Today, on Juneteenth, we recognize the efforts this nation still needs to put toward addressing structural racism and disparities, including in the world of tech. This week, HBCUvc, a nonprofit that aims to diversify the world of venture capital, launched a million-dollar fund. Founder Hadiyah...
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June 20, 2021 albert
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Two years after launching its $ 56 million debut fund, Kindred Ventures, a San Francisco-based pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund founded by Steve Jang and Kanyi Maqubela, has closed its second fund with $ 100 million in capital commitments. Jang is himself a founder who...
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February 2, 2021 albert
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Welcome back to Human Capital. In this week’s edition of HC, you’ll read about the latest labor struggles at Amazon and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, President-Elect Joe Biden’s promises to gig workers, a primary care network for Black people and people of color and more....
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November 14, 2020 albert
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We list the 2020 top companies for human capital management (HCM) software to improve the efficiency and organization of your HR department. itbusinessedge RSS Feed
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November 5, 2020 albert
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With less than one week left until the election, DoorDash made a late contribution of $ 3.75 million to try to ensure California’s gig worker ballot measure Prop 22 passes. Meanwhile, Coinbase is looking for a head of diversity and inclusion and Uber was hit...
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November 1, 2020 albert
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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is leaving Initialized Capital, the investment firm he co-founded in 2011 with Garry Tan, as first reported by Axios and confirmed by TechCrunch. The move comes weeks after Ohanian publicly stepped down from the Reddit board of directors, with Y Combinator...
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June 27, 2020 albert
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Balderton Capital, one of the so-called “big four” early-stage VC firms in London (the others being Accel, Atomico and Index), has raised a new $ 400 million fund to continue backing European tech startups at Series A. Dealroom recently released a report that pegged Balderton...
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November 12, 2019 albert
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PeakSpan Capital, a four-year-old, Burlingame, Ca.-based venture firm, has closed its second fund with $ 265 million in capital commitments, according to a new SEC filing that shows that 68 investors were involved in the fundraise. That’s a meaningful jump in size from the firm’s...
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January 10, 2019 albert
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