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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend.

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Extra Crunch’s top 10 stories of 2020

TechCrunch

But, speaking as someone who’s worked at several startups, Extra Crunch stories contain actionable information you can use to build a company and/or look smart in meetings — and that’s worth something. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The VCs who founders love the most.

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6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech

TechCrunch

“Insurtech startups that do not offer embedded insurance, and rather provide other innovative solutions will still attract VC funding this year, especially if they can show cost-efficient and sustainable growth,” said Nina Mayer, a principal at Earlybird. Wechsler said, “Many firms who dabbled in insurtech (A.K.A.

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Extra Crunch roundup: B2B marketplaces, edtech M&A, breaking into the $1M ARR club

TechCrunch

These articles are only available to members, but you can use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one or two-year subscription. trillion by 2024. Will new SEC equity crowdfunding rules encourage more founders to pass the hat? Will new SEC equity crowdfunding rules encourage more founders to pass the hat?

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

Build trust with founders and then offer your own data-backed take on why a founder’s decision might not be the best decision they could make. Talent in 2024. Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. Key takeaways Write a MOC.

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Mistaking performance for competence

TechCrunch

I’d be lying if I told you that every week was an embarrassment of riches here at Actuator HQ (a one-bedroom in a Queens office managed by a mischievous lionhead rabbit mix), but I’ve thus far been happy with the flow of news. That’s doubly the case if you’re a founder who can see the end of the runway looming on the horizon.

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Solar Foods wants to replace industrial animal farming with a high-tech protein harvest

TechCrunch

The product, a single cell protein it’s branding Solein, is essentially an edible bacteria; a single cell microbe grown using gas fermentation. “Technically it’s like a brewery,” explains CEO and co-founder Dr Pasi Vainikka in an interview with TechCrunch. “Like fermentation technologies are.

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