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entrepreneur.com - Sherin Shibu - I Taught Myself to Code at Age 10. After Working At Google and Twitter, I Turned to Venture Capital. Here's What I Look for When Investing in Startups.
I Taught Myself to Code at Age 10. After Working At Google and Twitter, I Turned to Venture Capital. Here's What I Look for When Investing in Startups.
Homepage | Entrepreneur

Alex Roetter taught himself how to code as a child, setting the foundation for a lifelong builder's mindset. He spent years at Google and Twitter, now X, honing his coding and interpersonal skills. Now he works as a general partner at venture…

themoscowtimes.com - Moscow Court Upholds 'Extremist' Label for Galitsky's Venture Capital Fund
Moscow Court Upholds 'Extremist' Label for Galitsky's Venture Capital Fund
The Moscow Times

A Moscow judge on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling designating tech entrepreneur Alexander Galitsky's venture capital fund as an “extremist” organization and seizing 8 billion rubles ($97.5 million) worth of assets. Galitsky's…

fastcompany.com - Elizabeth Segran - After the Shein shock, Everlane's founder launches his next act
After the Shein shock, Everlane's founder launches his next act
Fast Company

Last weekend, when Puck announced that the sustainable fashion startup Everlane had been acquired by the Chinese ultra fast fashion retailer Shein, it sent shockwaves throughout the fashion world. Michael Preysman, who founded Everlane in 2011, was…

thenyledger.com - News Room - Everlane Founder Michael Preysman To Launch New Brand
Everlane Founder Michael Preysman To Launch New Brand
The New York Ledger

Everlane was sold to Shein last week. The former founder is launching his own brand in response. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) In response to the sale of Everlane to Shein, a deal that last week shocked and outraged customers and…

hauteliving.com - Kamal Hotchandani - Fortuna Investments Strengthens Its National Ambitions With the Appointment of Joseph Magazine
Fortuna Investments Strengthens Its National Ambitions With the Appointment of Joseph Magazine
Haute Living

At a time when venture capital firms are increasingly being measured not only by financial returns but also by their ability to shape industries, influence economic priorities, and identify transformative opportunities before the broader market…

forbes.com - Shimite Obialo - The Protein Industrial Complex Is Here. Fiber Wants In.
The Protein Industrial Complex Is Here. Fiber Wants In.
Forbes

Halle Berry holding Pendulum products Courtesy of Pendulum Therapeutics The age of the “Protein Industrial Complex” is upon is. Hitting protein “macro” targets has become a daily ritual for millions of health-conscious…

forbes.com - Anna Tong - Opendoor Co-Founder Eric Wu Launches AI For Construction Venture
Opendoor Co-Founder Eric Wu Launches AI For Construction Venture
Forbes

NavigateAI CEO Eric Wu poses for a photo in San Francisco. When Eric Wu was the CEO of Opendoor, a startup that popularized instant cash offers to homeowners, Opendoor was purchasing roughly 5,000 homes a month. Managing that massive volume…

gizmodo.com - Mike Pearl - Silicon Valley VC Backs Startup That Gathers AI Datasets From Head-Mounted Cameras on Workers in India
Silicon Valley VC Backs Startup That Gathers AI Datasets From Head-Mounted Cameras on Workers in India
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

A video went viral in India about a month ago appearing to show a vast number of garment workers wearing tiny, head-mounted cameras while they worked in a dreary-looking factory. A widespread hunch was the technology the video depicted was a system…

forbes.com - Phoebe Liu - Inside The Murky Market Selling Pre-IPO SpaceX And OpenAI Shares
Inside The Murky Market Selling Pre-IPO SpaceX And OpenAI Shares
Forbes

In the summer of 2020, former Morgan Stanley trader Adam Crawley was wandering through Indonesia, Thailand and Australia, perfecting his qigong with a man called Master YanG, when a cold message on LinkedIn jerked him back to reality. The sender…

fastcompany.com - Paul Riley - How AI can help break the world's fossil fuel addiction
How AI can help break the world's fossil fuel addiction
Fast Company

The current AI boom reminds me of the dot-com era, which I watched unfold from venture capital in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Lots of hype. Eye-watering investments. Genuine transformative potential. Most conversations about AI today focus on…

businessinsider.com - William Edwards - Is the IPO boom a 2021 repeat?
Is the IPO boom a 2021 repeat?
Business Insider

There's been lots of chatter in recent weeks about the mega IPOs expected to come to market this year — first among them being SpaceX, which is set to go public in June. Is this a movie we've seen before? The last time there was this much…

businessinsider.com - Sydney Bradley - Dumb phones, smart business: Meet the 28-year-old entrepreneur selling retro tech to Gen Z
Dumb phones, smart business: Meet the 28-year-old entrepreneur selling retro tech to Gen Z
Business Insider

London Glorfield isn't a Luddite — he just wants tech products to feel a little less soul-sucking. 'Tech is a sea of sameness right now,' Glorfield, who goes by London Jackson professionally, told Business Insider in an interview. 'It's so…

axios.com - Lucinda Shen - Velcro's acquisition, Webster says yes to Santander, and a new Cohen SPAC
Velcro's acquisition, Webster says yes to Santander, and a new Cohen SPAC
Axios

• Navigate.ai, an SF-based developer of AI copilots for field workers, raised $25m. Elad Gil. led, joined byKhosla Ventures, Lennar, Fifthwall, Tishman Speyer, and Helix Electric. Go deeper CasaPerks Technologies, an Austin, Texas-based…

prnewswire.com - Jvp - JVP Marks Strong Q1 2026 with Four Strategic Exits
JVP Marks Strong Q1 2026 with Four Strategic Exits
Cision PR Newswire

The quarter was led by JVP's exit from its position in DealHub, delivering a return of more than 6x on invested capital, with the company valued at hundreds of millions of dollars — a significant validation of the original investment thesis.

deadline.com - Jesse Whittock - Ampere Analysis Sold To Private Equity Firm Goldenpeak & Buys PlumResearch At Same Time
Ampere Analysis Sold To Private Equity Firm Goldenpeak & Buys PlumResearch At Same Time
Deadline

Ampere Analysis today has a new owner and another research house in its stable. Private equity firm Goldenpeak has acquired the influential UK-based entertainment analysis business for an undisclosed fee, marking the first time Ampere has had an…

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