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Tim Brady is leaving YC

Y Combinator

grew when I succeeded him as CPO in 2002, as he left in search of new adventures. We stayed in contact over the years and when I began thinking of starting something in the educational technology space in 2010, it was natural for us to begin batting ideas around. My connection to Tim and what he meant to Yahoo! And what adventures!

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Domestika raises $110M on a $1.3B valuation to expand its learning community for creative types

TechCrunch

Domestika has been around for years — it was founded back in 2002 — but its focus and the attention it is getting right now taps into a couple of areas that have proven to be especially popular recently with users, and in turn, investors. (In I am excited to support the team as they continue to innovate and grow.”.

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Fireside Project manifests a $200K fund to improve access to careers in psychedelic health

TechCrunch

Given the legal status of these substances, people are hesitant to call 911 if they are experiencing a crisis, many don’t have access to peer groups that can offer support and there’s not a lot of other support available either. “How can we have the biggest possible impact using the smallest amount of resources?

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After bootstrapping since 2002, Articulate raises $1.5B on $3.75B valuation

TechCrunch

CEO Adam Schwartz founded the company with his life savings in 2002 and hasn’t taken a dime of outside investment since. He says that the company started back in 2002 as a plug-in for PowerPoint.

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Hambleton Lord and Christopher Mirabile Are Changing the Face of Angel Investing

Angel Capital Association

With their shared dedication to professionalize angel investing, commitment to educate the angel community and decades long friendship, it is easy to understand why Hambleton Lord and Christopher Mirabile have been so successful at changing the face of angel investing. Criteria for selection include the following: 1.

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Tiger Global is raising a new $3.75 billion venture fund, one year after closing its last

TechCrunch

Shleifer focused on China; Fixel focused on India, and the rest of the firm’s support team (it now has 22 investing professionals on staff) helped find deals in Brazil and Russia before beginning to focus more aggressively on opportunities in the U.S. million Series D round. Last month, Tiger was back again, co-leading a $1.6

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Saving Lives, One School at a Time

Entrepreneurs' Organization

My first visit to Bangladesh was in 2002, and I had no illusions about this country. The progress in education, health and gender equity, and the fast improvement in basic living conditions, is also partly because of the success of the labour-intensive, export-based garments industry. I expected poverty and there was plenty of it.

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