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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

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And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. We also spent a fair bit of time talking about the changing nature of venture capital and in particular the hand-on practitioner role of early-stage VC led by accelerators such as YC, 500Startups, Betaworks and the like.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Company reports 250,000 users in 49 countries with 1mm+ application downloads. Fast-growing application store with more than 1billion apps downloaded (second in size only to Apple). Current round: $4. led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Total raised: $6.0mm.

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Daily Crunch: Thousands of Google Play users download Android banking trojan

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Soon every company will also be a VC : The boom in venture capital activity that the world saw in 2021 did not fail to impact large companies. Startups and VC. Regardless, it’s out in the market racking up downloads, which is pretty bad. See you at all three! – Alex. The TechCrunch Top 3. What’s being funded in Africa?

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. VC Financings: 1. I keep meaning to get him drunk to spill the stories.

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How to Fix a Racially Biased Venture Capital Model and Commit to Diversity in Entrepreneurship

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As investor Monique Woodard stated during a BLCK VC webinar, “You have to fix the systemic issues in your funds that keep Black founders out and keep you from delivering better returns.” Download more information HERE. Build in a mechanism to accept unsolicited applications for investment. Sign up now.

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Kenya’s fintech Kwara lands $4 Million in seed round from Breega, SoftBank to build neobank for credit unions

TechCrunch

The app gives power to the members, who have the ability to view and download their financial statements, apply for loans and make repayments. The seed round was led by Breega VC firm, with participation of SoftBank Vision Fund Emerge, Finca Ventures, New General Market Partners, Globivest and Do Good Invest.

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Meet the mobile therapy startup backed by Christian Angermayer’s re:Mind Capital

TechCrunch

Mental health startup Ksana Health has received $2 million in seed funding led by re:Mind Capital, the mental health VC arm of Christian Angermayer and Apeiron Investment Group. s, Digital Incubator program. It’s a move informed by two trends: passive data collection, and a burgeoning mental health crisis in teens and young adults. .

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