Proprietary AI-driven platform has funded 8X as many female founders as typical VC; 30% of funded founders are people of color ... While global VC funding for female founders dropped by 27% in 2020, according to , Clearco funded eight times as many companies headed by female founders as traditional VC firms.
Singapore-based fintech Hashstacs Pte Ltd (STACS) announced today it has raised $3.6 million USD in pre-Series A funding ... Founded in 2019, STACS has now raised a total of more than $6 million and is preparing to raise Series A funding later this year ... European VC funds are building community around ESG initiatives. .
Black women are building and growing businesses faster than any other segment and yet receive less than one percent of venture capital funding. In addition, only three percent of the people actually leading investments at VC firms are Black according to ... About Fearless Fund ... Fearless Fund is built by women of color for women.
The Fund targets this market segment using three distinct strategies that provide ... Thus far, the Fund has already made three investments ... With well over EUR 1.8 billion of assets under management, Forbion has been ranked “#1 most consistently performing VC Manager in Europe..” by Preqin’s fund performance database in 2019.
Key Facts.Loris is led by Etie Hertz ... Prior to that, Hertz was a corporate attorney at Goodwin ProctorLLP, where he focused on M&A, private equity and VC before co-founding EQ CapitalLLC.To date, Loris has received more than $7 million in funding from the following investors ... Very quickly, Loris has become a key part of our support operations."
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from Placeholder VC, Galaxy Digital, Variant Fund, and Coinbase Ventures... This funding is accompanied by the launch of Aleo’s DeveloperPreview II, a suite of new tools for developers to build on Aleo ahead of the public network launch.
Global VC funding for the solar sector in Q1 2021 stood at $1 billion in 14 deals, a 33 per cent increase compared to $773 million raised in 12 deals in Q4 2020. Of the $1 billion in VC funding raised in 14 deals during Q1 2021, 96 per cent went to solar downstream companies with $990 million in 10 deals.
by supporting scientific research, raising funds for startups, and building out content about sustainable technologies ... It has created a rolling VC fund through AngelList to bring thousands of qualified and accredited investors into the fold, and scale its impact ... The funds, led by Jon Schullhof and Steve Levin, have backed six companies so far.
Tyltgo wants to make it easier for restaurants and small businesses to compete with same-day delivery services offered by the likes of Amazon and HelloFresh ... Aided by funding from VC firm TI PlatformManagement, Y Combinator and angel investor Charles Songhurst, Tyltgo projects another 1500% revenue growth for 2021 ... .
A joint, a lighter; what more could a smoker need? . Getty Images/iStockphoto. Marijuana-related products are proliferating and expensive ... Those who can clear the barriers to entry continue to pole-vault into it with fat pockets bloated further with VC capital . And the same mechanisms fund the wealthy white folks entering the weed product space ... .