Tag: Venture Capital
From Facebook to the face of crypto: Inside Anthony Pompliano’s wild career
Bang. Bang. In the winter of 2014, a 25-year-old Anthony Pompliano was reading a book on a plane that would change his life.
The...
Seed VCs are turning to new ‘pro rata’ funds that help them compete with the big firms
Lee Edwards, partner at Root VC, has a saying at his firm that “pro rata rights are earned, not given.” That may be...
Deep tech VC Sidney Scott explains why he’s closing his firm as this area booms
Sidney Scott decided to take himself out of the venture capital rat race and is now jokingly auctioning off his vests — starting...
Husband-and-wife former Olympians target $50M for new fund to invest in influencer-led consumer brands
Samyr Laine and his wife, Ayanna Alexander-Laine, started Freedom Trail Capital in 2023 and are working their way toward a $50 million fund.
Both...
Sensorita uses digital twins to help waste management companies streamline construction waste
The amount of waste produced by the construction industry adds up to more than a third of the overall waste produced each year...
Identity.vc is bringing capital and community to Europe’s LGBTQ+ venture ecosystem
When Til Klein and Jochen Beutgen came across Gaingels, the U.S.-based syndicate of angel investors backing LGBTQ+ founders, they wondered why there wasn’t...