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Brazil’s Monkey nabs $6M Series A for financial marketplace

TechCrunch

Jonathan Whittle, partner and co-founder of Quona Capital, said his firm — which invests in startups focused on fintech for inclusion in emerging markets — was impressed with what he described as Monkey’s “novel approach.”.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

businesses that were started during a recent eight-year period (2007 to 2014). At the same time, according to research by All Raise, only 15 percent of all venture capital funding is allocated to female founders. The economists who conducted the study analyzed administrative government data on the founders of all U.S.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

businesses that were started during a recent eight-year period (2007 to 2014). At the same time, according to research by All Raise, only 15 percent of all venture capital funding is allocated to female founders. The economists who conducted the study analyzed administrative government data on the founders of all U.S.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. How to find a job as a VC scout.

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