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Data obscures positive trends in VC dollars reaching women-founded startups

TechCrunch

In 2021, $330 billion in venture capital was deployed, and only 2% of that number went to companies founded only by women and 15.6% In my view, the correct statistic is about 18%, not 2% — as we should take into account deals that had mixed-gender founding teams. The rest is noise.

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“Workers are mad and no longer willing to sit idly by being spoon fed ‘we’re family’ b t from bosses:” Logan LaHive is Helping Employees Organize & Collectively Bargain. But Did He Compromise His Own Vision By Taking Venture Capital for the Startup?

Hunter Walk

and yes, I’m intentionally not throwing DAOs or web3 in the mix here as just doesn’t yet deserve implied parity). HW: Frank is venture backed. Lot of people I’ve known for many years certainly aren’t returning emails the way they used to. Look, socialists hate venture capital, and venture capitalists hate unions.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

Can Bitcoin find its practical use case as a currency in Latin America? Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene. venture capital. More posts by this contributor. In Latin America, the business of trolling threatens Twitter’s disruptive power.

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Unleashing Infinite Hues: An Interview with Steve Wang, the Visionary CEO of Colorpik Inc.

Jason Malki

The pen could also be used to create digital art, as the scanned colors can be easily transferred to digital projects. The pen could be used to teach children about color theory and color mixing. It could also be used to create interactive educational materials.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. Columbia Business School Tamer Fund for Social Ventures. Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank.

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Israel’s startup ecosystem powers ahead, amid a year of change

TechCrunch

Released in 2011, “Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle” was a book that laid claim to the idea that Israel was an unusual type of country. It wasn’t long before venture capital firms started up and major tech companies like Microsoft, Google and Samsung had R&D centers and accelerators located in the country.