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The fire Zuck started won't stop at Facebook
Hello and welcome back to Trending, Business Insider's weekly look at the world of tech. I'm Alexei Oreskovic, Business Insider's West Coast Bureau Chief and Global Tech Editor. If you want to get...
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SoftBank commits $100 million to invest in companies led by black Americans...
Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank is launching a new $100 million "Opportunity Growth Fund" to invest in companies led by black Americans and people of color, the company announced Wednesday.The fund...
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$3 billion Carta is looking for a new COO and WeWork's former CEO just turned...
Former WeWork CEO Sebastian Gunningham has turned down a role as chief operating officer at Carta, Business Insider has learned.The COO role has been open at Carta since 2016, and it's just one of...
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We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck no-code automation startup Bryter...
London and Berlin-based enterprise software startup Bryter has raised $16 million in Series A funding from Dawn Capital and Accel. Bryter, an automation startup that provides no- or low-code products...
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Leaked messages show that UK challenger banking unicorn Monzo is cutting up...
UK-based unicorn challenger bank Monzo is laying off up to 80 staff amid a re-organization of the startup's business in response to the coronavirus pandemic. It was originally reported that the company...
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Unity, the $6.3 billion startup that quietly powers some of the biggest video...
The software startup behind Unity, one of the world's most widely-used game creation suites, is planning to go public this fall, according to a new Bloomberg report.The San Francisco-based software...
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15 retail startups you didn't know were also on Amazon
For a long time, if you wanted to find your favorite startup anywhere outside of its own website, you were out of luck. Slowly, they're beginning to join online retailers like Target and Nordstrom to...
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'Success, struggle and survival': Black founders speak out powerfully on the...
The death of George Floyd and the subsequent demands for justice have forced individuals and organizations around the world to demonstrate their commitment to racial equality.According to Atomico's...
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One of Silicon Valley's few black VCs says the industry has a systemic...
The ongoing nationwide protests over racial injustice and police brutality have forced Silicon Valley in general to confront its own history of racial exclusion.The venture industry in particular has a...
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Monique Woodard, one of tech's few black female venture capitalists, says...
The protests raging across the country over the death of George Floyd have resparked conversation surrounding Silicon Valley's own longstanding racial problem. Black founders and venture partners say...
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How to sell your startup in 2020 for a boatload of cash, from founders who...
There's no set way to sell a business successfully.We asked founders who have done it to share best practices and common pitfalls to avoid, and to provide best practices and war stories in exclusive...
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The first-time founder's ultimate guide to pitching a VC and getting funding...
Entrepreneurship can feel like an uphill battle.This guide for first-time company founders pitching venture capitalists will make it a little easier.We asked experts — entrepreneurs and investors — to...
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One of Silicon Valley's few black VCs has some advice for the industry on how...
Precursor Ventures managing partner Charles Hudson has some advice for his fellow venture capitalists as they consider trying to address the industry's longstanding, systemic racial inequities.The...
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PITCH-DECK LIBRARY: The pitch decks that helped hot startups raise millions
Billions of dollars are invested in startups every year.Whether a startup seeks to raise money from angel investors, venture-capital firms, or other backers, the presentation — or "pitch"— about the...
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Flying taxi startup Lilium just raised $35 million from SpaceX and Spotify...
German flying taxi startup Lilium has raised $35 million of investment from Baillie Gifford. The British asset management firm is known for backing big names in tech – including Amazon, Airbnb,...
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The devastated IPO market is coming back to life, but not all tech startups...
The market for initial public offerings has rebounded over the last few weeks.But the tech IPO market has yet to bounce back and likely won't be in full swing until September, said Rick Kline, an...
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These bots don't need social distance: $2 billion Lemonade's IPO filing shows...
Lemonade, the online insurance company, says its chatbots helped insulate it from the coronavirus crisis.The company has two bots — AI Maya and AI Jim — that interact with customers; the former signs...
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Many startups are navigating their first official recession. Here's how one...
Many startups are now navigating their first official recession in the United States after a historically strong market globally.Brian Patterson, a partner at Silicon Valley law firm Gunderson Dettmer,...
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Here's the monster 46-slide pitch deck data privacy startup Ethyca used to...
New York-based data privacy startup Ethyca has raised $13.5 million from IA Ventures and PayPal cofounder Max Levchin's SciFi VC. Founded in 2018, Ethyca provides products to help businesses better...
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Live events startup Hopin is in talks to raise an estimated $40 million as...
Online events platform Hopin is in talks to raise around $40 million in fresh funding led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), according to two market sources with knowledge of the deal. Hopin is...
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