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Trail Mix Ventures, an outfit centered on wellness-obsessed millennials, just closed an $11 million debut fund
The millennial generation — people born between 1981 and 1996 — are on the cusp of becoming America’s largest generation, according to projections from the U.S. Census Bureau. What e
‘Airbnb mafia’ fund Wave Capital makes it official, closing its debut fund with $55 million
A couple of weeks ago, Airbnb announced some major changes to the ways it compensates employees before it goes public. At least two former Airbnb employees and a longtime VC will be ready to fund thos
Scale Venture Partners has a new $400 million fund to invest in enterprise companies
Scale Venture Partners, an 18-year-old, early-stage venture firm that focuses on software companies, has closed its sixth fund with $400 million, up slightly from the $335 million the firm raised in e
With Lime teaming up with Uber, can rival Bird afford to go it alone?
Yesterday, we learned that 18-month-old, Bay Area-based electric scooter rental company Lime is joining forces with the ride-hailing giant Uber, which is both investing in the company as part of a $33
Updated: Elon Musk says SpaceX is working on a kid-size submarine to extract those boys in Thailand
Over the last couple of days, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has been tweeting about how to potentially help the 12 young soccer players and their coach who began exploring a cave in Thailand on June 2
There’s a new, $100 million fund expressly for women founders of color
When Richelieu Dennis came to the U.S. from his home in Liberia to attend Babson College, he wasn’t expecting to stay. But unable to return home owing to the first Liberian civil war, stay he di
This startup streamlines the pro bono work of lawyers, including those fighting for immigrants at the border
Felicity Conrad and Kristen Sonday were on very different paths until three years ago. Conrad was an associate at the powerhouse law firm Skadden Arps. Meanwhile, Sonday, a Princeton grad and the fir
Jina Choi, SF Regional Director of the SEC, is coming to Disrupt to talk ICOs and more
The Securities and Exchange Commission, the federal agency responsible for protecting investors and maintaining fair and orderly functioning of our securities markets, has 11 regional offices, includi
These 50 founders and VCs suggest 2018 may be a tipping point for women in tech: Part 2
On Friday, we featured 25 founders and VCs who are having a notable 2018 — and who happen to be women. Herewith, 25 more who deserve some kudos for getting it done in the first half of this year
Lyft Bikes is now a thing
Lyft, the rideshare giant that last week closed on $600 million in fresh funding, just announced the latest move in its ongoing chess match with its older and better-funded competitor Uber. It has acq
These 50 founders and VCs suggest 2018 may be a tipping point for women: Part 1
For the last several years, we’ve compiled profiles of women founders and investors at the end of each year because they’ve either raised substantial amounts of money or otherwise achieved
Ben Horowitz is coming to Disrupt SF
It’s been more than four years since “The Hard Thing About Hard Things” was published, and it remains — including to minds of many of us at TechCrunch — one of the best,
Doug Leone, the global managing partner of powerhouse Sequoia Capital, is coming to Disrupt
Sequoia Capital has been at the top of its game in the U.S. for decades, thanks to early investments in Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn and PayPal, as well as, more recently, its stakes in the messaging start
Confirmed: Sequoia has already secured three-quarters of what will be an $8 billion global fund
Sequoia Capital, the 46-year-old venture firm, has secured $6 billion in capital commitments for an $8 billion global fund, according to a new report in the Financial Times. The report echoes a late A
Andreessen Horowitz has a new crypto fund — and its first female general partner is running it with Chris Dixon
Silicon Valley powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has some big, and bigger, news today. First, it closed a dedicated crypto fund late last week from a subset of its limited partners, who’ve p
VC Brian O’Malley jumps from Accel to Forerunner Ventures
Brian O’Malley may be the most-poached venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. While rising through the ranks at the global investment firm Battery Ventures, where O’Malley had led deals in Hote
Grove just raised $8 million to make traditional financial planning affordable to pretty much everyone
Financial advisors aren’t cheap to use. They aren’t always seen as trustworthy, either, with many advisors receiving — or perceived as receiving — incentives for recommending c
You aren’t alone; US adults broadly think around 40 percent of the news is misinformation
New findings underscore what you already know. People don’t trust traditional media as they once did. They trust social media even less. And certain groups in particular, including Republicans a
PayPal is shelling out $400 million in cash for this 18-year-old company that helps gig workers get paid
PayPal announced today that it’s paying $400 million in cash for Hyperwallet, an 18-year-old, Bay Area-based company that helps people and small businesses receive payments for products and serv
This new startup wants to be the ‘Netscape for crypto,’ and some investors think it has a shot
Three-month-old Elph wants to make it easier for you to find and use blockchain-based apps. How? Through a portal that’s promising to enable users to click through to see how their crypto holdin