Scale Ventures Partners’ Jeremy Kaufmann and Alex Niehenke joined us for a StrictlyVC discussion in San Francisco, and they had a more candid take on the impact of AI on the workforce than many within the tech community. Instead of obscuring the impacts to avoid the risk “people in the Midwest say nasty things about […]
GV, Google’s venture capital spinoff that started in 2009, has invested billions of dollars in companies from Uber and Nothing to scent digitizing startup Osmo. Their CEO David Krane joined our December StrictlyVC event in San Francisco to discuss his approach to identifying potential investments, what it’s like to work so closely with Google while
The nonprofit organization 1863 Ventures, which focused on providing capital and mentorship to early-staged underrepresented founders, will close and become a for-profit entity called New Majority Ventures, according to its founder Melissa Bradley. The new organization will rely on a fiscal sponsor and is said to be in talks with The Tide Foundation for this
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Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner are looking to raise $10 million for a new business called Khloud, according to an SEC filing. Per the filing, which was listed on Tuesday, the company started raising last month and has already raised $4.49 million. Trademark filings show that earlier this year, trademarks affiliated with Khloud were filed
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“If you build it, they won’t come,” Bison Ventures co-founder Tom Biegala said Wednesday on the Equity podcast. The phrase is an internal mantra at Bison, the early-stage venture firm betting on ‘frontier tech’ companies building in the material science, robotics, biotech, climate, and sustainability verticals; one that’s meant to dissuade founders from solving the
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The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has more than 130,000 job cuts across 457 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized
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On Tuesday, cloud business software provider ServiceTitan offered a price range for its initial public stock of $52 to $57 a share, with hopes to raise $446.2 million to $514.2 million at the midrange. It also made a few other interesting disclosures about what it will do with the money and who it will sell
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Today, longtime Founders Fund partner Brian Singerman announced on X that he would be taking a step back. He will be transitioning from partner to partner emeritus to get a better “work-life balance,” although he will continue to serve as an “investor and strategic advisor” for the firm. Singerman has been at Founders Fund for
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A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source
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Prosus anticipates as many as five potential IPOs from its Indian portfolio over the next 18 months, signalling growing momentum in the world’s second-largest internet market. The Dutch technology investment group on Monday named payments giant PayU, e-commerce startup Meesho and online jewelry seller Bluestone among startups preparing for public listings. TechCrunch reported last month
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