IT総合 AfroTech Conference heads to Austin for first in-person event since 2019
The AfroTech Conference, one of the nation’s most prominent Black tech gatherings, will touch down in Austin on No...
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IT総合 IT総合 More than 70 VC firms join VCs for Repro coalition to support reproductive rights
Seventy-five venture capital firms, including Bloomberg Beta, 776, and M13, are standing together to launch VCs for Repr...
IT総合 Ralph Lauren redesigns Polo logo for first time ever in new digital collection with Fortnite
Ralph Lauren, a storied brand known for its preppy, traditionally East Coast designs, is not exactly the first retailer ...
IT総合 Latinx founders see VC funding drop as investors retreat from underrepresented cohorts
The latest Crunchbase data shows that Latinx-founded companies in the United States raised $250 million out of the $39.8...
IT総合 How to raise funds when you aren’t in the Bay Area
Perhaps sitting perched somewhere in sunny Miami, Florida, is a founder wondering the best ways to fundraise for a compa...
IT総合 The lack of VC funding to women is a Western societal shortfall
The issue of women startup founders not receiving equitable venture funding is a shortfall of the West: It’s here, every...
IT総合 TechCrunch wants to hear Black founders’ stories of VC fundraising
On Friday, TechCrunch reported the latest Crunchbase venture capital data, and the news isn’t very good from a div...
IT総合 Black startup founders raised just $187 million in the third quarter
The amount of capital raised by Black entrepreneurs continues to decrease.
The latest Crunchbase numbers show that Black...
IT総合 Kanye joins the ranks of arrogant billionaires buying their own echo chambers
After a whirlwind month of spewing racism, antisemitism and just straight oddities, Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kan...
IT総合 The highs and lows of Q3 venture capital data for women startup founders
Perhaps unsurprisingly, new PitchBook data found that U.S. companies with all female founders are raising less capital t...
IT総合 Orlando has all the ingredients to be the next big startup hub
There’s much potential for Orlando to be what Austin is to Texas, what Atlanta is to Georgia — a booming hub where start...
IT総合 GOP’s war on ESG could come back to bite it
Less than two months before Hurricane Ian swept across Florida, its governor, Ron DeSantis, referred to ESG investing as...
IT総合 Europe’s inaugural Women in VC Summit the first step in a long climb toward equity
Some of the most prominent women in venture capital descended upon Paris this week for the first-ever Women in VC Summit...
IT総合 Conservative capitalists are funding their vision of the future
Given the political climate and Peter Thiel’s political views, it initially seemed ironic that Thiel Capital chose now a...
IT総合 8 investors discuss what’s ahead for reproductive health startups in a post-Roe world
One of the most pressing issues the U.S. has to prepare for, perhaps, is the future it faces after the toppling of Roe v...
IT総合 8 VCs discuss the overturning of Roe v. Wade, venture, and the midterm elections
The overturning of Roe v. Wade sent a huge shockwave through the U.S., and while the nation recovers slowly, the venture...
IT総合 Fintech app Portabl raises $2.5M to help consumers securely store financial data
Fintech Portabl announced the closing of a $2.5 million seed round today led by Harlem Capital Partners. Portabl, founde...
IT総合 JusticeText raises $2.2M to increase transparency in criminal evidence-gathering
Software company JusticeText today announced the closing of a $2.2 million seed round, with participation from Bloomberg...
IT総合 Trans founders to VCs: ‘Cut me a check’
There is no data to show how little venture funding goes to trans founders.
All that exists is a report from Backstage C...
IT総合 How gender-affirming health care startups are navigating legal miasma
Kate Anthony started in the Lone Star State.
It was there, in 2019, that she launched her app Euphoria, seeking to provi...
IT総合 A look at progress toward venture equity this Women’s Equality Day
Today is Women’s Equality Day, otherwise known as the day women were granted the right to vote. There’s nuance to the da...
IT総合 Ron DeSantis’ proposed ban on ESG investments would be another blow for diverse fund managers
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is taking aim at ESG investing as part of his ongoing war on things he considers “wo...
IT総合 What happens when a Black founder is ousted?
To play on a Langston Hughes poem — what happens to a Black founder ousted? Are they forgotten, like words on the tip of...
IT総合 How a16z’s investment into Adam Neumann further solidifies the ‘concrete ceiling’
It was the fundraise heard around Twitter.
Adam Neumann, the infamous entrepreneur behind WeWork, raised a stunning $350...
IT総合 Serena Williams’ next act in venture capital is essential in this moment
Lights, camera, another backhand winner down the line. It’s hard to imagine that in two weeks, Serena Williams is playin...
IT総合 The Silicon Peach is still ripe: Atlanta’s venture ecosystem stands strong
Atlanta’s venture ecosystem is looking pretty peachy.
In H1 2022, Atlanta companies raised $1.6 billion in funding...
IT総合 SaaS startup Stimulus closes oversubscribed $2.5 million seed round
SaaS startup Stimulus announced today the closing of an oversubscribed $2.5 million seed round led by Black Ops Ventures...
IT総合 Black Founders Matter ousts Black founder, morphs into BFM Fund
Plenty of pixels have been spilled documenting the mission of Black Founders Matter, from TechCrunch to The New York Tim...
IT総合 VCs and founders alike say investors should fold reproductive rights into ESG standards
Traditionally, U.S. private market investors who adopted environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) framework...
IT総合 After Roe’s reversal, founders of women’s health startups prepare for battle
Advocates and organizers had been preparing for Roe v. Wade to be overturned since the U.S. Supreme Court draft decision...