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TechCrunch+ roundup: YC Demo Day faves, thrift shop VCs, cybersecurity product challenges

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You don’t need to move to San Francisco to launch a startup, but working here does have some advantages: moderate weather, natural beauty, great food, and sure, the world’s largest concentration of venture capital. is $3,630, but that figure soars to $79,000 for a white family. ” Thanks very much for reading.

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Daily Crunch: New Twitter Blue feature will reportedly squelch 50% of ads for paid members

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Startups and VC Meal replacement startup Yfood did a thing today. Meanwhile, Canaan closed two new funds — its 12th flagship fund for early-stage tech and healthcare startups and an opportunity fund — that total $850 million. Fresh catch : Alternative seafood startup Aqua Cultured Foods reeled in $5.5 Big Tech Inc.

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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem

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But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Or will we have to repeat the same conversations about representation failings within VC funds? hit nearly $1.8