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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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Hormona wants women to track their ‘hormonal health’ with at-home testing

TechCrunch

Quantified health activity is all around us these days, as scores of people use mobile sensing technologies to keep an eye on their well-being by tracking their steps, workouts and even how long and deep they sleep — so why shouldn’t women who cycle (as in menstrual cycle) track monthly changes to their hormone levels?

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

TechCrunch

Don’t worry, it’s for fun reasons: We want to be the first to tell you about the awesomeness that is our TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield companies. Venture capital funds focusing on niche sectors are “in,” according to Connie , and Will Ventures is here for it. News Drops from Disrupt. Christine and Haje. Priorities, amirite?

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How capital-as-a-service can help you get your first check in 2021

TechCrunch

“A lot of founders mix up raising money with making money.” The company, co-founded by Michele Romanow and Andrew D’Souza, positions itself as an alternative equity-free capital solution for early-stage founders. As for if a startup takes ClearAngel capital and doesn’t make the minimum revenue? Does YC care at all?

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As Apple messes with attribution, what does growth marketing look like in 2021?

TechCrunch

Growth provides revenues, venture capital, prestige and scale — ultimately driving the success of every business. One example from a few years ago at SeatGeek: We tried to build a media-mix model before we had something much more basic in place. Yet, measuring growth is complex and challenging — and it’s only getting tougher.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

TechCrunch

The investors: Boaz Dinte , managing general partner, Qumra Capital. Adi Levanon Chazan , partner, Flint Capital. Noam Kaiser , partner, Intel Capital. Boaz Dinte, Qumra Capital. At Qumra, we get excited about companies that disrupt traditional industries while doing good and improving quality of life.

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Katakem’s ‘robot chef’ speeds up drug development with reliable chemistry

TechCrunch

It occurred to him that automation and robotics could make the drug development process more predictable, and so he founded Katakem , one of the startups in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 200. million) in capital from undisclosed seed investors, according to Crunchbase data. Image Credits: Katakem. Image Credits: Katakem.