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Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M

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Entity’s sweet spot is a bifurcated one, Schwab said in an interview. Women in both categories are coming to Entity because they would like to consider tech jobs or more technical promotions, but have found their expertise lacking to do so. Entity’s own story fits into both of those story lines.

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Interview with Scott Grimes, Stackin

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Our interview today is with Scott Grimes , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Stackin' , which operates a text-based, financial messaging platform. We curate the best products within each category of finance. Stackin recentlyraised $12.6M What kind of financial products are you talking about?

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Mark Suster: New, $200M Fund, and GRP's New Name, Upfront Ventures

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Those are all categories we know well. If I write about online education, I''ll see 25 online education plans. mark suster grpvc upfront ventures interview venture capital fund launchpadla startup angeles' I think it''s also the fact that we had a national practice. Mark Suster: It''s our best source of deal flow.

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Helping Consumers Name Their Own Price For Products, With Greentoe

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Our current categories are electronics, photo equipment, cameras, lenses, appliances, music equipment, and baby products. We''re now in five categories, and we''re looking into computers and video games next. One last question, kind of off the wall -- we noticed one of your big categories is baby products. READ MORE>>.

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How More Women Are Becoming Angel Investors, with Eva Yazhari

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My participation has been on the impact investing and education side, where I''ve been involved as a mentor. It''s not only an education program, but it''s also a source of funding. It''s a very broad category of investments, which have more than just financial performance as the main objective. READ MORE>>.

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A Major Step In Gender Equality – Rentable Bridesmaid Dresses

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Curious to learn more about Kelsey''s seemingly obvious, yet logistically challenging idea, I interviewed her during a rare break in her hectic schedule. We will be moving into other categories based on customer demand. Interview' John Greathouse: Kelsey, for the uninitiated, what is Vow To Be Chic all about? Share and Enjoy.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories. It will be tough for there to be many huge winners in this category.