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Victress Capital, a fund founded by women to back women founders, just closed its second fund
Women start 40% of the businesses in the U.S., but they receive just 3% of venture funding. It doesn’t take a math whiz to recognize that such an extreme funding gap could spell opportunity, but
Uber adds another director to its board: Flex CEO Revathi Advaithi
Uber has a new, independent board member, shows a new SEC filing: CEO Revathi Advaithi of 51-year-old Flex, which is among the world’s largest electronic manufacturers and competes against Taiwan’
Cendana Capital, which has been backing seed funds for a decade, has $278 million more to invest
When in 2010, former VC Michael Kim set out to raise a fund that he would invest in a spate of micro VC managers, the investors to which he turned didn’t get it. Why pay Kim and his firm, Cendan
Facebook co-founder Saverin’s B Capital just closed its second flagship fund with $822 million
It hasn’t taken long for B Capital to amass a lot of assets under management. Just five years after the venture firm was launched by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and Raj Ganguly, a vetera
Strap in — a virtual Tour de France is coming this weekend
The pandemic has wreaked havoc on all manner of professional sports this year, and cycling has not been immune. For example, the best-known race on the planet, the Tour de France, normally staged in J
With DOJ charges, former VC Mike Rothenberg could now be facing serious jail time
While some in Silicon Valley might prefer to forget about investor Mike Rothenberg roughly four years after his young venture firm began to implode, his story is still being written, and the latest ch
Airvet, a telehealth veterinary platform, just clawed its way to a $14 million Series A round
Telemedicine is becoming more widely embraced by the day — and not just for humans. With a pet in roughly 65% of U.S. homes, there is now a dizzying number of companies enabling vets to meet wit
Tim O’Reilly makes a persuasive case for why venture capital is starting to do more harm than good
It's part of structural inequality in our society, where we're building businesses that are optimized for their financial return rather than their return to society.
Even amid the pandemic, this newly funded travel startup is tackling the stodgy timeshare market
The world is rife with me-too startups, which makes it all the more refreshing when a founder comes along that manages to find a broken market that’s hiding in plain sight. That’s what Mik
A look at tech salaries and how they could change as more employees go remote
Each year, the hiring platform Hired produces a look at tech salaries based on the data it says it gleans from hundreds of thousands of interview requests and job offers. This year, as in past years,
Stacy Brown-Philpot is stepping down as CEO of TaskRabbit
TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot announced today that she is stepping down from her role at the freelance labor marketplace. Brown-Philpot joined TaskRabbit seven years ago as the company’s ch
Mail.ru co-founder Dmitry Grishin has a new $100 million fund; he offers a look here
Grishin Robotics is an eight-year-old, Sand Hill Road venture firm that until now, has focused exclusively on the smart hardware industry. Yet a newly closed $100 million fund from family offices in t
Former Facebook exec thinks big tech will get broken up ‘over the next 10 years’
Investor Chamath Palihapitiya made part of his fortune at Facebook, where he was a vice president for more than four years, leaving one year before its 2012 IPO. Though he has voiced concerns numerous
Google lays out a spate of changes designed to diversify its management, its products, and startups
As the world awakens to the many ways that people of color are systematically discriminated against, companies whose future depends on their ability to address their own role in this entrenched societ
Chris Sacca advises new fund managers to strike right now
Chris Sacca is a billionaire today, and he credits his success to having an “unfair advantage” 10 years ago when he first launched his fund. He thinks women and people of color have that s
A new Silicon Valley venture report shocks — because of how little the pandemic has impacted dealmaking
The law firm Fenwick & West has published some new data to highlight how COVID-19 has affected the world of venture capital in Silicon Valley. The biggest surprise? It’s how little impact th
Lo Toney has some ideas about how to (really) bring VC into the 21st century
Last week, we suggested that for a truly diverse venture industry, the limited partners that provide investing capital to VCs — institutions like universities and hospital systems — need t
This startup just raised $12 million from top VCs to offer financial planning as an employee perk
Companies increasingly recognize that one of the greatest stresses for their employees is financial wellness. Even at innovative tech startups, people typically bump up against the limits of how much
COVID-19 nearly killed this office furniture startup; turning to home offices may save it
A lot of U.S.companies have had near-death experiences in recent months. Among them is Branch, a 1.5-year-old, venture-backed New York-based startup that sells what it calls “exceptional office
This startup is tackling women’s bladder leakage with grace (and a subscription business)
No one likes to talk about urinary incontinence, but the loss of bladder control is something that impacts millions of people around the globe. Women are especially prone to developing related issues