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  1. Jul 18, 2024 · Coast, a startup that describes itself as “a financial services platform for the future of transportation,” has raised $40 million in Series B funding — just four months after announcing a $25...

    • Rising Investment in Female-Founded Startups
    • Why The Rising Investment Totals Make Sense
    • Money Recycles

    Venture capital totals are surging around the world, bouncing back sharply from a short period of COVID-induced conservatism that caused some startups to struggle to raise capital at the start of the pandemic. PitchBook, which analyzed investment activity in U.S.-based startups with at least one female founder, shows that female founders are breaki...

    The fact that more women are raising money is inherently good from an equality perspective. But there’s also an investment story behind the results: Female-founded companies are putting up big exit tallies with results that are improving faster than the broader market. Per the PitchBook-NVCA report, the exit value of female-founded startups based i...

    There are many reasons why female founders routinely receive less venture capital than their male counterparts, ranging from sexism and structural bias to the pandemic causing cautious investors to revert to existing white and male networks. One clear catalyst for change, though, is having more diverse decision-makers on boards and cap tables. By s...

  2. Jun 17, 2020 · This morning Upgrade, a credit-focused fintech startup, announced that it has raised a $40 million Series D round that the company says gives it a $1 billion valuation.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › TechCrunchTechCrunch - Wikipedia

    TechCrunch is an American global online newspaper focusing on topics regarding high-tech and startup companies. It was founded in June 2005 by Archimedes Ventures, led by partners Michael Arrington and Keith Teare. [4] In 2010, AOL acquired the company for approximately $25 million.

  4. J. Michael Arrington (born March 13, 1970) is the American founder and former co-editor of TechCrunch, a blog covering the Silicon Valley technology start-up communities and the wider technology field in America and elsewhere.

  5. Jan 19, 2022 · U.S. start-ups raised $330 billion, nearly double 2020’s record haul of $167 billion, according to PitchBook, which tracks private financing. More tech start-ups crossed the $1 billion...

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  7. Apr 25, 2023 · Apple, Meta, Google, and more report how their companies are performing in 2023. Their quarterly earnings statements will tell us which business lines are succeeding and struggling.