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How the 22-year-old founders of Brex built a billion-dollar business in less than 2 years
When Brazilian-born Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi met at 16 years old, they bonded over a love of coding and…
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Former Formation 8 GP Shirish Sathaye joins Cervin Ventures
Longtime venture capitalist Shirish Sathaye has quietly joined early-stage investor Cervin Ventures as a general partner. Most recently, Sathaye was…
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Study says the US is quickly losing its entrepreneurial edge
According to a new study conducted by the Center for American Entrepreneurship and NYU’s Shack Institute of Real Estate,…
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African financial technology startups move beyond payment services
Jake Bright Contributor More posts by this contributor Africa Roundup: Paga goes global and 4 startups raise $99M in VC…
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Chinese investment into computer vision technology and AR surges as U.S. funding dries up
Digi-Capital’s AR/VR/XR Analytics Platform showed Chinese investments into computer vision and augmented reality technologies surging to $3.9 billion in the…
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Deliverr raises $7M to help e-commerce businesses compete with Amazon Prime
When Amazon rolled out its membership-based two-day shipping service in 2005, e-commerce and customer expectations around fulfillment speed changed forever.…
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Meet the woman leading Accel’s consumer growth investments
As it approaches its 35th year in the venture capital business, Accel is staying true to its promise to continue…
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Benchmark is staying focused, targeting $425M for ninth fund
VC powerhouse Benchmark has filed to raise $425 million for its ninth flagship fund. While other firms close billion-dollar venture…
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Pulling back the curtain on how SoftBank’s massive Vision Fund works — including just how big a check it can write
Picture it. The scene is Silicon Valley. Suddenly an investment firm materializes on the scene and starts writing checks bigger…
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Chaos engineering service Gremlin raises $18M, launches new resiliency tools
“Slack is down.” It’s a headline we have had blaring at TechCrunch on numerous occasions (mostly because we actually get…
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