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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

But progress is being made as seen in the rising number of women-led venture funds that focus on funding women entrepreneurs. In addition, Crunchbase reports that w omen-founded venture firms in the U.S. venture firms allocated only 22% of their deals to female-founded startups. billion of total 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! about how regulatory hurdles could hinder key innovation in startup-land.

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Oxfam Novib and Goodwell target East African startups with €20M Pepea fund

TechCrunch

The fund, created with the backing of Oxfam Novib Impact Investments, will provide venture debt with a focus on mezzanine finance, which is a debt that can be turned into equity. Development organization Oxfam runs an SME incubation program in the three markets, while Goodwell’s funds are active in both Uganda and Kenya.

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Nigerian e-health pharmaceutical distribution startup DrugStoc secures $4.4 million Series A funding, embarks on expansion drive

TechCrunch

This is besides its more grandiose plan of venturing outside Nigeria into other markets within Africa. Other investors include Chicago-based venture firm Vested World, the German Development Bank (DEG) and high-net worth individuals with a keen interest in tech-health. “We We are very excited to be part of the DrugStoc journey.

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Venture Capital. Asian Venture Capital Journal (free trial).

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital. building companies in-house) or incubator (e.g.,

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Arrikto raises $10M for its MLOps platform

TechCrunch

The round was led by Unusual Ventures, with Unusual’s John Vrionis joining the board. At the core of Arrikto is Kubeflow, the Google -incubated open-source machine learning toolkit for Kubernetes — and in many ways, you can think of Arrikto as offering an enterprise-ready version of Kubeflow. Image Credits: Arrikto.