Nex Cubed launched $40 million fund targeting Black colleges and universities

Venture firm Nex Cubed announced today the launch of the HBCU (historically Black college and university) Founders Fund, with a $5 million investment from Costco Wholesale, which now joins... Read more »

Elon dodges liability, Ford falters and Rivian lays off more workers

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To improve close rates for technical interviews, give applicants feedback (good or bad)

Aline Lerner Contributor Share on Twitter Aline Lerner is founder and CEO of interviewing.io, where engineers go to practice technical interviewing. Technical interviews are a black box — candidates... Read more »

Breef raises $16M to match brands with marketing agencies

Breef, a platform that allows brands to manage and service marketing agency projects, today announced that it raised $16 million in a Series A round (an undisclosed portion of... Read more »

Choosing a cloud infrastructure provider: A beginner’s guide

Sashank Purighalla Contributor Share on Twitter Sashank Purighalla is the founder and CEO of BOS Framework, a cloud enablement platform. The promise of lower hardware costs has spurred startups... Read more »

Meta fails in bid to be removed as a party from an exploitation lawsuit against it and moderation partner Sama in Kenya

More drama is afoot for Facebook’s parent company Meta on the African continent. A Kenyan court today rejected Meta’s request to be removed as party in a lawsuit filed... Read more »

Post Series-B, anti-fraud platform SEON acquires AML startup Complytron for a rumoured €2.5M

Budapest-based SEON, — an anti-fraud platform which looks at a customer’s ‘digital footprint’ to weed out false accounts and thus prevent fraudulent transactions —  has acquired compliance and AML... Read more »

Ovni Capital is a new French VC firm backing startups with global ambitions

If you’re a French entrepreneur, there’s a new venture capital firm in town. Ovni Capital is announcing a first closing of €50 million ($54 million at today’s exchange rate)... Read more »

The solo GP behind iSeed SEA launches his second fund for Southeast Asia

If you follow Southeast Asia funding, you’re probably familiar with iSeed SEA. Some of the startups the fund has invested in since it launched in 2020 include Dat Bike,... Read more »

Startups, here’s how you can make hardware without ruining the planet

Nobody starts a hardware company with the express goal of destroying as much of the planet as they possibly can. Walking around the startup hall at CES, however, I... Read more »
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