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Dive Brief: As big-box retailers continue to ink partnerships with DTC brands, Walmart is looking to elevate its health and wellness aisle. Healthcare technology company Ro launched its exclusive Roman men's over-the-counter products at 4,600 Walmart locations and on Walmart's website May 1. For Ro's first retail partnership, the company will debut a line of vitamins and supplements for heart health, stress relief, testosterone support and prostate health, as well as swipes and condoms, according to a company press release. Roman products will be at 97% of Walmart stores in the U.S. by June....

A new generation of investors has brought new insight and perspective to the venture-capital world. We asked 14 up-and-coming VCs which apps they loved. Their picks included workplace tools like Notion and Macro, dating app Lolly, and gaming platforms. Investors from Generation Z — generally, those in their mid-20s or younger — have quickly staked their role in Silicon Valley, landing coveted jobs at major firms and overseeing millions of dollars in equity. Their insights are already shaking up venture capital as they make names for themselves through TikTok, Twitter, and other nontraditi...

Synthesia’s AI video generation platform hooks $12.5 million Series A led by FirstMark As AI improves, the possibilities of what we can do with the technology grow exponentially (for better or worse). Synthesia, an AI video generation platform, is looking to make video content creation as simple and efficient as possible, and FirstMark is taking a bet on it making the world better, and not worse. The company has just announced the close of a $12.5 million Series A funding round led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from angels Christian Bach (CEO, Netlify) and Michael Buckley (VP Com...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read (Reuters) - A blank-check firm backed by founders of New York-based venture capital firm FirstMark Capital has filed for an initial public offering of up to $400 million. FirstMark Acquisition Corp III is offering 40 million units, consisting of stocks and warrants, at $10 each and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it said in a filing. The firm will be led by Chief Executive Officer Richard Heitzmann and Chairman Amish Jani. Both Heitzmann and Jani founded FirstMark in 2008. The technology-focused VC firm has invested in image-sharing company Pinterest...

Share The 2020s are on course to become the decade of the special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), also known as "blank check" or "shell" companies. SPACs are set to outpace IPOs once again in 2021, after a record year that saw SPACs mature from a once obscure method of going public to a rabid, flavor-of-the-month frenzy amidst both institutional and retail investors. The year of COVID-19 saw 227 SPACs top traditional IPOs for the first time in history, raising $76 billion, compared to 67 billion raised from traditional IPOs. The first two months of 2021 have so far generated 144 S...