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California passes law mandating VC firms to release investments’ diversity information

This is the United States’ first piece of legislation that aims to increase diversity within the venture capital landsca...
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Fearless Fund barred from awarding grant to Black women founders

Experts and venture industry insiders following the Fearless Fund case remain dumbfounded as it continues to unfold. So...
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VC Office Hours: How data can help improve social impact investing

Erin Harkless Moore talks about Pivotal Ventures’ investment strategy, and its future. Source: TCじゃぱん
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Should VCs back the FTC suit against Amazon?

Which do you prefer: Regulators working to contain market power or a potential ceiling being set on exit values for the ...
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Bootstrapping is cool once again

Network or no, startup founders are increasingly having to figure out sources of financing that's not venture capital. ...
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What’s the best way to run a startup in a world full of advice?

There exist myriad answers to the question of ‘how to found your first startup.’ But which of those answers apply to you...
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Communia hopes to build a digital safe space for women

Olivia Deramus' company Communia competes in TechCrunch's Battlefield 200, with the mission to create a safe digital spa...
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Inside Kinhub’s plan to democratize employee wellness

Kinhub, a B2B SaaS platform powered by AI, seeks to democratize access to coaching and wellness support for employees. ...
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New California law would force firms to report diversity metrics

The bill requires venture capital firms operating in California to report the diversity breakdown of the founders they f...
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Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 2023 Demo Day, Day 1

What follows are our favorites from the first day’s pitches, listed in no particular order. Source: TCじゃぱん
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VC Office Hours: Why the sex tech industry could benefit from today’s politics

Despite the potential for technology to radically transform it, the sex tech industry isn’t actually discussed muc...
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The Civil Rights Movement comes to venture capital

For the last year and a half, there is only one point I’ve sought to make with my venture coverage: that the industry is...
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11xAI closes $2 million pre-seed to create autonomous AI workers

11xAI announced the closing of a $2 million pre-seed round led by Project A Ventures today. In conjunction with its fund...
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Fearless Fund responds to racial discrimination lawsuit

Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based fund that invests solely in women founders of color, has responded to the suit filed aga...
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The struggle to diversify venture investments is under fresh fire

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of sta...
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Here’s what the Fearless Fund lawsuit could mean for venture

The first official piece of policy around diversity efforts in venture capital may soon see the light of day, but not be...
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The US could learn a lot from how the UK is crafting DEI policy for venture capital

The U.K.’s Treasury Select Committee last month released a report on the diversity — or lack thereof — of the nation’s v...
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Commentary: The old guard in venture reigns supreme

Black founders raised $212 million out of $29 billion this Q2, picking up just 0.71% of the capital allocated to U.S. fo...
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VC Office Hours: Black Girls Code founder Kimberly Bryant starts a new chapter

Kimberly Bryant has had quite a few ups and down during her journey as an entrepreneur, especially over the past year. K...
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Is Black news VC backable?

Lately I’ve been thinking about media publishing startups (think Semafor and Puck) and their fundraising rounds. Semafor...
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Bloom Money raises £1M to digitize microcredit finance for ethnic communities

Bloom Money, a U.K.-based fintech, has raised £1 million to digitize an informal financial management system employed by...
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Bloom Money raises £1M to digitize finance for ethnic communities

Bloom Money, a U.K.-based fintech, has raised £1 million to digitize an informal financial management system employed by...
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Materials Nexus raises £2 million seed to discover clean climate material

Materials Nexus, a deep tech AI and quantum mechanic company, announced Wednesday the close of a £2 million seed round l...
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Startups with all-women founding teams raised just $1.4B in H1

U.S. startups with mixed-gender founding teams — meaning they have at least one female founder — raised $24.1 billion in...
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What’s going on with Greenwood and The Gathering Spot?

When Greenwood, a neobank that courts Black and Latino customers, acquired The Gathering Spot last year — a networking a...
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VC Office Hours: How this venture thesis aims to improve tech for women

Naseem Sayani launched Emmeline Ventures in January 2022 with two missions: to help back more women founders, and to hir...
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VC Office Hours: Fabrice do Rego on building one of the few Black-led funds in the EU

Before he became one of the few Black fund managers in the EU, Fabrice do Rego had quite a long career in finance. He st...
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Cornerstone VC hires Ella Wales Bonner as first female partner

Cornerstone VC, one of the leading funds in the UK with a diversity-led investment thesis, announced today the hiring of...
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What’s it like being a Black founder in France?

In France, Shaila Sahai says pitching investors usually goes like this. She is a woman, Black and a CEO, and when she wa...
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Fearless Fund raises multi-million-dollar follow-on round from Bank of America, Costco and Mastercard

Fearless Fund today said it has received a multi-million-dollar follow-on investment from Bank of America, Costco and Ma...
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