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From golf to hunting, a new crop of startups want to make these experiences even better

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From golf to fishing to pickleball, outdoor sports and recreation saw a boom during the pandemic. But unlike some pandemic-driven trends (virtual conferences, Zoom happy hours), the interest in outdoor activities has stuck. By the end of 2023, outdoor participation grew to a record 175.8 million people, or 57% of all Americans aged 6 and […]

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Rediff, once a pioneer of internet services in India, sells majority stake for $3M

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Payments infrastructure firm Infibeam Avenues has acquired a majority 54% stake in Rediff.com for up to $3 million, a dramatic twist of fate for the 28-year-old business that was the first Indian internet firm to list on NASDAQ back in the year 2000. Founded in 1996, Rediff rode the initial dot-com wave to become one

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How filming a capella concerts and dance recitals led Northzone’s newest parter Molly Alter to a career in VC

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Molly Alter wears a lot of hats. She’s a mockumentary film maker working on a project about an alternate reality where charades is big business. She’s a caesar salad connoisseur and documents her rankings of different restaurants’ attempts on a blog called JULIUS. She’s also Northzone’s newest partner. Alter’s path to venture capital was not

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How filming a capella concerts and dance recitals led Northzone’s newest partner Molly Alter to a career in VC

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Molly Alter wears a lot of hats. She’s a mocumentary film maker working on a project about an alternate reality where charades is big business. She’s a caesar salad connoisseur and documents her rankings of different restaurants’ attempts on a blog called JULIUS. She’s also Northzone’s newest partner. Alter’s path to venture capital was not

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Hey, there ARE growth funds in Europe — Kennet raises $287M for its largest fund to date

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Europe is routinely castigated by tech industry observers for having too little “growth capital” funds, and, compared to the U.S., that’s true. That said, it is nowhere near nonexistent on this front. To wit: Growth equity investor Kennet has just announced it’s raised €266 million for its largest fund to date, Kennet VI, which is

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Moxxie Ventures, led by ex-Twitter media head, raises $95M third fund

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The fundraising environment is challenging for emerging managers, defined as VC firms raising their first through third time. But Katie Jacobs Stanton, a former head of media at Twitter who founded Moxxie Ventures in 2019, said that she had a much easier time than she was expecting when raising funds for her third time. Moxxie,

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Siddhi Capital grabs $135M for Fund II to invest in consumer packaged goods startups

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When Siddhi Capital’s Melissa Facchina started working in her family’s juice manufacturing businesses at a young age, she got hooked on how to be an efficient operator. As she grew up, she saw how the food system was changing: More people starting to demand transparency in the supply chain and caring about better quality ingredients

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