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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. billion of total venture capital. billion) out of approximately $238.3

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Redefining ‘founder-friendly’ capital in the post-FTX era

TechCrunch

Blair Silverberg is co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital , a financial services company using technology to accelerate the fundraising process. Today, it’s clear many companies could have used that guidance, seeing as FTX is only our latest and most high-profile example. Blair Silverberg. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Drowning in trash: Google opens applications for circular-economy accelerator

TechCrunch

Google is spinning up a new, online-only startup accelerator centered around the elusive circular economy. In the broadest of strokes, the circular economy represents a colossal shift in how humanity makes and uses stuff. Amazon throws more weight behind e-fuels to see if they stick.

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New capital fuels Purely Elizabeth’s next natural food phase

TechCrunch

As Stein, CEO, worked with clients, she saw the need for specialized foods, like gluten-free, and what started as a side project — a blueberry muffin mix — was the catalyst for Purely Elizabeth and became her first product before moving into granola, which is what the company is known for today. billion valuation.

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Daily Crunch: AI content developer Jasper now valued at $1.5B following capital infusion

TechCrunch

Venture capital funds focusing on niche sectors are “in,” according to Connie , and Will Ventures is here for it. Crypto accelerator : Andreessen Horowitz’s Chris Dixon dishes to Anita about a “ Crypto Startup School ,” an inaugural accelerator program that will kick off next year in Los Angeles.

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Ghost Financial whips up new capital into finance tools for ghost kitchens

TechCrunch

So instead, Meyer, founder and CEO, created Ghost Financial to initially do two things: provide what he touts as “the first cash-back credit card for food and beverage inventory” and use data and technology to underwrite restaurant expansion loans and credit limits for the card. The project is backed by Kelli Jones of Sixty8 Capital.

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Infermedica Raises $10 million Series A for R&D and International Expansion

Dream It

Today, the company announced a $10M Series A financing round led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and digital health fund Heal Capital , with participation from existing investors Karma Ventures, Inovo Venture Partners, and Dreamit Ventures. The new capital places total funding to date at $15 million.

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