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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based Of course, this dataset is incomplete.

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200.000.000 mobile users, for starters – Q&A with Viber CEO Talmon Marco

The Next Web

We had a chat with Viber founder and CEO Talmon Marco to go beyond the facts in the press release and see how the company is faring. How, when and why did you co-found Viber Media? Funding is still “friends and family” We never did an institutional round of financing. Maybe someday. Can you share some numbers?

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

And unlike other fintech companies that are primarily equity-financed, we raise capital by offering a best in class savings product to consumers (a 1 month renewable CD that pays 6% APY), which in turn allows us to meet our short term capital needs required for loan origination. Thanks to Anne C.

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DataSift Announces Mega-Round. Apple Buys Topsy for $200 Million. Here’s What You Need to Know

Both Sides of the Table

I’m super proud to announce that DataSift has just completed a $42 million financing round coming at the end of a year where its revenue grew several hundred percent year-over-year. We co-led the A-round with IA Ventures. Tim, my former co-founder and long-time colleague & friend who joined as global head of products.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

Both Sides of the Table

I’m sure the head of the Federal Reserve Bank could spook the market or the heads of state of the US, China or Iran could. Why Financing in Falling Markets is So Damn Difficult. Many founders don’t understand why inside rounds are so difficult. But not a VC or Bill Gurley or myself would have spooked it 2 years ago.

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