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Steve Case Testifies on Expanding Access to Capital Across America

Revolution

House Committee on Financial Services Hearing, Beyond Silicon Valley: Expanding Access to Capital AcrossAmerica On March 25, 2025, Revolutions Chairman and CEO, Steve Case, testified before the Committee during a session examining policy proposals to improve capital access. Watch the hearing and read his full testimony here andbelow.

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African tech took center stage in 2021

TechCrunch

Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global players that translated to the continent’s best year of receiving venture capital. Entering 2021, the bullishness of African tech stakeholders returned — and why not? Venture capital investment in Africa predicted to reach a record high this year.

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Only one week until TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 opens a world of opportunity

TechCrunch

Just seven days until more than 10,000 people around the world storm the internet to attend TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. And, because Disrupt is highly interactive, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to engage, ask questions and receive answers. And that’s exactly what every startup raising capital needs to know.

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

Both Sides of the Table

2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. Since 2021, Upfront returned more than $600 million to LPs and returned more than $1 billion since 2018.

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Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson will be a Startup Battlefield Judge at Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

Dayna Grayson has been in venture capital for more than a decade and was one of the first VCs to build a portfolio around the transformation of industrial sectors of our economy. It should come as no surprise, then, that we’re absolutely thrilled to have Grayson join us at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September.

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Here are the 5 Startup Battlefield finalists at Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

These companies will take the stage one more time on Thursday, September 23, the final day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. Since beta launching in April 2021, the company has onboarded around 5,000 customers who use its savings product. The judges and TechCrunch editors evaluated the companies and selected five finalists: Adventr.

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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

raised approximately $7 billion in 2021 , up 59% year over year. Female-founded venture firms have shown strong support for female-founded startups accounting for 28% of their deal counts from 2016 to October 2021 in startups with at least one female founder. billion of total venture capital. In contrast, male-only founded U.S.