Tag: Venture Capital
How one female VC is teaching kids about startups and women in tech
Deena Shakir, an investor at Lux Capital, struggled to explain to her three young kids what exactly her job was. She first tried...
Venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs
From Keith Rabois to Ethan Kurzweil, a lot of VCs have switched firms or spun out of storied VC institutions to launch their...
M&As and AI are in the spotlight, but there’s still capital left for quick commerce and more
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Y Combinator expanding to four cohorts a year in 2025
Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator will expand the number of cohorts it runs each year from two to four starting in 2025,...
Neurode wants to treat and track ADHD symptoms through a wearable headband
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects more than 366 million adults in the U.S. alone, according to a 2020 study, but beyond medicating...
Here’s the full list of 35 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2024
For some, AI fatigue is real — but clearly venture investors haven’t grown tired of the category.
In the first half of 2024 alone,...