IT総合 Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon tells startups to reconsider going public
Goldman Sachs is one of the biggest investment banker “book runners” for IPOs – where banks are paid many millions of do...
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IT総合 IT総合 Teal Health raises $10M to create at-home cervical cancer screenings
The process of getting screened for cervical cancer is quite intimidating. It’s the once-a-year, sometimes life-changing...
IT総合 Boardy AI raises $8M seed round months after closing pre-seed
Months after announcing a $3 million pre-seed, the AI networking startup Boardy is back with an $8 million seed announce...
IT総合 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are slamming Meta over its fact-checking policy
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have joined the ranks of those displeased with Meta’s changes to fact-checking and have r...
IT総合 Top New York VC Ben Lerer says more mid-sized VC firms are heading for failure
Ben Lerer, managing partner of one of New York’s most prestigious seed-stage venture firms, Lerer Hippeau, shared some p...
IT総合 A 24-year-old who exited his first company to Coinbase, raises $3M for his next venture
At 24 years old, Pryce Yebesi already has one exit: selling his crypto invoicing company Utopia Labs to Coinbase for an ...
IT総合 Amazon curbs some DEI programs
Amazon is now the latest company to curb some of its DEI programs, Bloomberg reports, after Meta announced that it, too,...
IT総合 Shein is still looking to IPO
Shein is still looking to IPO, Reuters reports. The company is looking to list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and co...
IT総合 Meta eliminates DEI programs
Axios reports that Meta is eliminating its biggest DEI efforts, effective immediately, including ones that focused on hi...
IT総合 What will this year bring in VC? We asked a few investors
A new year brings with it hope for a better tomorrow — kind of, at least. In the world of venture capital, nothing is qu...
IT総合 Venture fund founder sues PayPal, alleging racial discrimination
Andav Capital's founder claims PayPal's program was discriminatory as it sought to exclusively focus on Black and Hispan...
IT総合 Hollywood angels: Here are the celebrities who are also star VCs
Becoming a venture capitalist has become the latest status symbol In Hollywood.
Everyone from Olivia Wilde to Emma Wats...
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,...
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...