Former head of FTX Ventures Amy Wu joins Menlo Ventures as an NYC-based partner focused on consumer startups. Brian and Lisa Sugar raise their second fund of $33M and launch a bespoke investment bank to advise startups on M&A. Oova raises $10.3M and unveils a membership model for at-home fertility testing. Finnish VC Voima Ventures led by Inka Mero launches a €90M fund for deep tech startups. European startups still have a long way to go to achieve gender parity.Black Seed raises £5M inaugural fund to invest in Black founders. CapitalG’s Laela Sturdy shares her strategy for investing during periods of economic instability. How Kyla Scanlon is making finance fun.
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From FTX to AI. So interested to see which AI trends emerge as sustainable. Hopefully we have learned a thing or two about crypto speculation and investing in blockchain startups 😆
From FTX to AI. So interested to see which AI trends emerge as sustainable. Hopefully we have learned a thing or two about crypto speculation and investing in blockchain startups 😆