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

TechCrunch

And given the current emphasis on achieving cost efficiency to extend runways in the broader startup ecosystem, it appears investors are open to insurtech startups that can build a sustainable business model, regardless of it including embedded insurance. And their huge customer base could be a competitive edge. That’s a very good question.

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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. “It’s been written over several years, and I’m hoping to use this to inspire a generation of entrepreneurs.” 4 takeaways from fintech VC in Q3 2020.

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

Talent in 2024. Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. Are we putting our energy into sustaining those relationships by being there to offer counsel or introductions? How can we help the team get calibrated on the role? Where are we putting our energy?

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

TechCrunch

The industrial biotech startup is working on bringing a novel protein to market — one it says will offer a nutritious, sustainable alternative to animal-derived proteins. The product, a single cell protein it’s branding Solein, is essentially an edible bacteria; a single cell microbe grown using gas fermentation.

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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. The argument they’re using is exactly the argument I used in 1992, when I started doing it.