IT総合 Swizzle Fund raises $5M for inaugural fund addressing women’s health and wealth
There is a new venture fund in town. Swizzle Fund, founded by Jessica Kamada, former COO of the marketing agency Bamboo,...
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IT総合 IT総合 Lerer Hippeau files to a raise Fund IX
Lerer Hippeau, one of New York's most prolific and A-list VC firms, has filed to raise its ninth fund, according to an S...
IT総合 Hotel booking platform Safara raises $14M, acquires rival Skipper
Doug Schuessler has always been a founder. This passion, which has been with him since childhood, saw him launch two sta...
IT総合 Culina Health nabs $7.9M to provide virtual access to registered dietitians
As a dietitian, Vanessa Rissetto’s main goal is to help people stay healthy. She also knew that there were some ro...
IT総合 Stephen Curry’s Penny Jar Capital files to raise a Fund II
Penny Jar Capital is the early-stage firm founded by Bryant Barr and Richard Scudellari and where basketball star Stephe...
IT総合 Jay-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners merges with investment arm of Pendulum Holdings
Jay-Z’s venture capital firm, Marcy Venture Partners, has merged with another Black-owned investment firm, Pendulum Hold...
IT総合 Skims co-founder Jens Grede addresses those IPO rumors
Skims co-founder Jens Grede has confirmed that plans for an IPO are on the back burner—for now at least, according to a ...
IT総合 Arlan Hamilton announces changes at Backstage Capital, will step into advisory role
Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital, announced Friday that her role at the firm she started in 2015 will evolve...
IT総合 YC-backed Zimi raises $2M to help international merchants easily sell in the U.S.
Audrey Djiya and Peter Nsaka always wanted to be founders. Djiya’s parents, grandparents, and great-grandpar...
IT総合 Former LA Lakers star launches VC firm
Former NBA Lakers star Metta Sandiford-Artest (formerly known as Metta World Peace), has teamed up with Stephen Stokols,...
IT総合 Women in AI: Tamar Eilam is helping IBM build sustinable computing
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is l...
IT総合 Non-profit 1863 Ventures has closed, reborn into for-profit New Majority Ventures
The nonprofit organization 1863 Ventures, which focused on providing capital and mentorship to early-staged underreprese...
IT総合 Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner are raising money for a new consumer startup
Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner are looking to raise $10 million for a new business called Khloud, according to an SEC ...
IT総合 Frère’s fashion brand is upgrading the ‘tech bro’ look
What do Tim Cook, Jay Z, and Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of Coinbase, all have in common? That would be their interest...
IT総合 Illumen Capital doubles down on supporting underrepresented funds
Illumen Capital is doubling down on its support for fund managers and founders from underrepresented communities. The f...
IT総合 Federal prosecutors have charged another Forbes 30 Under 30 alum with fraud
The FBI unsealed an indictment yesterday that alleges Joanna Smith-Griffin, founder of the AI startup AllHere Education,...
IT総合 Marlon Nichols talks relationship building in the African markets
Marlon Nichols took the stage at AfroTech last week to discuss the importance of building relationships when it comes to...
IT総合 Precursor’s Charles Hudson believes founders should test their investors
Charles Hudson, managing partner of Precursor Ventures, told an audience at AfroTech the basics of knowing when to inves...
IT総合 How social app Spill plans to capitalize on the exodus from X
Social networking rivals continue to benefit from the user exodus from X. Spill, the social app founded by two form...
IT総合 Meghan Markle is expanding her consumer portfolio
Instyle reported yesterday that Meghan is an investor in the hair and wellness company Highbrow Hippie, founded by her c...
IT総合 Sam Bankman-Fried is coming back
Well, to the big screen, at least. Variety reports that Lena Dunham is working with Apple and production studio A2...
IT総合 Former Raya, Dispo exec has a new fund for the biggest out-of-favor tech: consumer
The idea of one day becoming a venture capitalist always loomed in the back of TJ Taylor's mind. After all, he had an ex...
IT総合 SocialCrowd raises $2.5M seed round as interest in future of work software remains
Back in February, when TechCrunch spoke to Raphael Akinsipe, he described his company SocialCrowd as a “Fitbit but for w...
IT総合 Research Grid raises $6.4M to automate clinical trial admin
Amber Hill spent 14 years as a medical researcher. She didn’t mind the work, but there was one thing she consisten...
IT総合 Meta extends political ad ban past Election Day
Meta announced Tuesday that it is extending its restriction on political ads until later in the week, though it did not ...
IT総合 A new app launches to help keep voters informed for elections
Around the corner is perhaps one of the most important elections this nation has ever seen, yet many people are still un...
IT総合 BBG Ventures raises new $60 million fund to support diverse founders
BBG Ventures raised a new $60 million fund to support founders from “diverse backgrounds,” including gender, race,...
IT総合 Female Founders Fund returns its Fund I
After 10 years, the Female Founders Fund has returned its $5.85 million Fund I, according to Fortune. The news makes FFF...
IT総合 MaC VC raised $150 million Fund III
MaC VC just raised a $150 million Fund III, according to Fortune. The firm, which launched in 2021 and already has...
IT総合 How to court — and retain — Gen Z workers
It’s the topic on everyone’s mind: Are Gen Z workers actually different? TechCrunch sought to find out at this yea...