IT総合 There’s a growing desire in the UK for more Black specialty venture funds
Between 2009 and 2019 in the U.K., just 30 Black people received VC funding, equating to less than 0.4% of all funds all...
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IT総合 IT総合 20SALES closes $5M inaugural fund to invest in early-stage B2B SaaS startups
20SALES, a venture capital fund led by eight women, said it has closed its $5 million inaugural fund, which it will inve...
IT総合 What happens to the smaller VC firms in a more conservative market?
Smaller venture funds are finding a way to manage in the midst of a conservative market.
As with all bear markets, the a...
IT総合 Mistral AI’s mega fundraise is a red flag for many concerned about inclusivity
Often, when people ask me how the venture and startup market is doing, I have to take a moment. The easy answer is that ...
IT総合 Smaller VCs are having an impact on diverse investors and founders
Smaller funds, those that have $50 million or less in assets under management, are helping to usher in a new wave of div...
IT総合 The ‘AI arms race’ is about more than who will lead the industry
The conversations around AI and sustainability have centered around two fronts, according to Lorenzo Thione, a managing ...
IT総合 Venture firm Black Seed raises £5M inaugural fund to invest in Black founders
British early-stage venture firm Black Seed has raised £5 million ($6.2 million) as part of its inaugural fund to solely...
IT総合 Why the economics of equality is key to Atlanta’s future
TechCrunch sat down with investor and entrepreneur Rodney Sampson as part of a fireside chat for our TechCrunch Live At...
IT総合 Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens explains why tech companies are moving to the city
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens sat down with TechCrunch to help open our first TechCrunch Live event dedicated to the city ...
IT総合 Crunchbase will begin tracking venture dollars allocated to LGBTQ+ founders
Crunchbase announced Thursday that it is starting to track the amount of venture capital dollars invested in founders wh...
IT総合 Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens to speak at TechCrunch Live’s Atlanta event
TechCrunch Live is excited to announce a fireside chat with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens to kick off our virtual TechCrun...
IT総合 Hear from top Atlanta VCs at TechCrunch Live’s Atlanta event
It’s hard to believe there’s only less than a month before TechCrunch (virtually) touches down in Atlanta for our latest...
IT総合 SoftBank rebrands Opportunity Fund, will invest $150 million in Black and Latino-led startups
SoftBank has launched a second fund under its Opportunity Growth Fund to raise and invest $150 million in Black and Lati...
IT総合 Without Black representation in climate tech, ‘the planet will burn’
Historically, the Black community in the U.S. has been disproportionately affected by the effects of climate change. Rel...
IT総合 VC funding of women climate tech founders is abysmal. Here’s how it could improve
The venture community has realized several things in recent years: Climate change isn’t going away, and there is a huge ...
IT総合 Four investors explain why AI ethics can’t be an afterthought
Billions of dollars are flooding into AI. Yet, AI models are already being affected by prejudice, as evidenced by mortga...
IT総合 TechCrunch Live is going to Atlanta and you’re invited!
Atlanta, Georgia has emerged as one of the buzziest new hubs in the nation, with booming enterprise, cybersecurity, and ...
IT総合 It’s never too late to align product-market fit metrics with your company’s values
It’s a perennial question for early-stage startups: how does one find product-market fit (PMF)? What do you do to ...
IT総合 At 0.69% in Q1, the dip in funding for Black founders ‘no longer evokes an emotional response’
Black founders are also seeing a year-over-year decline in Q1 funding, according to new Crunchbase data that looked at s...
IT総合 Threading the needle: 5 questions for National Grid Partners’ Lisa Lambert
The Arctic is melting, while hurricanes, blizzards and heat waves leave millions of people and animals in disarray. Lisa...
IT総合 Creative platform EVEN raises $2.3M seed round to help artists sell directly to fans
Creative platform EVEN, which allows artists to sell music directly to fans, said it has closed a $2.2 million seed roun...
IT総合 At just 2.1% of all VC investment, funding for women remains ‘meh’ in Q1 2023
Things could’ve been worse, I guess.
Companies with all female-founding teams raised about $800 million, or 2.1%, ...
IT総合 MassMutual launches $100 million fund to invest in diverse founders
Insurance company MassMutual announced Thursday the launch of a new impact investing MM Catalyst Fund of $100 million. T...
IT総合 Arts Help launches $6M fundraise to build digital climate library and ESG certification program
Nonprofit Arts Help is launching a $6 million fund to build the world’s first digital climate library to provide public ...
IT総合 Threading the needle: 5 questions with investor Lauren Maillian
For the past five years, Lauren Maillian was tasked with asking hard questions. Questions like: How much venture funding...
IT総合 Construction insurance company Billy raises additional $2.5 million
Construction insurance company Billy announced today the closing of an additional $2.5 million led by Entrada Ventures a...
IT総合 Threading the needle: Exploring 5 ideas with the founders of LGBT+ VC
Silicon Valley’s full of people from all walks of life, but very little of its wealth is distributed evenly, especially ...
IT総合 Now is the time to invest in Black-owned banks
In the past two weeks, millions of dollars shuffled from startup and investor bank accounts housed in the collapsed Sili...
IT総合 ‘Trust is a hard thing to earn’: SVB’s closure could disproportionately affect Black founders
Dakotah Rice, the founder of investing platform Pollit, was sitting on his couch Thursday watching CNBC as he does every...
IT総合 VCs and founders are finding life easy in the Big Easy
The good times are starting to roll in the New Orleans startup ecosystem.
TechCrunch spoke to local founders and investo...