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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of audiovisual startup Chroma

TechCrunch

Chroma , a startup working to build a new type of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices, is now adding a Twitter co-founder to its board. In 2017, Stone publicly announced he was returning to Twitter to lead strategic vision, brand, and culture, where he remained until 2021. million in seed funding (5.1

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Jitx wants to change the way engineers design circuit boards using code

TechCrunch

Electrical engineers have been designing custom circuit boards on computers for years, but this approach simply moved the paper and pencil method to digital. Jitx , a startup from three Berkeley alumni, recognized that the digital approach to board design hadn’t changed much and they saw an opening. Image Credits: Jitx.

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FundersClub Weekly Newsletter - June 15, 2017

FundersClub

technology startup founders and how that affects the gender diversity of the employees they hire in " The 2017 US Startup Team Gender Diversity Study. What does an ideal board look like? " Investor Thoughts. FundersClub explores the gender diversity of U.S. " Connor Murphy of SAP.iO

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Startup’s Advisory Board Draws in Eight Unicorn Founders and Executives

American Entrepreneurship

Their two plus year old startup just raised $20 million in funding and set up an advisory board comprised of eight unicorn founders and executives. Eber completed his PhD in 2016 and Wehmeyer was a Research Associate for a year, 2016 to 2017. Possibly the co-founders of Taktile, Dr. Maximilian Eber and Maik Taro Wehmeyer know.

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Half Of All VCs Beat The Stock Market

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

This study was based on a large sample of VC fund level returns from 2009 to 2017 and does not include the last few years which have been particularly strong for the VC sector. The Gotham Gal and I have been investing in the VC funds of managers we know well and have worked with closely on boards of startups for about fifteen years now.

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Cryptocurrency pioneer Diana Biggs joins digital assets startup Valour as its new CEO

TechCrunch

Biggs explored the potential for blockchain technology to help solve humanitarian challenges through her venture, Proof of Purpose, in 2017, and her TEDx speech on Blockchain Technology that year is considered by many in the blockchain space to be one of the best in the genre. The move is significant with the news that Tesla has bought $1.5

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Wireless charging firm Aira raises $12M

TechCrunch

Founded in 2017, Arizona-based Aira didn’t waste any time proving out its technology. version of FreePower on the horizon, and Jawad having just joined our board, this is an inflection point for Aira.”. The news also sees Axon CFO Jawad Ashan joining Aira’s board of directors. With so many partnerships in our pipeline, a 2.0