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Shamed VC Justin Caldbeck Threatens Asian Founder With Lawsuit For Speaking About Sexual Assault
A letter from disgraced venture capitalist Justin Caldbeck to one of his sexual assault victims, Niniane Wang, CEO and founder of Evertoon, ...
Heather Johnson Yu
Technology
Silicon Valley VC Calls Out Apple For Pornstar Search Result, Immediately Backfires
In a recent tweet, a Silicon Valley investor asked Apple if it would consider filtering adult-oriented content in its system. Benedict Evans...
Carl Samson
Business
Meet the VC Who Believed in Snapchat Before Anyone Else Did
The risk that investors take when shelling out funds for startups is never a joke. Oftentimes, many would see it as just another bet in a ga...
Top Silicon Valley VC Firm Hires First U.S. Female Partner — And She’s Badass
Sequoia Capital, one of Silicon Valley’s greatest VC firms, has finally hired their first U.S. female partner. Starting in November 7, Jess ...
Editorial Staff
Asia
Meet the Woman Who Holds the Key to Asian Money in Silicon Valley
This week, Uber made headlines after selling its Chinese operations to rival Didi Chuxing, just a few days after becoming officially legal i...
Y Combinator’s Sam Altman Got Kicked Out of The Ritz London For Wearing Sneakers
One of America’s richest and most famous tech venture capitalists was kicked out of a bar for wearing “sports shoes.” That man, Sam Altman,...
This Entrepreneur Did Something Ultra Creepy to Pitch an Investor
It’s no secret nowadays that the startup scene is inundated with entrepreneurs raising funds for their startup. They are always looking to f...
Jacob Wagner
11 Things You Should Never Do When Raising VC Funding
No matter where you are at in building your startup, chances are at some point you will contemplate on whether you should seek VC funding. ...
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