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Planned Parenthood is following the ACLU's lead and is joining a Silicon Valley startup accelerator
Planned Parenthood's decision to learn a little bit from Silicon Valley is a move similar to what t…
Biz Carson
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The head of one of San Francisco's most famous startup farms is no longer running his firm after being accused of sexual harassment
The Times story also named Chris Sacca, the Shark Tank judge and recently retired venture capitalis…
Becky Peterson
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Famous tech investor accused of sexual harassment: 'I probably deserve to be called a creep'
A growing chorus of women have come forward and spoken out about their experiences being harassed i…
Alexei Oreskovic
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The 10 startups in the US whose valuations are set to increase the most, according to over 500 founders
Of the 529 tech startup founders polled, 19% had the same answer when asked which private company w…
Paige Leskin
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SendGrid raised $131 million in a successful IPO but the founders aren't the big financial winners
The tech industry was watching SendGrid's IPO for a few reasons. For one, SendGrid is the first com…
Julie Bort
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Startup founder Melissa Hanna says more Silicon Valley investors need to be courageous and invest in people 'who are not like them'
It should come as no surprise white men receive the bulk of venture funding. Investors are more lik…
Meira Gebel
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Former top Twitter execs Dick Costolo and Adam Bain announce 01 Advisors, a new venture capital firm with at least $135 million to put into startups
The two former top Twitter executives are joining forces to launch a new venture capital firm calle…
Megan Hernbroth
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17 exciting startups you didn't know were backed by Silicon Valley's biggest venture capital firms and startup accelerators
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Connie Chen,Connie Chen
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Pro-diversity group Diversity VC is planning to expand to the US
Warner and her cofounders set up Diversity VC only a few months before a wave of harassment scandal…
Shona Ghosh
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Instamojo CEO explains how the startup turned cash flow positive during the lockdown
When the coronavirus pandemic began, fintech platform Instamojo founders thought this was going to …
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Where do 'unicorns' come from? Ponies and centaurs, of course
"Unicorn" is already a widely-used term to describe companies with valuations over $1 billion. Whil…
Biz Carson
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A well-known Silicon Valley investor just had an on-stage meltdown over Trump winning the presidency
Adrian Weckler, tech editor at the Irish and Sunday Independent, captured McClure's outburst in a v…
Avery Hartmans
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Bitcoin plunges back below $4,000
"The crypto markets have largely been mirroring what we've been seeing from equities lately," said …
Jonathan Garber
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Watch 28 startup founders sing an epic Silicon Valley remake of 'Let It Go' from Frozen
The 500 Startups version replaced the original lyrics with rhymes like "No time to eat, n…
Biz Carson
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Another Silicon Valley startup is being accused of ignoring sexual harassment
"Individuals in the highest levels of the organization encouraged, condoned, and even engaged in co…
Becky Peterson
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Oxfordcaps lands $8 million in funding on promise of providing ‘affordable’ student housing in India
The Singapore-based startup, which was launched in April 2017, provides curated lists of ‘afford…
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Welcome to India, The Third Largest Startup Base in the World
The report released on the sidelines of Nasscom Product Conclave 2016 in Bengaluru on Wednesday pre…
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Where Indian start-ups stand globally after Union Budget 2017-18
In the sluggish global economy and a slowdown in venture capital funding, India has managed to reta…
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The founder of a beloved productivity app thinks the startup model is broken - here's how he's trying to keep the tech industry from 'making the same 10,000 mistakes over and over again'
The first, he says, is through the research efforts of the giant tech companies, including Facebook…
Troy Wolverton
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European startups worth billions say they will never be able to compete for talent with Google or Facebook thanks to the muddle around employee stock options
Stock options are a popular way for startups to compete for the top talent against bigger, richer c…