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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

billion of total venture capital. List of 60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms The following includes venture funds founded by women or those that have a focus on funding women-founded or gender-mixed startups and early-stage companies. According to the PitchBook data, in 2022 U.S.-based

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From Accelerators to Venture Capital: What is best for your startup?

Gust

With startup growth up 61% since 2014 and more investment programs emerging, it can be overwhelming for founders to know just where to jump in. The post From Accelerators to Venture Capital: What is best for your startup? billion in funding and created over 6,500 jobs. We have seen startups at. We have seen startups at.

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Summer International uses social media data to launch new beauty brands

TechCrunch

Summer International stays ahead of the game by identifying the most influential content creators, and working with them to incubate new brands. NYX was acquired by L’Oreal in 2014 for about $500 million. Ulta Beauty launches a fund, showcasing the resilience of corporate venture capital.

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President-elect Joseph Biden reportedly plucks Revolution’s Ron Klain as new chief of staff

TechCrunch

President-elect Joseph Biden has plucked Ron Klain, a longtime colleague and confidant and the current executive vice president of the venture capital firm Revolution, as his White House chief of staff, reports The New York Times. . Klain has spoken up ( in TechCrunch!

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SaaS-focused Acceleprise rebrands, raises $30M in new capital

TechCrunch

But why keep the door open to investing in other startups that it didn’t help incubate? Cardamone and the team chose Forum Ventures because of the work it has done to build a SaaS community that from time to time spins up companies that didn’t go through Forum’s programs, he said, and it wants to invest in some of them.

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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

TechCrunch

Thus, for Black Coffee , who backed Andela, a tech talent incubator and unicorn launched from Lagos in 2015, his win meant Africa’s tech scene could, for the first time, brag about having a homegrown Grammy Award-winning artist as an investor in its startups. Europe and globally. . For now, we’re going to still stay at a collective.

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4 keys to international expansion

TechCrunch

Levin joined Heartcore Capital in 2019 from Global Founders Capital, the billion-dollar VC arm of Rocket Internet, where he was responsible for investments in Canva, Heyjobs, Instarem, Anyfin and others. Homejoy expanded internationally in 2014 in a rush to squash a new German competitor Helpling.