Venture Capitalists

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

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

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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Should venture capitalists be held accountable when startups screw up?

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! Last week was a holiday in the United States, so news was a bit lighter than normal. But there was still fintech-related items to report, including the ongoing drama around Synapse and partner Evolve Bank, Revolut’s record year and more. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech

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How Urvashi Barooah broke into venture after everyone told her she couldn’t

When Urvashi Barooah applied to MBA programs in 2015, she focused her applications around her dream of becoming a venture capitalist. She got rejected from every school, and was told she was being unrealistic about her prospects in the venture industry, but she didn’t let that deter her. Now, eight years later, Barooah, 33, is

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