venture capital
Cent, the platform that Jack Dorsey used to sell his first tweet as an NFT, raises $3M
Cent was established in 2017 as an ad-free developer network that enables users to use each other crypto benefits for excellent posts and remarks — — it’s like gifting awards on Reddit, however with Ethereum. In late 2020, Cent’s little, San Francisco-based group produced Valuables , an NFT market for tweets, and by March, the …
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Nasir Qadree just announced one of the largest debut funds for a solo VC
Nasir Qadree entered the world of venture capital six years ago, beginning with a role at Village Capital in Washington, then as an associate director of social investments at AT&T. Qadree encountered even more opportunities to join established venture firms recently. In fact, he says that after deciding early last year to embark on launching …
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H Venture Partners closes $10M debut fund targeting science-based brands
H Venture Partners united more than 75 customer and retail market specialists to buy its very first fund, raising $10 million focused on customer brand name start-ups backed by science. Founder and Managing Partner Elizabeth Edwards (envisioned above) formed the Cincinnati-based equity capital company in 2017 after 15 years as a VC at other companies, …
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Investors’ thirst for growth could bode well for SentinelOne’s IPO
Turning the page from the early-stage venture capital market to the super late-stage exit market, this morning we’re talking about endpoint security company SentinelOne’s IPO in the context of Sprinklr’s own. We’ll have more on the public offering market later today when Doximity and Confluent price their respective IPOs after the close of trading. The Exchange …
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Jake Paul looks to knock out the venture capital world with Anti Fund
During every economic boom, there are startup investors who appear on the scene from new corners. Some churn out; others earn the respect of the old guard over time. Jake Paul would be happy to be in the latter camp. Then again, the 24-year-old didn’t become a social media star by being conventional. Little wonder …
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Pipe, which aims to be the ‘Nasdaq for revenue,’ raises more money at a $2B valuation
Fast-growing fintech Pipe has actually raised another round of financing at a $2 billion assessment, simply weeks after raising $50 million in development financing , according to sources acquainted with the offer. Although the round is still continuous, Pipe has actually apparently raised $150 million in a ““ enormously oversubscribed” ” round led by Baltimore, …
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Investor Alexa von Tobel on the biggest driver of social-media-fueled stock trading
Alexa von Tobel has always felt strongly that too many people are shut out of the stock market. She felt this as a 23-year-old who didn’t have $5,000 to open a brokerage account. She felt it while building LearnVest, a financial planning startup she launched in 2009 and sold in 2015 to Northwestern Mutual for …
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VCs dispense with niceties during Capitol riots: “Never talk to me again”
It was hard not to feel emotional today, as the world watched for more than four hours as rioters stormed into and throughout the Capitol building in Washington to disrupt the certification of the election win of incoming U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden. They’d been encouraged earlier in the afternoon by outgoing President Donald Trump to …
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Former Facebook and Pinterest exec Tim Kendall traces “extractive business models” to VCs
Last month, previous Facebook and Pinterest executive Tim Kendall informed Congress throughout a House hearing on the threats of social networks that Facebook made its items so addicting due to the fact that its ad-driven service design depends on individuals taking note of its item longer every day. He stated similar in the Netflix documentary …