venture capital

Campus wants to crack the code to get community college to work for everyone

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Community colleges aren’t immune from the current reckoning higher education is facing. Student enrollment is declining while institutions keep raising tuition prices which can prevent students from finishing their programs. Clearly, it’s time for the industry to try something new. Tade Oyerinde thinks startups can help. Oyerinde is the founder and CEO at Campus, a […]

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Here’s the full list of 28 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2024

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For some, AI fatigue is real — but clearly venture investors haven’t grown tired of the category. In the first half of 2024 alone, more than $35.5 billion was invested into AI startups globally, recent Crunchbase data found. Five of the six venture rounds of more than $1 billion raised in the first half of 2024

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From Ethan Choi to Spencer Peterson, venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs

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When Keith Rabois announced he was leaving Founders Fund to return to Khosla Ventures in January, it came as a shock to many in the venture capital ecosystem — and not just because Rabois is a big name in the industry. It was surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists don’t traditionally move

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Marc Andreessen, Sequoia again back Kearny Jackson, this time in $65M Fund III

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After securing $14 million for its second fund in 2023, early-stage VC firm Kearny Jackson is back with a third fund, this time bringing in $65 million in capital commitments, including from a number of first-time institutional funds. The bi-coastal Kearny Jackson invests in B2B SaaS and infrastructure as well as fintech infrastructure, often leading

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Spain’s exposure to climate change helps Madrid-based VC Seaya close €300M climate tech fund

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According to a recent Dealroom report on the Spanish tech ecosystem, the combined enterprise value of Spanish startups surpassed €100 billion in 2023. In the latest confirmation of this upward trend, Madrid-based VC fund Seaya has closed Seaya Andromeda, an “Article 9” €300 million climate tech fund based out of Madrid. Article 9 refers to the EU’s Sustainable

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Forestay, Europe’s newest $220M growth-stage VC fund, will focus on AI

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Forestay, an emerging VC based out of Geneva, Switzerland, has been busy. This week it closed its second fund, Forestay Capital II, at a hard cap of $220 million. The VC wasn’t well known in Europe until it started to lead rounds in enterprise startups a couple of years ago, notably scanning software startup Scandit

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Deep tech VC Sidney Scott explains why he’s closing his firm as this area booms

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Sidney Scott decided to take himself out of the venture capital rat race and is now jokingly auctioning off his vests — starting at $500,000.  The Driving Forces solo general partner announced on LinkedIn this week that he was shutting down his $5 million fintech and deep tech VC fund that he started in 2020,

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