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The Changing Venture Landscape

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They might be ideas they hatch internally (via a Foundry) or a founder who just left SpaceX and raises money to search for an idea. two founders in a garage?—?(HP The most connected and high-potential founders start with wads of cash. By 2018 I sensed that he was right and we began focusing more on our barbell approach.

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A Bold Purpose: Enabling Other Women to Succeed

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Adi Zuk is an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Cape Town, South Africa, and co-founder of Oya Venture , which aims to broaden the imprint of women entrepreneurs in Africa by facilitating the growth of women-owned businesses that empower others. My bold purpose is to be a spy and help change the world for women everywhere.

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The Proptech Startups Using VR & AR to Reshape Real Estate

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Meet the tech companies transforming real estate using VR and AR technology: View this post on Instagram UberPuppy A post shared by VirtualAPT (@virtualaptcorp) on Nov 19, 2018 at 1:58pm PST VirtualAPT develops autonomous robots that scan rooms and capture 360-degree video content that customers can then use to market their spaces.

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UK report spotlights the huge investment gap facing diverse founders

TechCrunch

VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim reading — with all-ethnic teams and female entrepreneurs receiving just a fraction of available funding versus all-white teams and male founders. A beginner’s guide to diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Tech-enabled homebuilder Homebound raises $75M Series C led by Khosla

TechCrunch

Homebound started out to help people rebuild after their houses were destroyed by California wildfires in 2018. Nikki and Jack are terrific founders we are pleased to back,” he wrote via email. The move went even better than expected, according to CEO Nikki Pechet, who co-founded Homebound with Atomic managing partner Jack Abraham.

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Why Meg Whitman is Betting on Quibi as“The Da Vinci Code of Content”

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Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) Between the heavy hitters at the helm, the more than $1.4B

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

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Since 2021, Upfront returned more than $600 million to LPs and returned more than $1 billion since 2018. We are proud to announce the close of our 7th early-stage fund with $280 million to invest in seed and early stage founders. What do you do with a $650 million platform? We will continue to work hard to make you all proud.

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