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DFJ Co-Founder Jurvetson Exits Firm Amid Harassment Charges

Xconomy

One of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture capital firm founders has joined the list of VCs who departed from their positions this year in the wake of sexual harassment allegations.

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Review: Inside the House of Lies at Theranos

Xconomy

These can be positive attributes in an entrepreneur, but in a more rational world, technology investors wouldn’t overvalue them. Risk capital would be allocated based mostly on evidence, data, progress towards milestones—in short, on proof. Venture investors know they’ll lose many of their bets—that’s why it’s risk capital.

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Graphcore Scores $200M to Scale Up A.I. Chip Production

Xconomy

The Bristol, UK-based startup, founded in 2016, has now secured a total of more than $300 million in financing from venture capital firms and other investors including Microsoft and the corporate venture arms of BMW and Dell Technologies.

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SPECIAL REPORT: 2019 Blockchain Outlook — Reality Check

Xconomy

After a breakout year in 2017, the blockchain sector suffered a series of blows in 2018, from crashing cryptocurrency prices to increased regulatory scrutiny of crypto ventures and deepening skepticism about whether the technology was actually useful.

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Off To SXSW, Our Schedule, And A Special Thanks

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Equidate, Re-Named Forge Global, Boosts Series B to $85M

Xconomy

Equidate, one of the trading platforms that help employees sell their shares in pre-IPO unicorn companies, rolled out a new name today and announced a $35 million expansion of its $50 million funding round publicized in July.

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Trust & Will Raises $2M to Advance Digitization of Estate Planning

Xconomy

[ Updated 9:30 a.m., Roughly half of American adults have no legal document that details how their assets should be distributed when they die.