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Venture capital
Inequities in venture capital hinder founders of color well beyond seed funding
Jun 3, 2020
They don’t just have a harder time getting initial funding. They also get less of it.
What happens when venture capital money runs out?
Feb 26, 2020
The available options for companies are pretty limited.
Pet food makers look to tap the alternative meat market
Feb 25, 2020
From synthetic mouse meat to crickets, pet food makers want to capitalize on the trend.
Arlan Hamilton: Changing venture capitalism, diversifying business
Jan 8, 2020
"I feel like there is a great mission here and I won't stop until I am obsolete and I'm not needed."
Is the startup world OK with motherhood yet?
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 15, 2019
Journalist Eliza Boyd says the “needle is moving” when it comes to pregnancy and venture capital.
Food delivery startup Munchery folds, leaving small businesses on the hook
by
Sam Harnett
Feb 19, 2019
In 2018, U.S. venture capital investment surpassed the 2000 dot-com peak for the first time. According to the financial data company PitchBook, investors put some $130 billion into thousands of U.S. companies. Many of these businesses will not make it, and as some flame out, they’ll leave behind a trail of debt. This is exactly […]
There's tons of money in venture capital, as long as you're a big company
by
Molly Wood
Jan 23, 2019
Do early-stage startups still have a chance at funding?
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Exodus of Chinese investors from Silicon Valley is real. But how much does it matter?
by
Molly Wood
Jan 9, 2019
U.S. legislation is making Chinese investors balk.
Investing while foreign-born: The advantages of being an immigrant venture capitalist
by
Nina Roberts
Dec 6, 2018
Immigrants comprise 13.2 percent of the U.S. population, yet 20.6 percent of the country’s entrepreneurs are immigrants, according to a 2016 report from the New American Economy.
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian on today's entrepreneurs
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Dec 4, 2018
There's "more of a wokeness to these founders," he says.