June " #proudmama."

Though baby announcements aren't uncommon on social media, for startup world, this tweet was surprising. Female startup founders have historically shied away from going public with their pregnancies. Investors - the lifeblood of startup funding - have frequently hesitated to bet on companies whose founder might soon be juggling a newborn.