IT総合 SymbyAI raises $2.1M seed to make science research easier
SymbyAI, a SaaS platform that uses AI to streamline scientific research, announced a $2.1 million seed round with partic...
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IT総合 IT総合 Maternity clinic Millie nabs $12M Series A from an all-star, all female class of VCs
Millie, a California-based maternity clinic, founded by Anu Sharma, announced the raise of a $12 million Series A by inv...
IT総合 Here are all the tech companies rolling back DEI or still committed to it — so far
Companies around America have started cutting DEI programs and eliminating DEI commitments from public documents in resp...
IT総合 Apple shareholders vote down anti-DEI proposal
Apple shareholders rejected an anti-DEI proposal at its investor meeting Tuesday. The proposal was brought by a conserva...
IT総合 6 new tech unicorns were minted in January 2025
Despite a still tight venture capital market, new unicorns are still being created every month. Using data from Crunchba...
IT総合 61 US startups became unicorns in 2024: Here’s the full list
The list included Elon Musk’s xAI, as well as a good number of other AI startups.
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IT総合 Cherryrock Capital raises new $172M fund from all-star investors to back diverse founders
Cherryrock Capital, founded by ex-TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot, announced Wednesday the closing of its $172 millio...
IT総合 Brand new women’s focused Swizzle Ventures skyrockets past its fundraising target
Swizzle Ventures has closed its Fund I at $6.6 million, bypassing its initial $3 million target, Jessica Kamada, the fir...
IT総合 Mark Zuckerberg’s charity U-turns, ends DEI efforts
Mark Zuckerberg’s charity has eliminated its DEI programs and efforts just weeks after assuring staff it would con...
IT総合 OpenAI scrubs diversity commitment web page from its site
OpenAI has eliminated a page on its website that used to express its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The...
IT総合 VC industry reacts to Trump nominating a16z’s Brian Quintez for regulatory role
Brian Quintenz, who leads policy for Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto team, announced on Wednesday that he’s being tapped to...
IT総合 Google says it removed cultural events from its calender last year
Google has removed events such as Black History Month and Pride Month from being listed on the calendar by default. ...
IT総合 Mark Zuckerberg’s charity insists it’s not abandoning its DEI efforts
Mark Zuckerberg’s charity has told its employees it will remain committed to DEI even as Meta eliminates its DEI program...
IT総合 Google ditches DEI hiring goals
Google will no longer have diversity hiring targets and will review its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, accor...
IT総合 Archive raises $30M to solve fashion’s pollution problem with online resales
The fashion industry has concerned Emily Gittins since adolescence. The sector is, after all, one of the most poll...
IT総合 Ontario cancels, then restores, $68 million Starlink contract after protesting US tariffs
On Monday, Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, one of Canada’s most populous provinces, announced on X that the province&...
IT総合 Ontario cancels $100 million Starlink contract in protest at U.S. tariffs
Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, one of Canada’s most populous provinces, announced on X that the province’s gov...
IT総合 a16z has venture scouts scattered across Europe
Despite news that Andreessen Horowitz closed its London crypto-focused office, the VC reportedly still has dozens of sco...
IT総合 Foyer unlocks $6.2M to help people save up to buy homes
Landy Liu knows how hard it is to save for a home. While working at mortgage startup Better.com, he spent years de...
IT総合 Tom Brady’s Autograph merges with digital fitness company Future
Autograph, the $3.1 billion valuation NFT company co-founded by Tom Brady, is merging with the digital fitness company F...
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...
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...