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[ad_1] Venture capital and healthcare startups have had a tumultuous relationship over the past few years. Before the pandemic, the majority of venture investment in health tech and healthcare startups…
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[ad_1] Discussions about what the future of social media might look like have become increasingly common over the last year. Elon Musk’s acquisition — and gutting — of Twitter, a…
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[ad_1] The person a founder chooses to back their company is important beyond the capital these investors provide. Each backer brings specific experiences and networks that can help founders in…
Read More »Y Combinator: A program so nice, these founders did it twice
[ad_1] Parker Conrad may be best known as the founder of both Zenefits and Rippling, but he is also arguably the best-known founder to have gone through Y Combinator’s accelerator…
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[ad_1] Deals, whether via funding rounds or acquisitions, say a lot about the state of a startup sector and what investors are thinking about it. Sometimes, though, a lack of…
Read More »SEC fund disclosure rules: Emerging managers pay attention
[ad_1] Venture capital firms have some disclosing to do. On August 23, the SEC passed a handful of new fund disclosure rules concerning clawbacks, preferential treatment of LPs and fees….
Read More »A cellular ag startup with a real moat
[ad_1] Would you eat lab-grown meat? Would you give the same answer if someone asked you to use a beauty product that had lab-grown collagen as an ingredient? Cellular agriculture…
Read More »What Parade’s acquisition says about the market
[ad_1] You don’t need me to tell you that startups haven’t been doing great since the funding slowdown and valuation reset started back in 2022. But while some companies will…
Read More »This AI startup is racking up government customers
[ad_1] Tax evasion, money laundering and other financial crimes are massive, costly issues. In 2021, the Internal Revenue Service estimated that the U.S. loses $1 trillion a year due to…
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