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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

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In late 2018, the company raised $75 million Series C from Sequoia, arguably the top VC firm in the world. After being largely ignored by Valley investors (the biggest checks in her seed, Series A, and Series B came from men on the East Coast), she finally found support from the VC elite. VC David Sacks tweeted “??

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A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem

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In addition, Toni works on several digital-economy-related initiatives that support the scaling of digital businesses, stimulate startup ecosystems and accelerate the digital transformation of key industries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Middle East. A glimpse into Singapore’s current startup ecosystem.

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

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Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Same as VC funds are deeply acquainted with Silicon Valley, tech investors cannot ignore this hub of innovation that has produced global market leading companies and serial entrepreneurs.

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Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders

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It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages. Success begets success, and before you know it, a startup scene is born. By the time the new century came around the area began to shift to look like a modern startup scene.