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Ten Leading VCs Team Up On A $50 Million Fund To Back Underrepresented Investors Share to Facebook Share to Linkedin Screendoor's 10 founders teamed up across VC firms to launch a fund-of-funds to back emerging fund managers from underrepresented backgrounds. Screendoor Would-be venture capitalists looking to raise a fund for the first time often face a chicken-and-egg problem: to raise money, they’re expected to demonstrate a track record of promising startup investments; to build such a portfolio, they need to raise money. It’s a challenge felt even more by emerging fund managers from ...

ShopShops, a NYC-based interactive, global livestream shopping platform, raised $15M in Series B financing. The round was was co-led by LightShed Ventures and Acrew Capital with participation from existing investors Union Square Ventures, Forerunner Ventures and The Chernin Group (TCG), Dave Lu from Hyphen Capital and Gaingels. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate the expansion of ShopShops in the U.S. as well as to continue its growth among premium cross-border shoppers in China. Led by Liyia Wu, Founder and Global CEO, ShopShops is a global shopping app enabling dynamic host...

Livestream shopping is already a $125 billion market in China. ShopShops is betting it will become a huge trend in the US, too.

Bitcoin Will Recover, But New Highs Unlikely; Retailers Eye Expansion On 6/3/21 at 4:32 PM EDT CryptoCorner Bitcoin may be poised to move higher, but it won't be a meteoric rise, and any increase will be well below the cryptocurrency's all-time high. The world's leading crypto by market cap has rebounded and traded in a narrow range after falling as much as 50% from its record high last month. However, Bitcoin mining activity suggests a move above $40,000 is possible. "Several on-chain and network indicators have reflected a bullish skew over the week, albeit most being relatively neutral for...

CUUP is a high-growth, direct to consumer lingerie company founded in November 2018. We began with a vision to help overcome the trade-off between looking good and feeling supported.