Category: Venture Capital

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Startups Weekly: What’s up with YC? Plus, mobility layoffs and Airbnb’s grand plans

sudshr47 March 9, 2019

In this week’s startups newsletter: Y Combinator president Sam Altman is stepping down, Marie Kondo is raising VC and Munchery has finally filed for bankruptcy.

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Venture investors and startup execs say they don’t need Elizabeth Warren to defend them from big tech

sudshr47 March 8, 2019

Responding to Elizabeth Warren’s call to regulate and break up some of the nation’s largest technology companies, the venture capitalists that invest in technology companies are advising the presidential hopeful to move slowly and not break anything. Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical […]

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Changes at YC, $1.5B more for ride hailing, and Airbnb buys HotelTonight

sudshr47 March 8, 2019

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.

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VCs have growing appetite for “AgriFood”

sudshr47 March 7, 2019

Venture investors are pouring billions of dollars into feeding their hunger for food and agriculture startups. Whether that trend line is due to enthusiasm for the sector or just broader heavy investing in the VC space is much less clear. According to a recent report published by AgFunder – a VC and investing marketplace focused […]

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SoftBank launches the Innovation Fund, committing $2B to invest in Latin America

sudshr47 March 7, 2019

While SoftBank continues to make big bets on startups out of its $100-billion Vision Fund, it has also launched another investment vehicle to invest in tech opportunities specifically in Latin America. Today the group announced the SoftBank Innovation Fund, which is starting out with a $2 billion commitment to invest in tech startups in Central […]

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Omidyar Network spins out its fintech investment arm as Flourish, with up to $300 million

sudshr47 March 7, 2019

After 12 years spent investing in impact-oriented financial services startups around the globe, the Omidyar Network, which serves as the family investment office for eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, is spinning off its financial inclusion investment arm as Flourish Ventures. Equipped with up to $300 million in capital for operations and investments, the new Flourish will […]

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Pioneer Square Labs is invigorating Seattle’s startup ecosystem

sudshr47 March 6, 2019

How the startup studio’s “validation engine” has made it one of the best company builders in the business.

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A healthcare investment fund has become one of Israel’s largest with a $660 million close

sudshr47 March 6, 2019

One of Israel’s single largest venture capital funds is a new later stage vehicle focused on healthcare. The aMoon investment firm launched its second vehicle in April 2018 and it just announced its final close with $660 million in assets under management — making it one of the largest (if not the largest) firm in […]

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Minnie Ingersoll, cofounder of the fast-growing car marketplace Shift, just became a VC in L.A.

sudshr47 March 6, 2019

Minnie Ingersoll has already had an enviable career. After 12 years at Google, working as product manager and later principal with Google.org, she cofounded the venture-backed online car marketplace Shift in 2013, then she left to join the nonprofit Code for America, where she learned entirely new skills, including managing finance and marketing and recruiting. […]

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