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HBCUvc founder Hadiyah Mujhid on one way investors can advance racial equity

TechCrunch LA

We’ve created the HBCUvc Donor Circle as an opportunity for supporters and individuals to engage in our work and join a long-term strategy toward racial equity in venture capital and technology,” she wrote in the post. We cannot make significant progress in advancing racial equity without long-term financial commitment,” Mujhid wrote.

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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

Understand where they were in terms of being able to pay or was this equity-only (sweat equity only). And he was still in the process of raising additional capital, so it was equity only. There are cases where I will do equity-only deals. who start with small equity percentages don’t end up making very much from startups.

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Internet Brands Brisco: Deal Will Allow More Focus On Long Term Growth

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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Startups Weekly: Upfront Ventures bets on a bus service

TechCrunch LA

The company is actually based out of LA, too, but has completed its initial launch in Minnesota, where there’s greater demand for short-term bus travel. billion in a round led by the private equity firm GPI Capital this week. The business has closed a $3.85 Landline isn’t just a few buses with startup branding.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

Both Sides of the Table

It is also a result of pent-up demand. We spent our future since the equity was artificial. To understand this in great detail see this very important blog post by Henry Blodget on the unemployment rate in the US and its impact on the recovery. So if I am unnecessarily concerned in this blog post (great!)

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Molecular Assemblies Raises $12M to Advance Enzymatic DNA Synthesis

Xconomy

Now, as demand for engineered DNA rises, a handful of startups are vying to become the go-to provider for researchers looking for improved versions of the DNA sequences. Biologists have been using artificially created DNA, produced through what’s known as chemical DNA synthesis, as a research tool for decades.

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Credtech Report Card: HackerRank, CodeFights, Credly, ACT, More

Xconomy

A core element in this universe is the invention of new kinds of credentials that attest to an independent learner’s mastery of skills that are in demand by employers, such as coding, critical thinking, and even physical tasks such as research laboratory techniques.