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HBO
How VC Pippa Lamb ended up on 'Industry' — one of the hottest shows on TV | TechCrunch
Last spring, Sweet Capital Partner Pippa Lamb accidentally auditioned for one of the hottest shows on television. Her Instagram routinely…
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Startups
Score, the dating app for people with good to excellent credit, quietly shuts down | TechCrunch
Score, the dating app for people with good to excellent credit, shut down in early August, the company confirmed to…
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David Cohen
Techstars is laying off 17%, ending its J.P. Morgan-backed programs | TechCrunch
Techstars is laying off 17% of its workforce and will end its $80 million J.P. Morgan-backed AdvancingCities program once the…
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evergreens
38 startups have become unicorns so far in 2024: Here's the full list | TechCrunch
Despite the tight venture capital market, unicorns are still being created every month. Using data from Crunchbase, CB Insights, and…
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black founders
Stay up-to-date on the amount of venture dollars going to underrepresented founders | TechCrunch
Venture capital funding has never been robust for women or Black and brown founders. Alongside Crunchbase, we’ve been tracking funding…
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Startups
Digital marketing startup Plaiced has acquired Precursor Ventures-backed Clutch | TechCrunch
Clutch, a marketplace for digital marketing services, has been acquired by the online social network Plaiced, Clutch’s co-founder, Madison Long,…
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Ben Horowitz
Some Black startup founders feel betrayed by Ben Horowitz’s support for Trump | TechCrunch
Some of the richest, most influential investors in Silicon Valley are publicly supporting Donald Trump’s campaign. They run powerful firms…
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Beta Boom
A VC told Keely Cat-Wells to get a male, non-disabled co-founder — she balked, nabbed a $2M pre-seed round | TechCrunch
Talent acquisition platform Making Space, founded in 2023 by noted disability activist Keely Cat-Wells, announced today that it has closed…
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diapers
Shark Tank-backed Kudos raises another $3M for healthier, cotton-based disposable diapers | TechCrunch
Much has changed since Amrita Saigal last spoke to TechCrunch about her disposable diaper company Kudos. At that time, the…
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